Last day in Spain

Thursday morning, we went back to Barceloneta and stopped at the maritime museum. After that, we went on a tour of the Sagrada Familia. It is a big building that Gaudi started to build and then he died. So they are finishing it the way he designed it to be. It will eventually be a Catholic church/basilica and the Pope visited it a few years ago. Their plan is to finish the building in 2026, which is 100 years after Gaudi died. Joseph and I laughed when we thought about what they would do if construction was delayed and they didn't hit their deadline. We climbed up the towers too, which they only allow a certain number of people to do so each day. There were two options for coming back down- elevator or stairs. I thought the employee said 100 steps, so I told Joseph we would take the stairs. I was wrong and there were actually 400 stairs. He knew that but didn't tell me. After lunch that day, we went to La Perdrera and Casa Mila, which is another Gaudi house/architecture. After all this, we moved to a hotel close to the airport so I could get there bright and early the next day.

I traveled home Friday and the flights went alright. I stopped in Frankfurt, Germany and then had an 11 hour flight to Houston. I started having contractions on the second flight but thankfully drinking lots of water made them stop. I flew with a German-based airline and they served alcohol for free on the flights. I laughed every time the flight attendant asked me if I wanted any alcohol.

Maritime Museum

Sagrada Familia

In the tower at the top

The 400 stairs that I thought was only 100

Part of the stairwell going down, you can bring a permanent marker and write something. We read this in a guide book so we were prepared.

The top of La Perdera/Casa Mila