Gaudi and Vegetarian Cuisine

The architecture here is astounding. The mix of gothic and modern is just overwhelming.
After our Siesta we went in search of Gaudi. Gaudi was a famous artist/architect around the turn of the twentieth century. I had honestly never heard of him until researching Barcelona but as soon as I saw pictures of his work I was an instant fan. His most famous work is the Sagrada Familia - Church of the Sacred Family. He started it in the late 1890's, when he died in 1926 it was still in progress. It is still not complete today. I've read up on Gaudi and his various works so I was very excited today to see Sagrada Familia, Casa Mila and Casa Batllo.

We got to see all three of these in one day. Pictures are on Flickr.

After all this gawking we needed to hunt for some food. We wandered a bit, considered returning to La Fonda since it was so yummy, but decided to try something new. Chris was a gem and agreed to go into a Vegetarian place I found (vegetalia.es). It was SOOO yummy! We had pita and humus, spring rolls, wheat beer, tea with honey and I had black beans and rice and he had pasta. We both agreed it was VERY tasety, cheap and filling.

On the way back to our Hostal we stopped to talk to an artist who's work I had been admiring every time we passed. We actually bought something. It's paint and liquid glass on canvas. We liked the bold colors and the image is typical of spain so we bought it. We retired to our room early since we had to report early for our gothic tour.