One of the main reasons we wanted to go to Barcelona was to show the girls the work of Antoni Gaudi. His architecture is unlike anything I've seen. His church – the Sagrada Familia feels similar in scale to lots of other churches we've seen but its organic style is so unique. A treat to see.
First we visited a home designed by Gaudi – the Casa Batllo. There are almost no straight lines inside or outside this building. And its facade is covered in a mosaic of broken ceramics.
Apparently Gaudi preferred making models like the one below instead of making architectural drawings.
Next we visited Gaudi's masterpiece (which is still under construction) The Sagrada Familia.
I like these sculptures at one of the entrances. The people are very expressive and there are so many animals. Look at the sweet cow and donkey below.
Hard to capture how pretty the church is. The columns are supposed to be like trees.
Our last big Gaudi stop was a park he designed called Park Guell.
The only disappointing part of all these sights is that everybody wants to see them and so there is always a mass of people. It makes is hard to enjoy and reflect on the things you're seeing when you have to fight a big crowd.
Laowai 
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