Tag: “Barcelona”
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At Home in Barcelona
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".
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Turkey x 4
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. -
Coastal Casting
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. -
Occupied Barcelona
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.
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Arc de Triumpf
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.
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La Cova Fumada
Catalans swear by this place for lunch or an early evening snack. Supposedly the birth place of the tasty La Bomba (a lightly fried ball of potato and meat covered in spicy sauce), La Cova Fumada also serves fresh seafood and roasted artichokes.
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Rincon de la Ciudadela
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Bar Marsella
Let your mind wander at this famous absinthe bar. Hemingway, Dali, Picasso, and Miro did.
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Tower of a Gaudi building, Parc Guell
In Parc Guell at sunset - the lines are aeroplane vapour trails.
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Plaza Catalunya, Barcelona
Plaça Catalunya (or Plaça de Catalunya, both being the official Catalan language names; is a large square in central Barcelona that is generally considered to be both its city centre and the place where the old city (see Barri Gòtic and Raval, in Ciutat Vella) and the 19th century-built Eixample meet.
Some of the city's most important streets and avenues meet in Plaça Catalunya: Passeig de Gràcia, Rambla de Catalunya, La Rambla or Portal de l'Àngel, in addition to Ronda de Sant Pere, Carrer de Vergara or Carrer de Pelai. It has an area of about 50,000 square metres.
