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Out & about in Barcelona, Catalunya

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Barcelona is a large place, sprawling out from the old city center,
just to the north of the Llobregat River. I personally did not see that
much of it, but Alissa, Jennifer and Brianna did. Greg and I tended to
shy away from there, unless we were forced to go, for one reason or
another. Any place with 16,000 people per square kilometer should be
prudently avoided, in my way of thinking. Our wives, on the other hand,
don't seem to mind rubbing elbows with its five million people.

A South American in Spain. Photo by Alissa
Miguel Ale plays in
the Gothic quarter
5 June 2010
Small streets, big crowds. Photo by Alissa
The Gothic quarter,
Old Barcelona
5 June 2010
Jenn and Sitting Bull, I guess. Photo by Alissa
Jenn with Spain's
version of Sitting Bull
5 June 2010
Name the fountain, win a Euro! Photo by Alissa
Flowers, fountains,
and stone buildings
5 June 2010
They didn't enter the museum, but there was much to see all around it. Photo by Alissa
Statues classical
and modern.
5 June 2010
Here, pigeon-pigeon-pigeon! Photo by Alissa
Jenn wandering
Plaça de Catalunya
5 June 2010
Only in Spain, I guess... Photo by Alissa
Classical culture,
Plaça de Catalunya
5 June 2010
This is a sculptor's tribute to Labor... Photo by Alissa
Trabajo sculpture,
Plaça de Catalunya
5 June 2010
Palau Nacional. Photo by Alissa
Nat'l Museum of
Art of Catalonia
9 June 2010
Netting to preclude the birds... Photo by Alissa
One of the city's
twin Venetian Towers
9 June 2010

Almost looks 'English.' Photo by Alissa
Gardened steps at
the Nat'l Museum of Art
9 June 2010
A view of the main front. Photo by Alissa
Nat'l Museum of
Art of Catalonia
9 June 2010
We got off the bus before it was in Barcelona Proper. Mistake!
Greg off the bus
and hoofing it.
9 June 2010
We were rained out of climbing this day
Hoping for a
Harley shop...
9 June 2010
You see signs of the struggle for national unity everywhere.
Nationalistic graffiti,
downtown Barcelona
9 June 2010

When we returned from Spain, I tried to figure out where Alissa had been
while she, Jenn & Brianna were touring the city. We had hundreds of images
to sort through. Utilizing the Internet, I may have figured most of this out, but
just as well, I may have a few things wrong. At any rate, accurate or not, here
are some of the high points of Barcelona.

I've found a rather good number of websites for Barcelona tourism. Here is but
one for Poble Espanyol, the representative village for every region of Spain:

El Poblé

Not much for a photo of himself, I guess!
Say Cheese, Greg!
"Dinero," he said.
9 June 2010
Didja know that palm trees are a kind of grass? Photo by Alissa
Contemporary stained
glass design...
9 June 2010
Enjoy. This building is slated for demolition. Photo by Alissa
La Rotonda, c.1918,
Catalan Art Nouveau
9 June 2010
Hundreds, maybe thousands of people live on this hillside. Photo by Alissa
Prime real estate,
Barcelona
9 June 2010
Things such as this are all over Catalunya. Photo by Alissa
Ceramic street tiles,
downtown Barcelona
9 June 2010

Must be a valuable commodity. Photo by Alissa
Sorry, we're closed!
Be good for now!
9 June 2010
This was the day the women taught Greg & I how to ride the train.
Smart way to town:
By train, not by bus!
10 June 2010
Here we depart from Modernism.
Pre-modernistic
architecture.
10 June 2010
Makes me wonder what's in the buildings...
Central Fountain at
Plaça d'Espanya
11 June 2010
Today it was my turn to photograph the big museum...
Palau Nacional,
now a museum
11 June 2010

Bull fighting never really caught on in Catalonia...
Arenas de Barcelona,
Plaça d'Espanya
11 June 2010
Possibly erected around 1929
Interesting tower,
Fira de Barcelona
11 June 2010
Walking the plaza...
Brianna eyeing the
gardened stairs
11 June 2010
They were supposed to demolish this after the Expo of '29, but they didn't...
Touring the old Expo.
Poble Espanyol
11 June 2010
This is where you can find the artisans.
Built in 1929.
Poble Espanyol
11 June 2010

Built in 1929, a replica for the sake of displaying Spanish architecture
Utebo Clock Tower,
Poble Espanyol
11 June 2010
Photos by Alissa
The glass maker,
Poble Espanyol
11 June 2010
Something to eat, Hernando?
Glass making,
Poble Espanyol
11 June 2010
You've probably figured out what this is by now
Maker of glass,
Poble Espanyol
11 June 2010
How many ways can you describe this work?!
Glass dude,
Poble Espanyol
11 June 2010

A little taste of Andalusia
Calle Cuna,
Poble Espanyol
11 June 2010
This may be a bit out of sequence. The Mediterranean in the distance.
View of Barcelona
from higher ground
11 June 2010
Once again, not sure where this taken, but the inland is visible in the distance.
Looking inland from
Barcelona, Spain
11 June 2010
Pre-Reformation architectural style
A little Gothic:
Poble Espanyol
11 June 2010

Oranges. Maybe a representation of Valencia?
Another taste,
Poble Espanyol
11 June 2010
Nice place to check out the Expo!
Gradas de Santiago,
Poble Espanyol
11 June 2010
Typical Galicia-style architecture in this corner...
Rincón del Triste,
Poble Espanyol
11 June 2010
They're all restaurants & shops, Alissa tells me.
Austerity, in Spain!?
Poble Espanyol
11 June 2010

This was built for an expo in 1929.
Plaça Major,
Poble Espanyol
11 June 2010
Restaurants & little shops...
Plaça Major,
Poble Espanyol
11 June 2010
This is the largest plaza at the little village.
Plaça Major,
Poble Espanyol
11 June 2010
Puerta de San Vincente, probably...
Plaça de la Font,
Poble Espanyol
11 June 2010

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Ben & Alissa Boykin, and Brianna Figueroa

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