Pablo Picasso

Picasso's self portrait

We went to the Picasso Museum in Barcelona and saw many pieces of Pablo Picasso's art. Pablo Picasso was one of the most well known and famous artists. His dad was a art teacher so Picasso stated at a early age. 

"First communion"

A lot of Picasso's paintings were oil on canvas or oil on wood. At the age of 13-14 he most of his paintings were natural portraits and landscapes. This was one of my favorite styles that he used.  At the age of 14 he entered a piece that was called The First Communion in a competition. This piece was a oil on canvas and was one of his first famous pieces of art.  I think Picasso was a amazing painter for his age!


In Pablo's mid 20's he took a trip to Paris. After the trip his style changed, and he made one of his most famous paintings. As his style changed his art became more colorful. For a while he did a style called still life.

I liked his new style because it was more colorful and bright. I felt like it was happier. His old style was dark and dull. I also liked his new style because it was different than other art, and it was really creative.
  
In 1973 at the age of 91 Pablo Picasso died. 

His full name was Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso. By Jaden

La Sagrada Familia by Beckett Turner

When we were in Barcelona, we went to one of it's most famous sights called La Sagrada Familia!  La Sagrada Familia (means The Sacred Family) is a big Basilica. A Basilica is a church in Spain. It was designed by a Antonio Gaudi. Antonio Gaudi was able to finish designing it, but did not get to see the whole building built because he got hit by a train in 1926.  Now In 2014 they are still trying hard to finish Gaudi's Sagrada Familia!

It was colorful, there were lots of high towers and he also tried to make it look like nature on the  inside. The columns looked like trees. It was probable the most unique building i've ever seen.

Click here to learn more about La Sagrada Familia!!!

Gaudi designed a schoolhouse for the children of the workers so that they could go to school!  This is us at one of the desks!

Camp Nou- By Jaden and Beckett

We went to the fc barcelona soccer stadium.  The 'fc' stands for football club and football means soccer in spanish. They are one of the best soccer teams in the world, and have the best soccer player in the world too; his name is Lionel Messi.

My favorite part of the stadium tour was the away locker room. It had its own hot tub so the players could rest before or after their game.  I also liked the broadcast room. I think they had the best view.  I also liked the field because they grow the grass, so it wasn't fake. By Beckett

We went to the camp Nou on our second full day in Barcelona. Camp Nou is BFC (Barcelona futball club) futball (soccer) stadium it holds about 100,000 people thats about 4 times bigger than the sounders stadium. Camp Nou was built in 1957 which is about 50 years older than the sounders stadium. The Camp Nou experience includes the museum, stadium, the visitor locker room, broadcasting booths, and the press room. In the press room we got a picture of my brother and I holding a trophy Barcelona FC won, it was about 2 feet tall and 1 foot wide.

Some of Barcelona FC's most well known players are Messi and Neymar JR. A cool thing about Barcelona FC is that they have UNICEF on the back of their jersey's to help promote them. UNICEF is a organization that helps children worldwide.

My favorite part was the broadcasting booth, the broadcasting booth is a room up really high and you can see the whole field super clear. It is where the announcers sit and watch, it is a long skinny room with a bunch of seats for people like the owners of the team and important people.

It has been my favorite thing so far because Barcelona FC is my favorite football team, and my favorite player is Messi. So it was cool for me to learn all about the team and their history. Barcelona is my favorite team because they mean a lot to their city and community and their goal isn't just to win games it is to make their town a better place and help people. Barcelona FC isn't just a soccer team they are a big part of their city.

When I was leaving Barcelona a guy tapped on my Barcelona FC sweatshirt and was like Barca, Barca and thought it was cool that a tourist kid was wearing a Barcelona sweatshirt. By Jaden

Here are some more pictures of our day at Camp Nou! We ended the day at the beach and rented some long boards :) They don't have helmets in Spain, so mom couldn't make us wear one!