FEELING THE HEAT

Today started out promising and went on to being a thoroughly pleasant one. The long walk up to Parc Guell brought on a sweat, so reminiscent of those long gone summer days last year. The park is not so much a park but more of an exhibition of the Gaudi style. Its a long way up from the centre of town and well worth the effort. Its also free to get in.
The south facing hill was a suntrap so I spent rather a lot of time idling on park benches watching herds of tourists tramping along while I just soaked it up. Loads of pictures to chose from, but here is a selection from an extremely nice day. 

These stones are held together with something and it cant be run of the mill cement. 

A bench full of good old Spanish boys enjoying the day at the top of  the park. 

The view at the back of the park. The cathedral from all accounts is not such a worth while trip. 

There was a lengthy queue waiting to set foot on the summit  of this pile of stones. Maybe its the end of a pilgrim route! 

This sunken area is ringed by these arches which support the ground above. 

Know your mushrooms. This one definitely not for eating. On the left is the distant Sagrada Familia.

This group of locals who are protesting against the proposed admission charges to enter the park, which up till now has always been free.  

Gaudi's flare for unusual ceilings does not go unnoticed here.

A window on one of the gate houses. 

One of the gate houses.

So that's all for today. I'll be moving off to a different hostel tomorrow and I just hope that there will be wifi internet access to keep the blog going. D