Up close & personal with Gaudi

A stunningly beautiful suuny day (28oC with a gentle cooling breeze) gave the perfect day to explore Casa Batllo, an apartment block designed & built by Gaudi in the 1920's, and just 2 mins from our hotel. We went early in the morning, so no queues, and easy to view the incredible features up close. This is such an amazing building - no straight lines, and wonderful use of light and air movement. See the link at the bottom of this page for their website and gallery of images. Then, off on foot to explore the old town - Barra Gotti (the gothic quarter) and the cathedral, built on Roman ruins. We also found a fascinating older church from around the 10th century, which was much darker and more 'Gothic' to our untrained eyes. The effect was certainly helped by the organist playing exactly the right music to evoke memories of old Dracula movies!