After the vacation part of the trip was over, my wife flew home, and I participated in the big trade show. These pictures are just various ones I took over those days. The one above is a random street picture I took just because of how interesting the buildings are. Coming from a rural . . . → Read More: Evening and Random
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Casa Mila is an apartment building designed by Gaudi for the Mila family and built between 1906 and 1912. It is commonly known as La Pedrera because of its resemblance to a stone quarry. As usual with Gaudi’s work, there are few straight lines and the curves are inspired by nature. Within the building . . . → Read More: Casa Mila / La Pedrera After our visit to Park Guell, we went to the Arc de Triomf, built in 1888. You can see the 4 posts in front of it are topped with dragons, just the start of the dragon themes in the area. The 3rd pic is the road leading to the monument. The then walked along . . . → Read More: Day 3 Afternoon & Evening On the morning of Day 3, we visited Park Guell in lovely weather that had no traces of the previous day’s rain. Park Guell was intended to be a planned neighborhood for the wealthy of Barcelona. It was commissioned around 1900 by a well-travelled entrepreneur named Guell, who was inspired by his overseas trips, . . . → Read More: Park Guell The interior of Sagrada Familia is as impressive as the exterior! It is enormously tall with lots of light from the extensive stained glass. The design of the interior is based on a forest of trees. You can see how the columns split into branches that support the very tall roof. The stained glass . . . → Read More: Sagrada Familia Interior 
The Basilica of Sagrada Familia is one of the most iconic landmarks in Barcelona. We had tickets for a guided tour and the trip up the Nativity tower for the morning of our second day in Barcelona. We’d seen pictures, of course, but nothing prepares you for the real view as we emerged from . . . → Read More: Sagrada Familia Exterior Barcelona Cathedral We arrived in Barcelona in the morning, got to our hotel, then, after a quick nap, set out to explore. Our hotel was in a fantastic location, half a block to Placa de Catalunya, often called the center of town. We walked La Rambla, a huge street from the plaza to the . . . → Read More: Barcelona Day 1 – Gothic Quarter & Roman Ruins
I went to Barcelona for business but took some time to be a tourist with my wife beforehand. I’ll post pages with pics as I get to it, and all will be linked through this post. Day 1 – Roman Ruins Day 2 – Sagrada Familia Exterior Day 2 – Sagrada Familia Interior Day . . . → Read More: Barcelona Trip 
The last stop on our Autoventure was Cedar Breaks National Monument. We stayed in Cedar City, UT, and took the short 20-ish mile drive up to Cedar Breaks with a bit of road construction to slow us down. The park seems not to be very well known despite the spectacular scenery. It looks a . . . → Read More: Cedar Breaks National Monument We left Zion Canyon and Springdale and drove North on I-15 to Kolob Canyons. This is a lesser-known area of Zion National Park and was not at all crowded but is beautiful and offers nice hiking and picnicking. Our first stop after entering the park gave us great views of massive rock faces and . . . → Read More: Kolob Canyons – Zion National Park |
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