1st field trip

This past week our class visited the Museu d'Història de la Ciutat de Barcelona.  It was a really interesting and fun museum.  I especially enjoyed walking around the Barri Gotic. I loved the mixture of old and new and how the city has just grown on top of roman ruins.  The museum was extremely interesting and i thought exploring the ancient roman ruins under the museum was really cool.  I think it is so cool that Barcelona has such a historic past that a lot of people don't know about.  I think that museum had a lot of interesting historical information that most tourists would never know or learn when the visit the city.  I am definitely going to take my parents back there when they come to visit! 


During the tour we saw the old roman columns which i thought were cool but i wish you could get a closer look of them...it was hard to get a detailed view of them from so far down.  It was shocking how big they are.  I think its interesting that they are just like stuck in some little alcove in what looks like someone's front entry to their house. The romans were really an incredible civilization and the fact that they could build things like this is crazy.  


While at the museum we saw lots of roman artifacts that were sort of similar to objects we use today.  I think the coolest one though was the tic tac toe board....the fact that such a simple game that everyone knows has such an ancient history is crazy.  We also saw mosaics, wall paintings, graves and a pool (i think thats what it was), excavated remains of ancient structures, and washing and dying areas.  I think the coolest artifact that was downstairs and still partially intact was the wine storage vessels.  WOW thats a lot of wine!! Although they weren't the best roman ruins I have seen it was still really cool see these things under the city that you honestly would never know were there.  I just wish they could dig up the rest of the city to see what was underneath it.  

Outside the Cathedral...i thought that the thing thing that looks like a star was beautiful!

Mixing of old and new?

I like the gargoyles and the light on the palm tree

funny sheep thingy

What is that circular thing on the corner of the building

Roman columns

Pretty lights on the museum when we were leaving

I think the gothic windows are really cool looking when they are lit up at night...are they gothics?

I really enjoyed this field trip and i think the greatest thing that i gained from it was a better appreciation and understand of the history of the city.  I never knew that Barcelona was a roman city until this class and i'm really happy that i learned about this and was able to see the museum.