Gold lamé jacket
The artwork in the room!
Our painting!
After dinner we had an appointment with the art people onboard. We went to the auction for fun and we ended up winning, not bidding but we won, a painting like, for free. This is the painting. It's by Jean Claude Picot. He uses kind of atypical colors. For instance, we saw another painting of his where we saw a red field of wheat.
Didn't buy anything
We tagged a few paintings we liked at the pre-viewing but it turned out they were all too much for us to buy. They had a drawing for free gifts but we didn't win anything. It was entertaining though. We enjoyed it!
Art auction
We've always been invited to art auctions on cruises but we've only just passed by them. This time we didn't have anything else to do so we thought, "Why not?" They had free champagne anyway.
Last shot
One last pic before we leave.
Two stories
It was two stories high! Very cool!
Short line
The line was much shorter now but the park was about to close. We still had a few things to see. We weren't going to get in.
View
The view from the terrace seats. The righ-hand building was undergoing renovations.
Blurry selfie
It was the only selfie we took. It focused on the building behind us.
Terrace seating
The shape of the roof bench allows people to have private conversations, even when the benches are full of people. The bumps on the bench were put there by Gaudi to allow the benches to dry quickly after it rains.
Seating
This is the outer edge of the upper tier seating. The mosaics are beautiful. I love the animal heads too!
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Cool gate!
You can see the natural theme. In the middle of the circles are big leaves.
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Ceiling closeup
Very pretty!
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Columns
This space seemed kind of awkward with all the columns. The important part was what it held up. The mosaics on the ceiling were pretty and the columns were fun to run through!
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El Drac
The Dragon! He sits in-between the staircases at the entrance.
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Animals
There were lots of mosaic animals.
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Broken
Every bit of tile is broken and then put back together in a design. It looked like a ton of work!
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Pretty empty
You can see, it was not only cold but it was rainy. I think it helped us. The park was pretty empty. I've seen photos of the park when it's chock full of people.