On the Barcelona Cathedral, there was an interesting series of very narrow walks, and little doors through the flying buttresses. It seems like a very dangerous walk to me!
We had a little free time while some of our folks attended Easter Services in the Cathedral. (How often does a regular American catholic get a chance to do that?) Down the street from the cathedral, was this unique looking building that Susan & I went to see. It was closed for Easter, but houses a very modern market. there were street vendors selling jewelery just outside. Very nice stuff.
We went into the Cathedral (no photos, of course), and into the cloister behind the cathedral, mostly to visit & look at the guard geese. inside, however, is a very small statue of St George, killing the dragon, which happened somewhere nearby, which is something I did not know!
The Barcelona Cathedral is really part of a series of buildings in the old Gothic Barrio. This is a bridge between 2 of the buildings. It sort of reminds me of the bridge of Sighs in Venice, but I suspect this one was used by priests, monks, nuns, and other church people, to safely move about the complex.
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