Weary

Started the day by catching the Metro (easy to follow directions, clean and never have had to wait more than 2 minutes -hear that Sydney!) to Parc Güell (also known as Gaudi Park). We found the street of escalators, so heading up to it was reasonably easy. Unfortunately no escalators going down.
The park is amazing - the man obviously thought differently from the rest of us. The shapes and mosaics scattered throughout are extraordinary.  From the gingerbread style gatehouses to the columns and mosaic benches it is hard to take it all in.

To sit and let your mind wander would have been great but near impossible because of the crowds and the many photo opportunities.
Let's play "Where's Wally?"

Also watched the illegal souvenir sellers playing cat and mouse with the police, these guys had to be fit as they kept having to run away uphill. A few hours roaming was very enjoyable.
This afternoon we headed into La Rambla, a wide pedestrian boulevard Barcelona's answer to the Champs Élysées, though it doesn't take itself quite so seriously. We walked the length, detouring into narrow streets, an old plaça and a colourful street market.
This covered market was filled with the most amazing sights and smells. Wonderful fresh fruit, lots of delicious fruit salad and juices, and vegetables - whole stalls just selling different kinds of mushrooms, fresh and dried. Meat, fish and cheeses everywhere. Sweets made from marzipan, chocolates and candy -a sweet-tooth's paradise. Couldn't go past the fresh fruit salad though (think I overloaded on sweet stuff in France).

We walked as far as the harbour, took pictures of Columbus on his column (very impressive) and walked back up past the human statues (more photo opportunities),

the artists and flower stalls and souvenir stands all selling the same things including Barcelona FC rip-off gear.
Headed back via the Metro (crowded this time). I'm sitting looking out the window at the huge number of weary looking tourists, trudging behind tour leaders (umbrellas held high), happy to wait in line for ages to go into the Sagrada Familia. We haven't ventured inside. I'm very, very impressed just by the exterior. Still so much work going on. I tell you, that man was a genius.