(Barcelona) — If you’re going to Barcelona, you’re going to see a lot of Gaudi.  After all those schoolbooks and tests, never really got him. Walking around Barcelona with my head up for a week, I do now. These are some shots of two favorite houses along Passeig de Gracia.  Casa Mila and it’s rooftop where you can kill hours — make sure you go right at sunset.  Just a block or two away, Casa Batlló 

Here’s a great article in the August 2012 Conde Nast Traveler called 5 Perfect Days in Barcelona and Girona.  And another good article in the August 25, 2012 Wall Street Journal called Insider’s Guide to Barcelona.