Travel
Four Days In Barcelona
28 Feb 2009 12:20 AM /
In 2006, I spent a bit more than a week in Barcelona. It was my first visit to that wonderful city. I really enjoyed the atmosphere there a lot. I also loved Antoni Gaudi’s masterpieces such as Park Guell, Casa Batlló and La Pedrera. I felt instantly at home. The same thing happened to me when I went to San Francisco.
I was hoping to go back to Barcelona soon after my 2006 trip. It didn’t happen as quickly as I wished for... not until last week. And I truly loved the 4 days I spent there. Wonderful city. Very nice people. Awesome architecture. Very laid-back atmosphere.
I visited La Pedrera and got a close look at the greatness of Gaudi. Some of the chairs he designed left me totally flabbergasted. They looked so well-thought and perfect! The same thing goes for the door knobs, the heat control system and many other aspects of this gorgeous building. I also visited the Pablo Picasso museum. I don’t think I have the right mindset to appreciate his art and I was in a hurry to get done with the visit.
I also walked a lot around La Rambla and the Raval district and went to Park Guell on foot. When I needed to relax, I hanged around Plaça de Catalunya or went for some Music listening near the Barcelona Cathedral. I had great food, particularly at two organic food restaurants I highly recommended (the link behind the restaurant name launches a Google Map): Origens in Passeig Born, near the Picasso museum (http://www.lallavordelsorigens.com/) and Organic in Carrer Junta De Comerç, which is a parallel to La Rambla (http://www.antoniaorganickitchen.com/home.html).
I had only my mobile phone’s rather lame embedded camera to take pictures when every tourist and his mom had some DSLR hanging around the neck. If your are not afraid that your eyeballs pop out of their socket due to bad pictures, you may want to look at the few barely honorable shots I could beautify with iPhoto.
Viva Barcelona! (but Paris still rocks, ask betabug)
I was hoping to go back to Barcelona soon after my 2006 trip. It didn’t happen as quickly as I wished for... not until last week. And I truly loved the 4 days I spent there. Wonderful city. Very nice people. Awesome architecture. Very laid-back atmosphere.
I visited La Pedrera and got a close look at the greatness of Gaudi. Some of the chairs he designed left me totally flabbergasted. They looked so well-thought and perfect! The same thing goes for the door knobs, the heat control system and many other aspects of this gorgeous building. I also visited the Pablo Picasso museum. I don’t think I have the right mindset to appreciate his art and I was in a hurry to get done with the visit.
I also walked a lot around La Rambla and the Raval district and went to Park Guell on foot. When I needed to relax, I hanged around Plaça de Catalunya or went for some Music listening near the Barcelona Cathedral. I had great food, particularly at two organic food restaurants I highly recommended (the link behind the restaurant name launches a Google Map): Origens in Passeig Born, near the Picasso museum (http://www.lallavordelsorigens.com/) and Organic in Carrer Junta De Comerç, which is a parallel to La Rambla (http://www.antoniaorganickitchen.com/home.html).
I had only my mobile phone’s rather lame embedded camera to take pictures when every tourist and his mom had some DSLR hanging around the neck. If your are not afraid that your eyeballs pop out of their socket due to bad pictures, you may want to look at the few barely honorable shots I could beautify with iPhoto.
Viva Barcelona! (but Paris still rocks, ask betabug)