Nom Nom Nom: Barcelona I - Gaudi's the MAN!

Its now 3.06 am. I've been getting this a lot lately, been thinking too much of late about everything and anything under the sky so nowadays I keep myself busy doing stuff till I get a headache so that I can finally sleep without tossing and turning in bed.

Therefore I've decided the most fun way to get a headache is to update my blog. I know ironic. HAHA!

Its a post I've been putting of for waaaaay too long! Only coz its THE MOST FUNTASTIC place I've ever been to. I love bustling places with things to see & do with interesting people to meet! That's why one of my favourite places are visiting cities. And Barcelona, capital of Spain, for me, was my absolute top favourite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Therefore ..

I'M GONNA BLOG ABOUT ALL OF IT!

First off, I'm gonna educate you about Antonio Gaudi.

If this guy was alive now, he should get some sort of fuckin architecture nobel prize. If there is one. Hell yeah they should even invent that nobel prize just for him.

His buildings are out of this world. It really makes you wonder what the hell goes through that brilliant mind of his to come out with structures that he turns into art! He's a prominant figure in Barcelona and without him, Barcelona would be nothing like what it is today.

I was in charge of planning the Barcelona trip, and I've heard about him even way before we went there so I went crazy plotting all the Gaudi work we absolutely MUST VISIT.

Tubes were the main way we travelled around. Super cheap and convenient! I think it only costed us about 15euros each for 3 days worth of unlimited travel ^^

This was our very first Gaudi tourist stop!

I am glad to say, at the tender loving age of 22 18, I have fulfilled one of my life's dream that is to see the Sagrada Familia, the unfinished church *sniffles*

The poor guy died before he could actually finish the thing bcoz he was SO FUSSY about the design of this church. He kept modifying it and trying to perfect the architecture. And it didn't help that he was knocked over by a car which lead to his death. Ironically, he was scared of cars for this very same reason.

This amazing church is said to be completed in the year 2030. I will definitely be back to see it again!!

(P/S: The KFC opposite this place is THE MOST delicious chicken ever! Its true that KFC is every country somehow taste different and all of us on this trip hereby swear on all the lives of the chickens that now exist on this planet that Barcelona has the best KFC)

By now, everyone calls me the Gaudi expert coz they can see how enthusiastic I am about his design.

HAHA.

Again, how ironic as you will see later.

We travelled again to a different Gaudi tourist spot that is rated a no.2 must afterthe Sagrada Familia. This place is called the Casa Balto.

As we got of the train station, I smugly pointed out, "Oh Look! There it is!"

Me: "That's definitely Gaudi! Look at the eccentric architecture! " (I sound like some PHD historian)

True, the architecture was brilliant!

I even manage to cheat these people into taking a photo with Gaudi's artwork.

Mana tahu.

When we walked a few more blocks down there was a signboard pointing to Gaudi's "REAL" work - The Casa Balto. *sheepish*

Doesnt it look like waves?????

The inside of Casa Balto. It was way too expensive costing 21euros per entry T_T . But I am super sad I never got to see the inside :(

Random pic of Sha acting like Paris Hilton. Zi Xian (guy on the right) potraying the annoying bugger he is.

Another one that I really love is visiting Gaudi's Park, called Parc Guella.
And it was such a terribly hot day that day in Barcelona, poor Suwen's fever got even worst that day :(