Barcelona Day 2

Our second day in Barcelona began with a visit to the Picasso Museum.  I mean, what better place to look at Picasso's work than in the city he was from?  And since Paris' Picasso museum was closed, I was really looking forward to this one.

The museum's collection comes mostly from the private collection of one of Picasso's friends.  When the artist found out his friend planned on turning the works into a museum, he donated quite a few more pieces over the course of his life.  He never made it back to Barcelona to see the finished museum, which is unfortunate, because the museum is extremely well-done.  While there are plenty of larger paintings, there are also numerous sketches, practice paintings for larger works, and even a few pieces from his dabbling in pottery.

After an art-filled morning, we fueled up with some super yummy cookies.

And then promptly went out for lunch and some cervezas.

To work all that off, we spent the afternoon walking around the Parc de Montjuic.  It's a pretty good climb to the top of the hill, but the incredible views of the city and the water make it worth it.

In the distance you can see the Columbus Monument, pointing towards America.

After wandering around the Parc we headed back towards town and spent the rest of the day exploring the Barcelona streets.