After a sweaty trek to the new hostel on the beach (I really need to burn half of my luggage) I had a sweaty hike to Gaudi's Sagrada Familia Cathedral. It was pretty cool to see a cathedral in the middle of construction. One artist's vision still being brought to fruition even after his death. If they come close to finishing it in my lifetime, I may have to come back for another visit. From there, I took another sweaty hike to see the exterior of Casa Mila La Pedrera (couldn't convince myself to drop 8 Euros to see the roof which is supposed to be interesting) on my way to Park Guell. That was quite a sight. The entrance was like Gaudi Disneyland. Mosaics, funny fountains, columns and curves. It's 15 acres of Gaudi's design for a private park (now public). If I was wearing shorts, packing sandwiches, and holding hands with a Spanish girl, it would have been lovely. Instead, I walked around for a bit, peeked in Gaudi's house, and continued to sweat the long way back to the metro. I did pick up a huge bottle of horchata. Mmm. Though I just realized that in Spain, it's made with Chufa or tigernuts, a recipe stemming from the Muslim occupation of Valencia.
By then, I had enough of my Gaudi walking tour and headed to the hostel for a shower and a nap. Pretty nice day. (hey, you guys do realize that you can click these little photos and make 'em bigger right?)
Labels: Spain
Duh....yeah we know Tony. Azhad said something that travel-guy gets laid more: well, 10 bucks says that Tony WON'T get laid on his remaining 6 months trip. Any takers? Any one?
If you send me 50 bucks right now, I could be laid within' the hour, ha! Speaking of, stay away from certain parts of La Rambla at night, not pretty.
Do you really think Tony is going to post about some woman that he shaboinked? Think about it you dumbass. That wouldn't be very Swarthout-like. I'll bet you your life savings and I'll know I'll win.
The other Swarthout
Tony ain't getting any, dude. Stop having a heart arrest over it. Tony ain't getting any, got it? good!
you're dreaming man.
Heart arrest? Umm, dumb. And put your money where your cocksucker is. Sounds like you have been doing a little too much #4 today.
someone's jealous of you again, Tony.
You have to love it when someone can't stand being you.
Charley