Learning About Gaudi

Hello,
I am not much of an art/architect person so I did not know about Gaudi works in Barcelona. Our friends did know something. We did get a hop on/hop off tour which allowed us to move around to the most places. It was a good way to see the city, but the ear buds did not work consistently. The canned guide was not as good as he/she could have been. This day we visited a private chapel, La Sagrada Familia. Wow and wow. Later in the day we went to Güell Park which is an impressive park that he did. One of our group has some walking issues. Leroy and I are in fairly good shape and we found the walk from the bus drop off to the entrance to be a bit daunting with a lot of distance and quite steep inclines. When we came out it was a blessing to find a place to sit and eat before heading down the hill. Our friend tried to hire a taxi, but none would take us. Someone finally thought it was too close and they would not make enough money going that short distance.
The weather was cool. I had enough warm clothes with me, but some days misjudged what I would need. In the end we decided that too warm was better than too cold and we could put extras in the backpack when not needed. It also rained more than once. Luckily we had an umbrella to share with others as well as wearing our rain coats.
The three guys on this trip were in seminary at the same time. We did see them two years ago for the 45th alumni gathering, but have not spend much time with them in many years. It has been the greatest to do this together and get reacquainted. Visiting is not to be underrated.
Paula