Assorted Barcelona Pictures
Random pictures of Barcelona.
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Is There Life Beyond Gaudí ? Yes, but first more Gaudí.
La Pedrera. A brief visit to Casa Milà.
Read more "Is There Life Beyond Gaudí ? Yes, but first more Gaudí."Barcelona’s La Casa Batlló, continued
Some more crazy Batlló pics for you!
Read more "Barcelona’s La Casa Batlló, continued"Moving from Gaudí to Gaudí
Touring the magnificent Casa Batlló, what fun!
Read more "Moving from Gaudí to Gaudí"La Sagrada Família, last installment
Our visit to the Nativity Tower of the Basílica de la Sagrada Família shall be my concluding post regarding this amazing, baffling, confusing, yet inspiring architectural wonder. By the way, if you have wiggle room for scheduling your visit, I would strongly recommend to come during a non-school-holiday period and well outside of the European […]
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Of Doors & Towers Before we get to today’s specifics, I must correct my terminology regarding this Roman Catholic church, UNESCO World Heritage Site and mega tourist attraction in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, la Sagrada Família. It is not a cathedral, as I have called it throughout my reports. A cathedral is a bishop’s seat [church], […]
Read more "La Sagrada Família, part 3"La Sagrada Família, part 2
Basílica de la Sagrada Família, interior aspects. Entering this vast space is mind boggling. And since it is pretty much impossible to take pictures anywhere approaching the quality of the images readily available in books or online while walking around in a daze, gawking at this amazing edifice with a few thousand fellow tourists milling […]
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The most famous construction site in the world. Cramped into an intersection of busy roads, dwarfed by cranes, wrapped in protective skins, engulfed by traffic noise, children’s squeals, honking mopeds and an undulating sea of humanity from all corners of the globe. This is what you see when you first emerge from the Metra. An […]
Read more "La Sagrada Família, part 1"Barcelona, a walk
Our Barcelona exchange home for the next two weeks is located in the La Ribera neighborhood which flows into El Born and Barri Gòtic, the oldest of the traditional Barcelona barrios. We are smack in the middle of a whole lot of hustle and bustle! Come along, entrada! A neighborhood street with neighborhood shops. The […]
Read more "Barcelona, a walk"Brenham w/o Ice Cream
The other day we, my Houston Cousin and I undertook an excursion to Chappell Hill, Texas, to visit with her close friend the ceramic artist and painter Ruth Wilson. The three of us then headed over to the neighboring town for lunch at the historic Ant Street Inn in Brenham, Washington County, the birthplace of […]
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NOT IN A STRAIGHT LINE by Photolera Claudinha 