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On our last day, we started off by returning to La Boqueria for another shot at the famous Catalan seafood.
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I neglected to take a photo of our meal before we started eating, so here is our half-ravaged plate. Salmon, white fish, prawns, sardines, squid, and sea cucumbers.
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Offerings on the bar included octopus, a local specialty.
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Next stop, Parc Guell for some panoramic city views and Gaudi appreciation.
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one slice of our view
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Leslie chills on an ornately-tiled bench.
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Some Gaudi buildings, flush with his trademark whimsy.
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looking down at tourists piling their children on a lizard fountain for a photo op
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(more shots of the architecture)
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La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona's landmark cathedral. It's final decades of construction may well be financed by the 9 euro entry fee.
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some modern religious friezes
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Evidently Gaudi thought fruit baskets were an appropriate turret-topper
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Finally, homeward-bound. Bryan looks up in the foyer of the building where we rented a studio apartment for the week.
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the entrance
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our sweet little room
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