Barcelona

Barcelona: Parc Guell

November 3, 2008

More of Ross’ pictures from Barcelona, this time Gaudi’s Parc Guell.

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Barcelona: Casa Battlo

November 1, 2008

Browsing through photos, I realized that Ross had taken many wonderful shots in Barceona, but I only used a handful in my travelogue/video of that trip. So I’ll publish the whole collection, starting with her pictures from Gaudi’s Casa Battlo.

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Barcelona: Parc Güell

April 30, 2006

Part 6, continued from part 5 We hopped back on the tourist bus and rode to the other Gaudí house that we hadn’t yet seen, only to find a long line for it. So we rode the other bus line to Parc Güell, the “English-style” park that Gaudí had designed for his patrons, the Güells. [...]

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To Barcelona, Part 5

April 29, 2006

Part 5, continued from part 4 After the disappointment of lunch, for dinner Enrico had armed himself with recommendations from our friends. We had a hard time finding the place – the street number he had was somehow wrong, and after we finally found it we had to kill an hour and a half because [...]

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To Barcelona, Part 4

April 28, 2006

Part 4, continued from part 3 Enrico left us to go back to the university for a meeting, and Ross and I struck out on foot for the Barri Gotico, seeing many beautiful buildings along the “Modernist Route”, including what is probably the world’s most beautiful Starbucks. We wandered for a while, eventually ending up [...]

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To Barcelona, Part 3

April 27, 2006

Part 3, continued from part 2 Between that and my cold, I got a very poor night’s rest. After breakfast I went back to sleep until it was time to check out and move on. We reached our destination around 2 pm. Javier met us and let us into the apartment where Enrico will be [...]

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