Sampling cava at Can Paixano, a favorite after work hang out for locals and tourists alike. Prices are for a whole bottle!
Beautiful and scary. Dusk at Barcelona's most famous landmark.
Taken on a city street in Barcelona, I think this sums up the spirit of that magical city: looking back to honor the past, while gazing ahead to the limitless future.
Even from overseas Eva, a Barcelona resident and old friend, often extends listening ears and practical thought to my (many) life quandries. A true friend.
Monumental in size, this historic structure stands in the middle of Barcelona's authentic but trendy Barrio Gotic, or "Old City".
The Sagrada Familia, Gaudi's famous cathedral of spires, draws attention from every angle, causing googley-eyed tourists to stop and inspect one of Barcelona's main historic attractions.
Living in a foreign country is hard work. Eva, an American residing in Barcelona, makes her home away from home in a fashionable El Born apartment, an authentic village in Barcelona's "old city".
My good friends Ben and Eva help me serve this foreign roast, a whole turkey, to our foreign Catalanes friends during our Thanksgiving celebration.
For the occasion the scrumptious bird had to be special ordered from a neighboring country.
Meeting my good friend Eva at her new home in Barcelona proved rejuvenating for her, me and our fellow sojourner Ben.
As the Barcelona day began to close I captured three friends indelible cast from the coastal city's setting sun.
The Arc de Triomf in Barcelona was not build by the French but by a Catalan architect, who designed it for the 1888 Universal exhibition. The arc stands in the beginning of a beautiful Rambla that leads to the main Barcelona park Parc de Ciutadella.