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The sights in Barcelona aren't only about Gaudi. For example, our apartment had this cool way of drying your dishes. They go on wire racks in a cabinet that is placed above the sink, so the excess water drips down directly to the drain.

cabinet

OK, there's still a lot more Gaudi to see. This is Casa Batllo, which really is on the Manzana de Discordia. The building angular building next to it is the Casa Amatllere, by Josep Puig i Cadafalch (the other famous member of the Manaza de Discordia is the Casa Lleo Morera).

Casa Amatllere and Casa Batllo

Here's a better view of Casa Batllo.

Casa Batllo

After we finally enjoyed the block of discord, it was back into the metro to go to the Fundacio de Miro (the Miro Museum).

Eero, Cielo and Vernon in the metro

We got off the metro and walked up a pretty steep hill to get to the museum. It was worth it, because we got to see this hedgehog graffito.

dinsdale!

Pictures aren't allowed in most of the Fundacio de Miro, but they are allowed on the roof. Eero took this picture of his favorite roof statue, "trash can head".

Alison on the roof

Vernon took this one of Cielo and another nice piece.

Cielo on the roof

There are great vistas from the roof.

Barcelona

The museum is a very thorough examination of Miro's work. There are numerous rooms of sculpture, painting and drawings. Cielo once again got the audio tour and really seemed to enjoy it, although we're sure a big part of that was the scavenger hunt aspect of looking for pieces with commentary. But she definitely absorbed a lot of the art, too, as you can see from this drawing she made later

Cielo's Miro style drawing

On the way out, Eero felt like jumping and demanded that there be photographic evidence.

eero jumpingEero jumping

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