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A Mansion in Park Guell
Nice Digs I kept thinking to myself…this isn’t bad place to live if you could stand the tourists. Park Güell in Barcelona is one of those amazing places that had a bad time getting its start. Built by...
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Old Catalonian Typewriter
Strange Finds Sometimes if you look, you will see the most fantastic details. This ancient typewriter caught my eye immediately upon walking into an old office at Sala Gimbernat. It was the spacebar...
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The Skylight at La Pedera
Ingenious Lighting I just loved the way the architect Antoni Gaudi used shafts of open space in the interior of his buildings to get more outside light into what would otherwise be dark rooms. This...
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The Barcelona Crowd
Street Photography I like all kinds of photography, but one style I have a hard time with is street photography. It’s not that I don’t love the style, but there is a patience needed that I seem to...
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Casa Batllo Laundry
Design for All This area of Casa Batllo is the laundry and servants work area of the home. What’s interesting to me is even in this utilitarian area of the mansion, Antoni Gaudi didn’t stop designing,...
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Casa Batllo Skylight
Brilliant Design I cant get over the many ingenious design elements of Antoni Gaudi’s homes. This skylight running through the center of Casa Batllo is a perfect example. The further light has to...
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Park Guell at the Entrance
A Beautiful Mind To me, Barcelona is Gaudi. It’s an unfair characterization, but when you have a true artist in your city’s history, one so gifted at seeing what others miss, it’s impossible for me not...
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Gaudi Chimney’s and a Blue Sky in Barcelona
The Forms of Gaudi I have been thinking about Barcelona recently. It’s such a beautiful city and everywhere you turn it seems there is an explosion of art. Random acts of beauty, more-so then you get...
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In the Choir of La Catedral
Happy New Year! As crazy as the last two years was, 2015 looks to be even crazier for me…at least travel wise. I hope the best for all of you in the coming year! Really Big Churches I waited outside La...
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High Key Ramp
White Ramp How much of your vacations do you end up leaving to chance? I found MACBA Museu D’Art Contemporani De Barcelona within walking distance of my hotel in Barcelona. I just wandered to it the...
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The Nave Ceiling of La Sagrada Familia
The Madness of Genius It’s likely hard to conceptualize what you see in today’s photo. Even when I tell you it’s a ceiling. Even when I tell you it’s the Nave of La Sagrada Familia. Honestly, its...
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The Seat of Knowledge
Travels Through Time I don’t mean like H.G. Wells, but often my travels involve investigations of antiquity. Looking back near and far, my investigation is not only of other cultures, but other times....
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Performers on the Streets of Barcelona, Spain
Taking to the Street One of the things I love when traveling is how I tend to stumble on odd happenings. I am frequently in tourist sorts of areas during my first visit to a place, and I always expect...
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