Barcelona ... GAUdi's ..Parque GUELL




Amazing. ... ... Barcelona......

BUS Turistic routes  ...... followed next famous destination .........
                 ..............another Gaudi's Parque Guell ...

............... to know this personality .... facinating Antoni Gaudi ............
...............like MOst  pre-school pupils ......... curiousity ... so Questions ???
Should have .........to know more ..............................................................

..........as popular as Italian.... Leonardo da Vinci ........Florentine painter........ sculptor .......architect ..... engineer  ......scholar ..................
                                          nn.......................as a sissors inventor ..????

AS ... a particular drawing ........remember ????? ..... MONa LISa ..... well famous  smiling lady..........  amazingly to know ....... to draw d' LIPs ... he took ...TEN YEars ...........
..............to PAInt .....for just .... MONa Lisa's LIps....... ???????

                     .............. SO ......DId......... GAUDi...........

    ................ here FIrst .......d' portraits......viewing .... GAUdi.........



...... his earlier ..... nn ........later portrait ..........




............d' bus dropped tourists .......... those like to go to .............
           ....................................PArque Guell......................

ON d' foot road junction.....up hill............... in a street going up hill packed with souvenirs shops .... sides by sides .......................... 

.......   nOt only ............. shops .... people.... vehicles...... 

nn................. this particular ........... van ... azkar........ ?????



Recognising............. d' entrance ....  once nearing d' compound....................
.........with  people......... came from NO way...............
.........a lot.................... possibly uncounted..............

NO tickets compulsory needed for checking ...... already bought inclusively ... for d' TWO days .............. ???? 



ParQUE GUell ......
or ....Parc Guell.... Park GUell
Park Guell..... is a garden complex with architectural elements situated on the hill of El Carmel in the Gracia district of BArcelona .... Calalonia... SPAin......
This park is designed by d' Catalan architect ...ANTOnia GAudi .... built in d' YEAr 1900 to 1914....... nOw...it is part of ........................
                         ........UNESO World Heritage Site ....
WORks of ANTONIA GAUdi ........




 View from d' mAIn Entrance ........................
The  multi-coloured mosaic park  DRAGon................
............ as being stated... restored after d' vandalism in FEBruary 2007 ........



 ......... d' two spectacular unique beautiful buildings ..........
           ...................  at d' packed  walkways .... background........


The same way to d' upper ground .............

............. there were people coming from all over in search of GOOd opportunities ...... 

so .....this fine advantage couldn't be just left unattended ............

Promising ........Good incomes collected from tourists too........... eeeh



........... PARK GUELL is skillfully designed ......
            ...........composed to bring d' PEACe...........nn .......calm ......
ONe........... would expect from a .......... PARK................ !!!!!!!

The PARk was originally part of a commercially unsucceseful housing site....... ..........so d' IDEA of COUNt Eusebi GUELL ..............
..........whom d' park was named after .......................................

 The long cross at d' pARk' high point offers d' mOSt complete VIEW of BArcelona nn d' bay..........


 .......... IT is possible to view d' MAin CITY in PANORAMA with Sagrada Familia nn..............d' Montjuic area visible at a distance ..............

ON tOP the hill.........private property residents were well protected....
......... With .........walls .................
BUt........... somebody make d' wall cheerfull .....colourfull for viewing ........
                     ............... considered ... good nice ...graffiti .........

...........a lot to describe.............here

.......... earlier....... there were many FREElance traders........... coming to take good opportunities this SUMMer......... good incomes if properly done... except they were unapproval personnels ..... nOT really given proper licences to market their goods ..............

........ so ONce Garden's securities approached ......... quick....as fast as they could .............leaving d' scene................................................................

BUT ......... look..!!! ...... the TWO ladies managed to purchase .....  eeeeehhh............ good bargain too .......... waw.....ladies .......lol..

....... Stones liked ..... Bird's NESt built by Gaudi in d' terrace walls .......

The walls imitated d' tress planted on ..........here.









Garden with beautiful flowers................. yess.........

WAy down hill.......... unaware... of coz...............................

Pillars............ large supporting................stones structures...........

....... colonned footpath under d' road way viaduct with external columns sloping to take digonal thrust from d' vault supporting d' road ........ a sort of retaining wall ......... in this modern days........

...........

Another ....going down steps.........nn..... here d' story..............................

................ two houses built here.... neither designed by GAUDi.................

oNe to be SHOw house..................... another for  SALE..........

GAUdi bought nn moved in with his family nn his father in 1906................

The house where Gaudi lived from 1906 to 1926 was built by Franceses Belengecer in 1904.......... It is now d' Gaudi MUseum (casa Musen Gaudi) since 1963. In 1969, It was declared a Historical Artistic Monument of Nation al Interest.................

............ this was d' last......before exit......................





.......... On d' way ...... nice to record motor tricycle ....................
           ............. rarely ..... to spot antique motor model nowadays ....
           ............ COUld ...... all in a family..............three people........

Hungry...........???..........   restaurant easily reached............

WOW ..........lots ............ to take home................... too
All in EURO money in SPain......................................


 

  Any............... drawing posters............
                          ...........card............. t shirt .........
                          ...........mosaic.............. tiles......

BUS Turistic..... was d' free transportation for ready tickets package .....

..........to get back....... where we started ....had to Q......... nn ...................

.........passed other interesting locations..........  might want to drop..... any choice's locations................ but times constraints .............. !!!!!!

..........here.......... FUTBal  Club Bacerlona's stadium,

but ........first choosen... was.......straight back .........home ........................

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Stopping at eating place.............



........... later.......................entered back to our hotel............
                   ............................SUNotel CENTral............

........... still early ....day-light ...... but had to rest for a while................

......................... going out later evening.........

                        .......NOt to waste .........a minute.......