HAVE FEET WILL TRAVEL!

Yes today was another walk-a-thon.

The temperature was in the high 50s today and crystal clear blue skies...

I woke up this morning and I could barely open my eyes.  I sensed something was wrong last night when we were watching the movie.  To make a long story short...My eyes were super swollen, bright red, I had a few welts on my chin neck area and my face was swollen as well.  Off we went to the Farmicia (pharmacy).  The pharmacist looked at me and said that it was a food allergic reaction.  After a bit of conversation--it was most likely the smoked salmon.  No more smoked salmon for Ellie.  We left with antihistamines and steroid ointment.  Within about 90 minutes of taking and applying the remedies I could see and the swelling started to go down.  Good to go!

Off we went to the Casa Batllo by Antoni Gaudi.  What a fabulous place....extraordinary.  You must, must, must check out this site http://www.casabatllo.es/en/

Here are photos from the tour.....throughout the tour Gary and kept saying that Gaudi might have dropped a little acid while designing his building...

ABOVE:  The living room

ABOVE:  The light well/staircase went around this

ABOVE:  An upstairs hall way

ABOVE:  The roof top

Truly, he was far ahead of his time in terms of his modern stylizations.  We still have 3 more of his sites to tour.  So you'll get to see a lot more of Gaudi on the blog.

After Casa Batllo we headed to another food market called La Boqueria Mercat.  We spotted a fresh turkey at the market and we'll return to nab one for our Thanksgiving dinner.  Gary and I are going to invite our classmates over for Thanksgiving.  There are British, Scottish, Spanish, Irish, and American students in our class.  We'll see who takes us upon on the invitation.....

Then it was off to the Museum of Erotica...and the Flower Market...

Next was the artists market...

And dinner at a delightful paella restaurant...my face is still swollen and red...just ignore that!

Finally we wandered home and Gary sorted and processed photos.

Tomorrow is a homework day and coffee at Starbucks!

Missing you all lots--stay warm,

Love Ellie and Gary