Barcelona

That Guy · 03-12-2003, 02:54 PM

Anyone know anything about Barcelona (the one in Spain)?

Griff · 03-12-2003, 04:45 PM

I saw the Olympics on television.

warch · 03-12-2003, 04:56 PM

Cool Gaudi buildings. Tapas. Good red wine.

That Guy · 03-12-2003, 05:18 PM

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Originally posted by Griff
I saw the Olympics on television.

Anything else? Possibly more specific to the city?

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Wears Pirate Threads

Have you heard about the new pirate movie? It's rated ARRRRRGH!

That Guy · 03-12-2003, 05:19 PM

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Originally posted by warch
Good red wine.

That's just a buncha sour grapes to me.

Griff · 03-12-2003, 06:48 PM

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Originally posted by blowmeetheclown
Anything else? Possibly more specific to the city?

I believe the city is where humans live in greater density than say, the country.

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Originally posted by blowmeetheclown
Have you heard about the new pirate movie? It's rated ARRRRRGH!

I'm sure, I have no idea what you're going on about.

that cathedral is fantastic though

Griff · 03-12-2003, 06:54 PM

Gaudi's Sagrada Familia

Griff · 03-12-2003, 07:06 PM

Great Buildings On-Line
Cool -type in building or architect.

Elspode · 03-12-2003, 08:48 PM

I have a musical collaborator who is pretty well travelled (well, compared to me, anyway). She went to Barcelona a few years ago and has declared it to be her favorite city on Earth. Here's some of the very few things I remember from her videos and her raving about it:

Gaudi buildings, in particular La Familia Segreda, GOOD! In fact, architecture in general is very appealing. The older parts of the city are classic narrow European/Mediterranean, but Barcelona is a very modern, cosmopolitan city for all of its quaintness. She showed me video of an incredibly landscaped park, with very unusual buildings and walls, but that's all I recall about it. Looked like a 'must-see' sort of place to me. There are street musicians everywhere, playing the most interesting sorts of music, in particular Catalonian. The musicians are friendly and very, very talented. The food is amazing, the restaurants plentiful as you might expect from a Mediterranean city.

I'm sure there is much more. Summary: very, very cool place.

Griff · 03-13-2003, 06:05 AM

You can search by city at that site as well. If you search Barcelona you get Park Guell along with a lot of other really interesting architecture.

That Guy · 03-13-2003, 07:32 AM

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Originally posted by Elspode
She showed me video of an incredibly landscaped park, with very unusual buildings and walls, but that's all I recall about it.

Get the name of it for me, please!!

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Originally posted by Griff
You can search by city at that site as well.

I'll have to take a look at the site you mentioned. I've been digging around on www.bcn.es and news://rec.europe.travel for info.

Elspode · 03-13-2003, 08:07 AM

Park Guell...yup, that's the place. Awesome. The pics on the Great Buildings site do not do it justice by a long shot. Another Gaudi design, I should have remembered that.

Griff · 03-13-2003, 08:26 AM

The sites a good idea but it has some terrible holes in it. For instance it has Syracuse, New York but fails to mention my favorite building, Ni Mo's art deco masterpiece.

better pic scroll down

Elspode · 03-13-2003, 09:00 AM

Awesome! We've got some nice Deco on our municipal buildings here in KC, but nothing as tres cool as that!

That Guy · 03-13-2003, 11:13 AM

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Originally posted by Elspode
Park Guell...yup, that's the place. Awesome.

Nice park! BCN Parks. You can check out the BCN website at www.bcn.es. From the left toolbar, click on the Tourism link for all the good stuff.

03-12-2003, 02:54 PM	#1
That Guy He who reads, sometimes writes. Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: at the keyboard Posts: 791	Barcelona Anyone know anything about Barcelona (the one in Spain)?

03-12-2003, 04:45 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I saw the Olympics on television. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-12-2003, 06:54 PM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Gaudi's Sagrada Familia __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-12-2003, 07:06 PM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Great Buildings On-Line Cool -type in building or architect. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-12-2003, 08:48 PM	#9
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I have a musical collaborator who is pretty well travelled (well, compared to me, anyway). She went to Barcelona a few years ago and has declared it to be her favorite city on Earth. Here's some of the very few things I remember from her videos and her raving about it: Gaudi buildings, in particular La Familia Segreda, GOOD! In fact, architecture in general is very appealing. The older parts of the city are classic narrow European/Mediterranean, but Barcelona is a very modern, cosmopolitan city for all of its quaintness. She showed me video of an incredibly landscaped park, with very unusual buildings and walls, but that's all I recall about it. Looked like a 'must-see' sort of place to me. There are street musicians everywhere, playing the most interesting sorts of music, in particular Catalonian. The musicians are friendly and very, very talented. The food is amazing, the restaurants plentiful as you might expect from a Mediterranean city. I'm sure there is much more. Summary: very, very cool place. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-12-2003, 04:56 PM	#3
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Cool Gaudi buildings. Tapas. Good red wine.

03-13-2003, 06:05 AM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You can search by city at that site as well. If you search Barcelona you get Park Guell along with a lot of other really interesting architecture. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-13-2003, 08:07 AM	#12
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Park Guell...yup, that's the place. Awesome. The pics on the Great Buildings site do not do it justice by a long shot. Another Gaudi design, I should have remembered that. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-13-2003, 08:26 AM	#13
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The sites a good idea but it has some terrible holes in it. For instance it has Syracuse, New York but fails to mention my favorite building, Ni Mo's art deco masterpiece. better pic scroll down __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis Last edited by Griff; 03-13-2003 at 08:33 AM.

03-13-2003, 09:00 AM	#14
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Awesome! We've got some nice Deco on our municipal buildings here in KC, but nothing as tres cool as that! __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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