Barcelona 4th to 13th October, 2008
Barcelona is a major economic centre with one of Europe's principal Mediterranean ports, and Barcelona International Airport is the second largest in Spain. Founded as a Roman city, Barcelona became the capital of the Counts of Barcelona. After merging with the Kingdom of Aragon, it became one of the most important cities of the Crown of Aragon. Sagarda Familia
Antonio Gaudí (1852-1926), throughout his life, studied nature's angles and curves and incorporated them into his designs. Instead of relying on geometric shapes, he mimicked the way men stand upright. The hyperboloids and paraboloids he borrowed from nature were easily reinforced by steel rods and allowed his designs to resemble elements from the environment.
The Sagrada Família ("Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family"), often simply called the Sagrada Família, is a massive Roman Catholic church under construction in Barcelona. Construction began in 1882 and continues to this day. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2026.
Every part of the design of La Sagrada Família is rich with Christian symbolism, as Gaudí intended the church to be the "last great sanctuary of Christendom".
The Church will have three grand façades: the Nativity façade to the East, the Glory façade to the South (yet to be completed) and the Passion façade to the West.
The tainted windows of the Church
The columns of the interior are a unique Gaudi design. Besides branching to support their load, their ever-changing surfaces are the result of the intersection of various geometric forms.
Sagarda Familia is like a huge forest. The main columns are buttressed at the base as is the case in many trees in nature.
Park Güell
Park Güell is a garden complex with architectural elements situated on the hill of el Carmel in the Gràcia district of Barcelona.
It was designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built
in the years 1900 to 1914. It is part of the UNESCO
World Heritage Site "Works of Antoni Gaudí".
The place is skillfully designed and composed to bring the peace and calm that one would expect from a park.
The park was originally part of a commercially unsuccessful housing site, the idea of Count Eusebi Güell, whom the park was named after. It was inspired by the English garden city movement; hence the original English name Park. 
Gaudi's structures echo natural forms, with columns like tree trunks supporting branching vaulting under the roadway
The Park's high-point offers the most complete view of Barcelona and the bay. It is possible to view the main city in panorama, with the Sagrada Família and the Montjuïc area visible at a distance.
La Rambla is an iconic and busy street in central Barcelona, popular with both tourists and locals alike. A 1.2 kilometer-long tree-lined pedestrian mall in the Barri Gòtic, it connects Plaça Catalunya in the center with the Christopher Columbus monument at Port Vell. 
Spanish poet Federico García Lorca once said that La Rambla was
La Rambla, Barcelona
La Rambla is an iconic and busy street in central Barcelona, popular with both tourists and locals alike. A 1.2 kilometer-long tree-lined pedestrian mall in the Barri Gòtic, it connects Plaça Catalunya in the center with the Christopher Columbus monument at Port Vell. 
Spanish poet Federico García Lorca once said that La Rambla was "the only street in the world which I wish would never end". 
The name rambla means, in Catalan, but also in Spanish, an intermittent water flow, and is derived from the Arabic 'ramla' which means 'sandy riverbed'
Entrance to the famous fruit market, La Boqueria in Barcelona 
A well-lit fruit shop in La Boqueria
A juice shop
People mingling at a vegetable shop
Montserrat: Providing space for sale of local products. 
Montserrat's Landmark
The name rambla means, in Catalan, but also in Spanish, an intermittent water flow, and is derived from the Arabic 'ramla' which means 'sandy riverbed'
One of many street performers getting ready on the La Rambla
Fruit Market, La Boqueria, Barcelona
Entrance to the famous fruit market, La Boqueria in Barcelona 
A well-lit fruit shop in La Boqueria
A juice shop
People mingling at a vegetable shopBarcelona to Montserrat
Montserrat: Providing space for sale of local products. 
Montserrat's Landmark A beautiful tourist destination, connected with spirituality
Montserrat: A mountain of unusual shapes; rising abruptly
from river Llobregat to 1,236 meters
Montserrat: `The Dream-made Mountain' (J. Carner).
A unique ecological and modern setting
A trolly system to connect with the habitation of Montserrat
Montserrat: A Catalan wedding in progress
It all began at the moment when, as the legend goes, the image of 
Montserrat in harmony with its surroundings
Montserrat: declared a Natural Park in 1987 so it would remain such conserved.
Montserrat: A mountain of unusual shapes; rising abruptlyfrom river Llobregat to 1,236 meters
Montserrat: `The Dream-made Mountain' (J. Carner).A unique ecological and modern setting
A trolly system to connect with the habitation of Montserrat
Montserrat: A Catalan wedding in progress
It all began at the moment when, as the legend goes, the image of the Virgin was found in the Holy Grotto. Montserrat has
always been connected with spirituality.
Montserrat in harmony with its surroundings
Montserrat: declared a Natural Park in 1987 so it would remain such conserved.
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