Sunday, September 03, 2006
We're back home from Barcelona. It was an amazing trip! We had great food, perfect weather and kef, kef, kef! (Fun, fun, fun!) Jamie started school on Sunday and is already sleep deprived and working very hard. Next week, we're going with HUC on a 3 day extended field trip, so there will be more pictures to share shortly!
Our trip to Barcelona:
We stayed in a resort town called Calella. Here's Jamie in the cold Mediterranean:
This is my diet coke, exactly the same amount of liquid as Jamie's sprite (oh those Europeans!)
Here's a church in Calella. I said, "Wow! That looks just like a California Mission... oh, I guess that makes sense..."
On our second day, we made it to Barcelona and saw some beautiful stuff:
This is by a famous architect called Gaudi. Everything he built looks like it's from Disneyland or a Tim Burton Film.
We went into the Gothic Quarter and found the oldest synagogue, possibly in all of Europe. It's only been open to the public for a few years now. On the wall, there is a sign that reads, "The Holy Jewish community of Barcelona has been praying in this direction for over a thousand years." Jamie and I spent a long time in this small room, feeling right at home.
Here are the boys from our trip. So tough, aren't you nervous? The scenery behind them is pretty cool.
In Barcelona, there are lots of street performers to take tourists' money. Poor Zorro. He had no idea that these guys are actual fencers. Jamie and Phil created a whole crowd of tourists with video cameras! (I should have taken money!!)
The next day we travelled to Montserrat, a monastery built right into an enormous mountain.
We had to take a cable car all the way up, but we were happy at the top.
Here is the church:
We made it just in time to hear the oldest boys choir in Europe sing two songs for afternoon services.
Afterwards, we followed some very easy and gorgeous paths all over the area, with artwork built right into mountain.
At the end of our trip (literally 30 min before leaving the hotel) we had Team Barcelona shirts made. I wonder if they'll take us on their team...
Our trip to Barcelona:
We stayed in a resort town called Calella. Here's Jamie in the cold Mediterranean:
This is my diet coke, exactly the same amount of liquid as Jamie's sprite (oh those Europeans!)
Here's a church in Calella. I said, "Wow! That looks just like a California Mission... oh, I guess that makes sense..."
On our second day, we made it to Barcelona and saw some beautiful stuff:
This is by a famous architect called Gaudi. Everything he built looks like it's from Disneyland or a Tim Burton Film.
We went into the Gothic Quarter and found the oldest synagogue, possibly in all of Europe. It's only been open to the public for a few years now. On the wall, there is a sign that reads, "The Holy Jewish community of Barcelona has been praying in this direction for over a thousand years." Jamie and I spent a long time in this small room, feeling right at home.
Here are the boys from our trip. So tough, aren't you nervous? The scenery behind them is pretty cool.
In Barcelona, there are lots of street performers to take tourists' money. Poor Zorro. He had no idea that these guys are actual fencers. Jamie and Phil created a whole crowd of tourists with video cameras! (I should have taken money!!)
The next day we travelled to Montserrat, a monastery built right into an enormous mountain.
We had to take a cable car all the way up, but we were happy at the top.
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Here is the church:
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We made it just in time to hear the oldest boys choir in Europe sing two songs for afternoon services.
Afterwards, we followed some very easy and gorgeous paths all over the area, with artwork built right into mountain.
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At the end of our trip (literally 30 min before leaving the hotel) we had Team Barcelona shirts made. I wonder if they'll take us on their team...
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