The Gaudy Gaudi in Barcelona

Barcelona is a city known for its great weather, beaches, seafood tapas and nightlife, but it’s also a town very much defined by the designs of one man born in the mid-1800s; Antoni Gaudi.

Having been brought-up on the other side of the world and never majoring in European Architecture, I confess I hadn’t really heard about Gaudi and his exploits in Spain until I got there. When I did arrive, it really hit me as to how much history I had been completely blind to.

Gaudi’s work stands out because it’s just plain weird. The word “different” does not do his works any justice at all. Casa Batló is one such in-your-face Gaudi building that people are very happy to wait an hour in line for to peer inside its mysterious exterior.

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