de Barcelona y vuelta

To Barcelona and Back

What can I say, other than, I went with my parents, my aunt, and the three girls to Barcelona for three nights and four days…and we all survived.

Sure, we had our meltdowns, our sleepless nights, our tantrums in the middle of century old cathedrals but we realized quickly that tears wouldn’t solve anything and we had to tend to the children…

Seriously though, Barcelona is one of the most sophisticated cities in the world. The city’s history, its architecture, its people, all make Barcelona the ‘Paris’ of the Spanish world.  Oh, and did you know they speak two languages there? Yeah, we fit right in…

Moore girls on the AVE

 Arriving via our first AVE train, we enjoyed a bus tour of the whole city. Taking in spectacular views and enjoying the sounds of the bustling city as well as the sounds of my children crying, laughing, screaming, complaining, and finally sleeping. Magical.

Me and my ladies cruisin...

Mimi and Anne Hardin

Gigi and Mae

Barcelona National Art Museum

Columbus pointing to the sea

our pimp ride

Plaza Catalunya

We were able to spend quite a bit of time in the Barria Gotic, the cities gothic quarter, built on the foundation of the original roman colony. This was by far my favorite place to be. Soaking in the reality that Barcelona is a first century relic, the place that quite possibly the apostle Paul was trying to go before his death (sorry Bible scholars if that’s not exactly true) It was just incredible to think that the Roman empire extended this far (even though I have seen Gladiator). The cathedral there, 14^th century, was inspiring and the open plazas filled with markets, stores, and restaurants made this an actually very easy place to take the girls. This was the whole city of Barcelona, surrounded by a Roman wall until the middle of the 19^th century.

top of the Barcelona Catedral

Remains of the roman colony wall

G (my dad) and the remains of the roman built aqueduct

intricate gothic bridge 

Barcelona Catedral

1st century pillars, remains of the roman temple d'august on sight

We took the girls to the L’Aquarium to give them some relief from the onslaught of history and that was actually really fun! Stuck in the middle of Port Vell, the oldest port in the city we couldn’t even avoid the city’s history there…Christopher Columbus was literally pointing at us the whole time!

But we did find something there to remind us of home…and it was delicious.

Our trip to Barcelona cannot be described without the inclusion of one man, Antoni Gaudi. Guell Park, the La Segrada Familia, La Pedera and other buildings designed by the architect are ALL over the city. Gaudi defines the ‘new city’ that extended beyond the old roman colony.  What a wonder to see his genius, and in that the genius of a God who can make a man with such gifts…

Park Guell

Gaudi's famous mosaics

dont worry, we were able to find the 'PINK'

La Sagrada Familia

Just playing in the park across from the Sagrada Familia

Well we are back in Madrid, back to the next six weeks of life here…the team had there second Friday night ‘event’ and this week is full of more classes, interconvios (conversations), bible studies, and time spent on campus talking to people.

Johnny is chronically our trip via video and pictures. here is a link to part one…its a really nice intro to what the team has been up to.

Thanks for praying for us, loving us from afar, and reading about what we are up to….there’s lots more to come!!

Love from Madrid,

Ada