barcelona for les vacances

so, i have apparently been neglecting this rather severely. i started my internship and now stare at a computer all day and i don't come home with much motivation to do anything else in front of a screen. i'm getting used to typing on a french keyboard (except i spent about an hour trying to figure out how to make a %) so now i can't find the letters on my own computer. very tricky. however, i have many many pictures and thought that you might enjoy to see them.
i was in barcelona for spring break. it was, quite simply, beautiful.
here is my view from the room of the apartment we were staying in:

and here's the mediterranean sea:

this is one of the gaudi houses, now a museum:

and another:

this is the entrance of park guell, which is this huge park designed by gaudi. it was originally the estate of some very wealthy man. he and gaudi both had houses on the property, which is very large and rambly atop a very steep hill. so:

and the view from this hill (and yes, that's the sea in the background):

the sagrada familia was gaudi's life work. it's basically four churches with different themes, as it were, put together. it takes up an entire city block and is still unfinished. absolutely amazing:


Hopefully more photos to come...sorry about the original confusion...