Author Topic: Barcelona in a day

sam

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Barcelona in a day
« on: April 18, 2011 »

Juicy Jones.
Just squeeze the walls


She had him stoked


Not everyone was pleased with the Sagrada Família, especially those who couldn't solve the Sudoku


The interior is deceptively spacious


No paragliding in the cathedral please. Abseiling is OK. We took the stairs


As construction wore on interminably and funds dwindled, the design of the newer towers grew less elaborate


A fourth wise man offered receipts for the gifts, in case the Christs wanted to return them


Clergy dispenser


Truth-is-beauty contest


Note to self: feed the meter


She never entirely lost her girlish love of horses


Patrons of the arts discuss Picasso's blue period


Two hours in a museum was about her limit. (His too)


General Franco had no tolerance for Reds


Playground bullying escalated


Gaudí's plan to create a fearsome dragon to keep tourists out of the park backfired


Foolish, really, to have taken the exit into the feeding tank


The constant octopus gardener. Clearly they're an item


As with any other big city, cable car traffic is a nightmare


Urban space is always at a premium. Here we see a family has put its bikes out to dry


Excursion to Montserrat

It was a miracle, the townspeople said: 4 for a euro


According to the crystal ball it would snow on Christmas


In the rugged landscape which surrounds the monastery lurk fierce mountain cats


A pilgrim strokes the Virgin's orb. Which is one way to stay warm on cold winter nights


Not all angels can carry a tune


They came for the boys choir, they stayed for Lady Gaga


Excursion to Tarragona

Due to health & safety regulations the saints have to pray outside the building


A city ordinance mandates that Roman architecture be photographed in black and white


...and that a certain percentage of shots be artistically tilted. Experiments in contrast are also encouraged



Back in Barcelona, cheap tourist syndrome kicked in at Casa Milà. This is as close as we got


Family restaurant


Las Ramblas cycling club


Checking to see if she's a busker


Gored by the critics


It turns out they were separable


The Nikon D40 employs a multi-CAM530 focusing module with three focusing points. I wasn't one of them.

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We didn't see Barcelona in a day any more than we saw York in an hour (though there is precedent for a New York minute). It's one of those new naming conventions I seem powerless to change.