Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Great food and wine and...
Great food and wine with one of the finest artificial objects human has created in the world behind. Last night at Barcelona.
Barceloneta beach
It is still in summer at the Barceloneta beach. I should have brought a swim suit and lied down on the beach to see girls in bikini.
Late lunch at Barceloneta
Two hungry dogs ate late lunch at a restaurant in the Barceloneta district. Grilled fishes, pulpo (octopus) and fried shrimps which were supposed to be fried small fishes according to the menu. Does not matter because it is good anyway.
Gigantic cat
If you depart from the Liceu station on La Rambla and walk to west, it is there in the Raval district.
Casa Amatller
Next to Casa Batllo, you can see Casa Amatller which was designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch. Quiet compared to crowded Casa Batllo but still lovely house.
Casa Batlló
Another apartment designed by Gaudi. The shape of the windows, balconies, facade are all unique but among others the roof is interesting and kind of icecreamish. He also intricately calculated all these designs and an amazing thing is comfortability for residents was always in his mind. If you see the size of the windows inside the apartment, they slightly differ (smaller at the top and larger at the bottom) in order to take the same amount of natural su
nlight on all different floors.
Casa Vicens
More Modernismo architectures we want to check before leaving. Have found one designed by Gaudi within 5 minutes from our hotel. The business of the house owner was tiles as obviously if you look at the facade.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Food at a bar
Went back to the place we stayed and browsed to find food. Since a guy at a local bar seems like to be able to speak English, we went in. The food is various and great. Besides, I would like the system where you can always know how much you must pay by counting the number of sticks you have left. Finally we are full.
And way back
We thought the tickets we had bought were valid for back down from the mountains by the same Cremallera but a lady at the Cremallera station insisted they were to be used by funicular, and actually she is right. However, strange enough because I am sure that the ticket vending machine we used to buy round-trip apparently showed us options and we chose both ways by Cremallera... Anyway does not matter as far as we can take a ride.
Hike in mountains
Hiked in mountains behind the Montserrat. You can go up there by cable car and need to take some walk probably for 30 min to a few hours depending on the course you choose. Our tour took about 90 minutes.
Benedictine monk mountain retreat
The Benedictine monk retreat is built on flat space but in the middle of mountains. Spectacular!
Montserrat
Took Cremallera (mountain climbing train) to Montserrat which is a Benedictine monk mountain retreat.
Church of Colònia Güell
Took train and went down to Santa Coloma de Cervelló to see Colònia Güell and its church which is unfinished job by Gaudi. Colònia Güell was a large clothing factory town where employees and their families were living.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Parc de la Ciutadella
The end of another day and cava (sparkling wine) which I bought at a local supermarket is waiting for me.
The 4 Gats
I thoughts it was 4 Cats but apparently not. It is 4 Gats. According to Wiki Pablo Picasso visited this pub-restaurant often in his early career.
The Palau de la Música Catalana
This musical theater was also designed by Domenech. It is absolutely not allowed to take photo inside of the theater but it is like this.
Siete Portes
Took lunch at Restaurant 7 Portes. Monk-fish soup and seafood paella, superb. People working there are very gentle and polite, and they understand how they should serve.
Placa Reial
A famous square next to La Rambla. Famous clubs, restaurants, meeting place, events taking place in new year, at La Merce, etc. Seems like a spot to visit at night during summer. BTW, this light tower was also designed by Gaudi.
La Bougeria
A large market where you can find every kind of food including one hard to hit in the northern Europe.
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