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=> Freewheeling => Topic started by: sam on April 18, 2011
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Juicy Jones. (https://www.notanothercyclingforum.net/acf/pics/Barcelona/juicyjones2.jpg) Just squeeze the walls
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She had him stoked
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Not everyone was pleased with the Sagrada Família, especially those who couldn't solve the Sudoku
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The interior is deceptively spacious (https://www.notanothercyclingforum.net/acf/pics/Barcelona/ceiling2.jpg)
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No paragliding in the cathedral please. Abseiling is OK (https://www.notanothercyclingforum.net/acf/pics/Barcelona/abseiling.jpg). We took the stairs (https://www.notanothercyclingforum.net/acf/pics/Barcelona/stairwell.jpg)
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As construction wore on interminably and funds dwindled, the design of the newer towers grew less elaborate
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A fourth wise man offered receipts for the gifts, in case the Christs wanted to return them
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Clergy dispenser
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Truth-is-beauty contest
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Note to self: feed the meter (https://www.notanothercyclingforum.net/acf/pics/Barcelona/candles2.jpg)
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She never entirely lost her girlish love of horses
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Patrons of the arts discuss Picasso's blue period
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Two hours in a museum was about her limit. (His too) (https://www.notanothercyclingforum.net/acf/pics/Barcelona/couch.jpg)
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General Franco had no tolerance for Reds
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Playground bullying escalated
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Gaudí's plan to create a fearsome dragon (https://www.notanothercyclingforum.net/acf/pics/Barcelona/biglizard.jpg) to keep tourists out of the park backfired
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Foolish, really, to have taken the exit into the feeding tank
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The constant octopus gardener. Clearly they're an item (https://www.notanothercyclingforum.net/acf/pics/Barcelona/octopus.jpg)
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As with any other big city, cable car traffic is a nightmare
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Urban space is always at a premium. Here we see a family has put its bikes out to dry
Excursion to Montserrat
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It was a miracle, the townspeople said: 4 for a euro
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According to the crystal ball it would snow on Christmas
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In the rugged landscape which surrounds the monastery lurk fierce mountain cats (https://www.notanothercyclingforum.net/acf/pics/Barcelona/mountaincat2.jpg)
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A pilgrim strokes the Virgin's orb. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_of_Montserrat) Which is one way to stay warm on cold winter nights
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Not all angels can carry a tune
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They came for the boys choir, they stayed for Lady Gaga
Excursion to Tarragona
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Due to health & safety regulations the saints have to pray outside the building
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A city ordinance mandates that Roman architecture be photographed in black and white
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...and that a certain percentage of shots be artistically tilted. Experiments in contrast are also encouraged (https://www.notanothercyclingforum.net/acf/pics/Barcelona/contrast.gif)
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Back in Barcelona, cheap tourist syndrome kicked in at Casa Milà. This is as close as we got
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Family restaurant
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Las Ramblas cycling club
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Checking to see if she's a busker
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Gored by the critics
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It turns out they were separable
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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 (https://www.notanothercyclingforum.net/acf/index.php?topic=51582.0) (though there is precedent for a New York minute (https://www.notanothercyclingforum.net/acf/index.php?topic=51437.0)). It's one of those new naming conventions I seem powerless to change.