» Barcelona – 2005

Barcelona – Gaudi’s “La Sagrada Familia”

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Larry knocking on the door of the Sagrada Familia, which was conveniently near our hotel.

Larry at the cathedral’s front face

Sculptures on the exterior

Larry in front of one of the sculptures

Me in front of some colorful stained glass windows inside.

Barcelona – Barceloneta

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Larry near Placa del Mar at the edge of Barceloneta

Spanish architecture is evident all over this area; vibrant colors and iron trellises.

Barceloneta by the sea. This stretch contained lots of enticing restaurants and bars.

It’s obvious from these back streets where New Orleans’ architecture came from.

Barcelona – La Ribera and Tibidabo

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A street in La Ribera

Me by a wall in La Ribera

Santa Maria Del Mar (it was closed, but here’s the exterior)

Pretty architecture in La Ribera

Barcelona’s answer to Paris’s Sacre Coeur, the Sagrat Cor. It sits at the top of Mount Tibidabo and is surrounded by a fun park. We took a funicular to get there.

A lantern inside the cathedral

The top of the Sagrat Cor presented a great view of the city

Barcelona – By the Mediterranean

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That’s Columbus atop the monument. He’s pointing to Italy rather than America. *shrugs*

Larry on the Golondrina. We circled the bay. I got a little sea sick.

A submarine outside the Maritime Museum

Larry by a model inside the Maritime Museum. We loved this place; definitely a highlight of the trip.

A map inside the Maritime Museum

A model boat inside the Maritime Museum

A pretty painting inside the Maritime Museum

The Maritime Kitty

Barcelona – Las Ramblas and Placa Reial

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Street performers crowd the avenue.

wheeee!

Carrer de Ferran connects Barri Gotic to Placa Reial. Great place to shop and eat.

In Placa Reial, vendors offered all manner of collector’s items such as bottlecaps and baseball cards.

Larry by the Placa Reial fountain

Barcelona – Miscellaneous (Pious Geese here)

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Before we left

Barcelona has a rockin public transit. Twas easy and cheap to get anywhere in the city.

Patterns graced all the sidewalks

A potato-egg omelet. Yes, I know it looks like a sandwich. It wasn’t terribly tasty, but it was about all that was available for vegetarians like us. OMG, I never want to see another one as long as I live.

The Barcelona government building. (Generalitat)

“For as long as anyone remembers,” geese have lived in the cloister at Cathedral La Seu. All hail the Pious Geese.

Closeup of the Pious Geese

Me with the geese.

Barcelona – The Cathedral Quarter (Barri Gotic)

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A bridge in the center of the ancient streets.

The front face of the cloister

A beggar outside the cathedral.

Cool doors like this exist all over the Cathedral Quarter

Selling flowers in the plaza outside the Cathedral La Seu

Dancers gather every Sunday at Noon. They dance…

…while these guys play.

Exterior of the Cathedral La Seu

A pretty corner in Barri Gotic

Palau Reial Major

Inside the Cathedral La Seu