B. Rock made some fantastic Tacos...which are Mexican, as opposed to Spanish--but they were still awesome...mmmmmmmmmmm!
Of course we moved the couches, etc. around once again, and grabbed a mattress to accomodate our ridiculous number of male guests for the show! Ben set up the projector and his computer...
Everyone settled into their seats...
007...Espana style
The weather and sunset were great tonight, which lead to great shots like this reflection in La Fira windows
ftns along the street
LA FIRA--never ceasing to amaze
The boys in silhouette...Bob Brandon Ben Tom
One of many levels of the ftn
Looking down at Placa Espanya
Dinner along Parallel
Doin the dance--at Sunset...best CUA night out so far! 
A sweet fountain at the beginning of the walk.
A park, designed by Jean Nouvel?
Rambla in 22@, and sculpture
Walking on the Rambla in this up-and-coming neighborhood
The pride of Catalunya
Amazing disparity between the main rambla and the areas within a block of it
The Barca means of protesting the building up of the few neighborhoods where young people can currently afford housing.
Group chat with Eugenia
A christian church built for athletes during the '92 Olympics...I love the layers, curves, and planes
brand new facade designed for plant growth over time
So...basically Prof. Vidal has mad hookups and got us a tour of Sagrada Familia, masterpiece of Gaudi (which seems like an impossible project, not even half-way completed and already approximately 100 years in the making! Ridiculous, right?! Our tour guide is none-other than the project architect himself...NOT Gaudi (who was hit by a tram and killed in the early 1900's I believe.
Yes Mon....we're going to the top on a rickety little elevator!
AWWWW-PROFESSOR VIDAL!!
Breathtaking
Ceiling detail...up close and personal (constructed with that "Catalan Technology"-we aren't really sure what this phrase referred to...but it kept surfacing during this tour)
Sean and Vic
Tom and Bri
No words...and never enough pictures
Cece, our professor--super excited about the tour...just before realizing she has to go down the mountain of stairs we came up...and she's afraid of heights...
Ceiling detail--hundreds of ft. above the floor of the church
Yeah...we were backstage at the big show...
BCN '07--SAGRADA FAMILIA
It's raining and cold this morning, so we hit up a "Euro-store" and get some cheap ponchos, gloves, hats, etc. before braving the elements in search of the Guggenheim museum, the most published piece of architecture in history...true story. Ben and Tom look excited, no?
So does everyone else...
especially Bill...we haven't seen snow in...almost a day (if you count the hail in Rome)!
12 little ducklings all in a row...
wish they could take a bilbobus instead...haha
SWEET sculpture...the sun in this pic is deceiving!
The bridge from a playground I wandered through...are you surprised?
A bridge by Calatrava...he's kind of a big deal
Classic rainy-day image
OMG it's the Guggenheim...if you don't recognize it you are probably missing out on the world as it is in newspapers, magazines, commercials, etc for any number of reasons...except for its purpose, that is, as an art museum...
I like the effect of the stairs reflecting in the glass at the entry, below or at street level, depending on which street you approach it from
Felipe and Tom are attempting to break something...shhhh
Yup, that is the Guggenheim...how many views can you find that HAVEN'T already been documented?
The structural tower, which reveals the panelling system used for the museum--pretty nifty.
Felipe, Tom, and I spent A LOT of time at the museum...we were the last to leave around 5 or 5:30 PM. We watched a really interesting video on one of the sculpture artists featured in the museum as well as a video on Frank Gehry, architect of the Guggenheim at Bilbao, and his work. We wandered back toward the hotel and found this plaza that, the taxi driver told us last night, is one of the most beautiful city renovations in Bilbao.
Something about this bldg and facade were fascinating...how did it happen?