Barcelona is home to over 300 squatted houses and cultural centers. Many are identifiable by the colorful murals and multitudes of information adorning their facades.
Las Ramblas is like the artists corner of Barcelona with everything from caricture artists to buskers to extrodinary portrait artists and trinket makers all hawking there wares.
While attempting to entertain guests overseas this world traveler learned the heart of Barcelona lies not within historic sites or ancient tradition but in the culture of its residents.
Graffiti on a wall by the CCCB (art museum) with the Ajuntament (City Hall) al fondo (in the background)
A look up the sky - It was the first Sunday of Semana Santa, the week before Easter- imagine underneath busy crowds of spanish families and tourists in and around Gaudi's never to be finished cathedral - Barcelona's famous landmark - always worth to visit - but bring some time for the line..
Those are the tallest buildings in Barcelona, Hotels Arts and Torre MAPFRE. The picture was taken in a freezing winter afternoon.
Fruit is abundant in this famous Barcelona market. Photo makes me think of Carmen Miranda and Josephine Baker.
This is the Agbar Tower, in Barcelona.
A Tiki guards the Kahala in Barcelona
20 years ago, the catalan government and the Barcelona municipality decided to kickstart the renovation of the crime stricken area of Raval by running down 5 blocks of buildings in the heart of the quarter, to make room for a new boulevard called Rambla del Raval.
Clearly, not everyone was happy with the outcome.