We left our Beach front dream AirBnB early morning to drive back to Barcelona. There was a bit of suspense as we were saving 1 day of rental if the car was returned before 11AM. And the Google Map calculation kept changing … arrival at 10h50 … road traffic get worst …. 11h00 … road traffic improved … 10h55 … lol
We managed to not pay any extra day. And they didn’t notice any new scratch. 😅
Next challenge was to find the Hotel Shuttle that will bring us to the Barcelona Airport Hotel. We walked a lot. I had 2 large backpacks and 2 large luggages to carry around. Fun!
Finally. Our bags are in our Hotel room.
We can then plan our next 1 1/2 days in Barcelona. We thought of the relatively affordable unlimitted public transport card. But we settle down on single way subway ticket to dowtown followed by hop-on hop-off bus valid for 48h. We took our tourist role seriously. 🤣
Main Entrance of Guell park
This was meant to be a shelter for drivers who drive by.
This is the main entrance of the Guell park.
Outside wall looks like a mosaïque however none of the pieces are squared. This technic would certainly not survive many Canadian Winter… but here in Barcelona, it is holding fine.
Even the fences are fancy…
This place was designed to be a Market. These columns actually collect rain water from above and cool down the place while providing enough water to water plants and tree from the garden.
An ergonomic bench. Very confortable.
Very complex multi level path with columns to support the level above.
The house of the lawyer. The only private owner that accepted to buy a piece of the land. The project to create a neaberhood for the top 15 rich people was a flop. That’s why it became a public park instead.