So surreal...

Ok, so the title is a really bad pun, but it just seems so appropriate after visiting Figueres, the birthplace of surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. Figueres also houses the Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, which was the main reason we visited the town. This is going to be a quick post without a lot of text because I have a TON of homework to do (yes, you read that right, I actually have homework here) but I thought I would share some pictures with you.

  

The museum is built inside of an old theater that burned down and was later restored by Dalí and his wife.

This courtyard used to be the audience section of the theater. The walls are all covered with an eclectic mix of art pieces.

One of the paintings in the museum - this took up an entire wall. If you look hard enough, you can see that all of the different elements create the image of a Matador's portrait. The green dress on one of the statues is his tie.

Our tour guide - she was great. Very knowledgeable about everything Dalí!

Not the famous "persistence of memory," but a print of the painting on cloth.

 This piece of artwork opened and closed (if you paid a euro, of course) to reveal this image:

I loved visiting the museum. I was fascinated by his life and relationship with Gala, his wife and muse. I could not believe that one person could create so many incredible and interesting pieces of art in a lifetime - and this museum did not even house all of his work! I could have spent a lot more time looking at his art.

After Figueres, we headed to Girona, which is home to one of the best-preserved Jewish quarters in Europe.

 Girona was absolutely beautiful!

We stumbled across this graffiti on our way out of the Dalí museum in Figueres - "Catalonia is not Spain". It is certainly interesting and very accurately depicts how Catalonian nationalists feel about being a part of Spain!