Checking into our hotel in Barcelona, a mere 200 meters from the train station, we saw this behind the counter. The word of the day, wanderlust, describes us. Sometimes you feel like a city is defined by one person and for Barcelona, that seems to be Antoni Gaudi. He was an architect, born in 1882. This was the same year as Malcolm’s grandfather. In 1912, at the age of 30, and relatively unknown, he was commissioned by a wealthy Barcelonan to build an apartment building. Today, his work in Barcelona is still going on. He died in 1926, but his work continues in the non-stop building of the Sagrada Familia. La Pedrera – Casa Milá Our first venture into Gaudi’s world was while walking up the stairs from the subway station. We turned around to face Casa Milá. In every blink of the eye, you are drawn into the design. Before showing you some of his work, we’ll quote a local expert named Amanda, that we saw quoted in something we read. (We’d love to g...
