The trek to Parc Guell (Day 1, part 3)

After we were done checking out La Sagrada Familia, Emma and I consulted our map to see if the Parc Guell (where there is more Gaudi art) was nearby.
"Hmm, looks like you just have to follow this main road, take a left here, and then make a right and we should be there."
LITTLE DID WE KNOW it was a completely uphill trek, a montanya if you will.
"Nana! These benches better be worth it," Emma says as we pant up the hill. Forty-five minutes (and many wrong turns) later we finally arrive at a small north-eastern entrance to the park. Emma and I suck it up a little more and keep climbing up a winding path to get this fine view of Barcelona. Those are triumphant smiles you see.

"Right, where are the benches?"
"Hmm, maybe that way?"
"Okay, let's take this short cut down this dirt path." Except that the dirt path seems to lead us way off the beaten path, and just when we sigh with relief at having finally found a paved road again- we realize that we have exited the park!

We decide to throw in the towel and come back to see the benches another day. On our way walking back to the Metro we see moving escalators that take you from the bottom of the hill to the top- no montanya climbing necessary. Emma and I look at each other in exasperation and laugh.