CaixaForum Barcelona

         Back in Barcelona after 2 weeks in the Greek Islands. This time we are staying with Frederique in her apartment in the lovely suburb of Gracia. We are close to the metro and all the bars, cafes, shops and plazas that ...

... online, so to be able to actually stand in the building itself was really neat.  We then walked around for a bit and went into the Caixaforum, which is an art gallery that is both indoors and outdoors. It used to be a textile factory; in fact, it ...

... hours here. I left Pueblo Español when it was getting dark, but on the way to the metro station, I walked past the CaixaForum which houses free art exhibitions, so drawn by curiosity, I walked in. There, I saw two contemporary art exhibitions (one ...

... Reich, architect and designer.   When I popped out of the pavilion, directly across the street is the CaixaForum, a beautiful social and cultural art center, housed in a former textiles mill built in 1911 designed by modernista architect Puig i ...

... vino con Marco de visita a Barcelona, se alojaron cerca de Correos. Cuando estuvo aquí aprovechamos para visitar el centro de Barcelona. Estuvimos en Montjuïc (Caixafòrum, Anella Olímpica, Castell), la Catedral, Museu d'Història de la Ciutat, plaça ...

... . It is actually a little freaky, almost ghost like. As I go to the bottom of the hill, toward Plaza Espana, I hit CaixaForum. It is a free museum for contemporary art, of varying degrees of interest (the exhibit which consists of a film in Spanish on ...

... have lunch at. In my terms, lunch was late (about 3 pm), but the norm in this part of the world, and may even be slightly early for some! People in Barcelona eat breakfast at about 10ish (yes, at work), lunch between 2:30 and 3 pm, and dinner at about 9 ...