Month: August 2011
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Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família
Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família is the full name of this Barcelona landmark in Catalan. Translated, it is essentially the Holy Family church. It was consecrated and proclaimed a basilica by the pope in November 2010. Construction started in 1883, Gaudi – the architect died in 1926, and the work has been…
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Chucky’s siblings at Museu del Joguet de Catalunya
We took a day-trip out of Barcelona to visit Salvador Dali’s museum in Figueras. Down the street from Dali’s is a museum of toys (Museu del Joguet de Catalunya). It is a fairly well run place with lots to see, including toys that belonged to famous Spanish people. What startled us were the dolls from…