Goodbye Madrid, Hello Barcelona!

So far Spain has been an amazing experience! We just spent the past few days in Madrid, which was incredibly beautiful. We saw all the major sights including the Prado, the Reina Sofia, and the downtown areas. We even went to Toledo for a day to try some of their famous Marzipan and check out the shopping. Yesterday was a big shopping day for me, I bought all sorts of accessories and clothing. Seeing the Guernica in person was quite the experience, it is much larger than I had envisioned!
Today is our first day in Barcelona, which has so far been a little depressing, because the rain has been coming down really hard. We did however, manage to see the Cathedral designed by Gaudi, which has been under construction for over 130 years! They say it won´t be completed until 2030 at the earliest! Gaudi´s house was my favorite thing we have seen so far.... there were cascading pillars with beautiful mosaics and a tropical garden paradise surrounding his Mediterranean house. There were even life size artsy gingerbread houses, which were used as the guest houses!
Tonight we are going to go search for some Paella and check out Barcelona´s famous nightlife.