Roman Tarragona
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Today we have just a taste of Tarragona. It’s the town we visited on a day trip while we were staying in Barcelona.
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Sneak preview of Tarragona
I’m going to end the week with another photo made by Chris. It’s also from the trip to Spain, but it’s from a day trip we made to a nearby town, Tarragona, which was the capital city of the area … Continue reading
Return to Casa Milà
In today’s post we head back to Casa Milà in Barcelona, to see how it inspired some great photographic work by Chris. I really like how Chris captures that rooftop terrace and its figures in a very creative way.
Gaudí the “Starchitect” Part 2: Interior Design
The Casa Milà by Gaudí’s was built to be an apartment building. Today, it’s basically a museum to Gaudí’s designs, with a museum-like exhibit hall on the top floor, below the level of the rooftop stuff we saw in yesterday’s … Continue reading
The Casa Milà: Gaudí becomes a Star..chitect
So, imagine you’re a wealthy industrialist — or something — in the late 19th/early 20th century in Barcelona. You want an apartment in the city, and you’ve got this friend who’s an architect who’s designed a truly rather one-of-a-kind Cathedral. … Continue reading
Going for Gaudí
Today’s the day we begin our look at the work of Gaudí, the artist and architect whose work is currently the biggest tourist attraction in Barcelona.
Suddenly Sundials
So we were on the tour bus in Barcelona, passing by all kinds of interesting buildings. And suddenly I spot a church that seems to have 2 sundials on its bell tower. Chris was not looking in the same direction, … Continue reading
View from the top … of the bus
As I mentioned yesterday, we decided to take the Barcelona Bus Touristic double-decker tourist bus. It was the hop-on, hop-off kind, where you get a set of headphones, and get on and off to explore a site, before getting back … Continue reading
My Barcelona Brigadoon
We took one of the “Hop-on, Hop-off” tourist buses in Barcelona. We don’t usually do that when we explore a new city, but this time around, it seemed like the perfect way to see a lot of the city in … Continue reading
Roman Barcelona
As promised on Friday, today we’re taking a trip back in time to Roman Barcelona.