We have enjoyed every day here, but especially these last five days with good friends  from home Lisa and Dave Marmon.

Here we are at Palau de la Musica Catalano to see La Traviata.

The next day it was Gaudi’s Casa Batillo in the morning

A window in Casa Batillo

Ceiling fixture at Casa Batillo

Looking up, Casa Batillo

. . . and the incredible La Sagrada Familia in the afternoon.

Looking down the spiral staircase from the tower:

And finally, a few exterior details of Casa Batillo.  This one evoking the dragon killed by St. George:

And for fun, some giant vegetables.

Next on the Gaudi circuit, La Padrera, an apartment building originally commissioned by a wealthy Barcelona family. The most amazing part of the structure is the roof, a kind of other worldly playground dominated by strange but appealing figures, all of which were designed to serve some functional purpose.

The big fellow here is part of the heating system.

These four guys are chimneys:

The next level down, the attic of La Padrona, has its own kind of structural beauty.

This level also houses models of Gaudi’s major works. Here is La Padrona: