So, it only took me three and half months to go through 950 photos from our trip to London / Barcelona, but at least it's done. I was able to whittle the photos down to 500+ and get them loaded on to my Flickr account and separated into Collections and Sets. Flickr is an amazing resource - I so hope it doesn't fall into Microsoft's hands through a Yahoo! purchase.
Anyway, now everyone can get a visual tour of our journey.
London Highlights:
Day 1: Cemetary. Very cool, more serene than creepy. Interesting reading the tombstone inscriptions and dates. Biggest crows and squirrels I ever seen.
Day 2: Albert Memorial statue. Incredible depiction of the continents (Asia, Africa, America, Europe), the useful arts (architecture, engineering, manufacturing) and 169 individual composers, architects, poets, painters, and sculptors. The Queen "We Will Rock You" show was a lot of fun too.
Day 3: Seeing the Dolphins vs. Giants game at Wembley Stadium was awesome (despite the only rainy weather of our trip)
Day 4: Tower Bridge. Throughout Europe, seeing the older architecture/construction that adds so many aesthetic/artistic features (columns, sculptures, monuments, etc.). It's a shame that that seems to have been lost here in the US - even churches are now just simple CBS/stucco construction.
Day 5: Bath & Stonehenge. Again, amazing architecture/engineering (Roman baths) in a remote little town - awesome spa treatments ;-). And Stonehenge is probably one of the most intriquing sites in the World (IMHO).
Day 6: Westminster Abbey. You could spend hours discovering, reading and listening (handy audio tour) everything throughout that place. Shame they don't allow photography - at least allow non-flash/video. I also really liked Cleopatra's Needle (1 of 3) along the Thames.
Barcelona Highlights:
Day 1: Las Ramblas. Crowded street full of tourists, street performers and pick pockets.
Day 2: Figueres/Girona. Unfortunately, the train station was confusing. No one speaks English. The Dali Museum was closed by the time we got there.
Day 3: Ancient remains and Roman aqueduct of Tarragona; the medieval walled city of MontBlanc; the Monastir de Poblet; and the beautiful oceanfront city of Sitges.
Day 4: Montserrat. Beautiful mountain range, shame that the monastery is so commercialized now. Need to plan to spend most of your time seeing the art along the trails. Barcelona soccer game - Ronaldinho is amazing! Glad they don't allow smoking in US stadiums.
Day 5: Gaudi's Sagrada Familia and Parc Guell. Quite a body of artistic architecture.
Day 6: Museo de Picasso. Hard to find hidden in back alleys, but well worth the search.
Day 7: Monument do Colom.
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