According to my audio tour, Casa Batllo, a house Gaudi built for the rich family Batllo, is also known as the house of bones or the house of yawns. This name comes from the four columns in the outer stone façade that are shaped like bones and have plants blooming at the joints. The circular shape of the façade as a whole inspired the second name.
Basically everything in the house moves in ways it shouldn't. The doorway leading into the living room had circular peppermint-shaped glass panes embedded in a wood panel that undulated like a wave. Gaudi drew upon sea creatures again for his inspiration, as he did in La sagrada. I appreciated the reference the guide made to science fiction, that the stairwell was shaped like the spine of a deep underwater sea creature straight out of a sci-fi novel. Maybe Gaudi can be considered seapunk? I'll look into it.
Basically everything in the house moves in ways it shouldn't. The doorway leading into the living room had circular peppermint-shaped glass panes embedded in a wood panel that undulated like a wave. Gaudi drew upon sea creatures again for his inspiration, as he did in La sagrada. I appreciated the reference the guide made to science fiction, that the stairwell was shaped like the spine of a deep underwater sea creature straight out of a sci-fi novel. Maybe Gaudi can be considered seapunk? I'll look into it.
Went and saw Elysium in Spanish, a movie with Matt Damon and Jodi Foster (a completely different actress from the one I imagined) about illegal immigration basically. Unfortunately, it was pretty predictable so I didn't push myself to catch everything that was said. Watching movies in Spanish though, does help, if only by providing me with a sequential storyline to try and follow.
And...on our way back to the hostel after Elysium we stumbled upon a cafe named after our president! What an unexpected sight! It's full name was "Obama British Africa" with a sign under that read "gin and ruhm".
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