Post by Ella We are on our way back to the States. Reluctantly. Waiting in Atlanta for the final flight. I usually try for a wrap up at the end of each trip. Grubb describes the trip as a medieval to modern Gothic journey crowded with ghosts. I describe it in bits. The French love…
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Barcelona photos
Post by Ella Some random photos.
Sagrada Familia
Post by Ella Perhaps Gaudi’s finest. A giant of a basilica. Construction begun in the late 1800s and is ongoing today with a target completion of 2026. The largest unfinished Catholic Church in the world. On the outside, the most distinctive and creative interpretation of Gothic architecture ever, anywhere. Every curve, every line flows. Sculptural…
Atop Las Arenas de Barcelona
Post by Ella On our way to the Museo Nacional d’Art Catalunya the other day, I noticed an elevator going up to the rooftop of the distinctive Las Arenas de Barcelona. Now shopping complex, it was once a bullfighting arena but was reconstructed in 2011 for less violent activities. Who doesn’t love a glass elevator…
Walking Gaudi’s park
Post by Ella It seems one can’t walk more than a block in Barcelona without seeing reference to the famous Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi (1852 – 1926). Known as a Catalan modernist, his style is distinctive. Yesterday we headed to the hills to explore Park Güell, a park designed by Gaudi in 1900. We opted out…
Hey Marc
Post by Ella For my maritime loving cousin.
My favorites, Picasso and Catalunya
Post by Ella Grubb is doing separate posts on the Museum Picasso and the Catalunya museum Here are a few of my favorites.
Ambling for discordant art
Post by Ella We made a pact that we weren’t going to push it here in Barcelona. The city is rich in art and architecture, food and drink, and like any big city, full of contrasting cultures. We thought, just relax. Walk. Look. Smell. We’d booked advance tickets for the Picasso Museum today at 3:00…
Lunch at Soma, Barcelona
Post by Ella A small restaurant serving small dishes. All divine. Cured anchovies and bread with tomato Crunchy risotto biscuits with olives, aioli, kale and honey Sautéed mushrooms with chestnuts and topinambur cream Roasted eggplant with burrata, sun-dried tomato and almond pesto Croaker in coconut and dill jus
Barcelona first photos
Post by Ella Yesterday, after arrival and check in, we headed for the Gothic Quarter which abuts a bay on the Balearic Sea. We are staying in the neighborhood Eixample. Straight down our boulevard to La Rambla where we joined mobs headed towards Rambla de Mar. I was unrealistically hoping that the crowds had died…