Gaudí, Miró and Mies van der Rohe

Today was our first full day in Barcelona and we managed to cover quite a lot.

We started with breakfast of apple pastries and freshly squeezed orange juice at a local café. We're thinking we might need to buy a juicer when we get back to NZ!

We went for a walk down Passeig de Gràcia which has lots of Spanish Modernist buildings, including a couple designed by Gaudí. The buildings were stunning! 

Next we wandered down a teeming La Rambla on our way to Montjuïc. This huge area of parkland offers amazing views over the city and gave us our first look at La Sagrada Familia!

We climbed the hill to the Miró museum and found out it was closing a bit over an hour later. Fortunately this turned out to be just enough time to see everything!

Next, we visited the Mies van der Rohe House which was originally created as the German entry into the Barcelona World Expo in 1929. It's amazing to think that it was designed 80 years ago as it still feels very modern today.

We also walked around the park to look out over the port of Barcelona.