Anyone know anything about Barcelona (the one in Spain)?
I saw the Olympics on television.
Cool Gaudi buildings. Tapas. Good red wine.:)
Originally posted by Griff
I saw the Olympics on television.
Anything else? Possibly more specific to the city?
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Have you heard about the new pirate movie? It's rated ARRRRRGH!
Originally posted by warch
Good red wine.:)
That's just a buncha sour grapes to me.
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.
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 thoughGreat Buildings On-Line
Cool -type in building or architect.
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.
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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
Awesome! We've got some nice Deco on our municipal buildings here in KC, but nothing as tres cool as that!
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.
Besides all has been said, I add: Barcelona is one of the most expensive cities of Spain. :D
Barcelona (called Barna too) is the capital of Catalonia, a beautiful region in the north-est of Spain. Catalonian have their own language, a bit similar to French. It's a beach and a seaport... Well I guess you already have seen the links you have posted, haven't you?
favorite building, Ni Mo's art deco masterpiece.
It looks very drab. Even the sky is grey.
I'm sorry...I couldn't help myself.:D
