Casa Batllo Barcelona

¡Hola! When in Barcelona, one must speak like the Barcelonians (with a lisp). So after 3 days of confidently speaking Spanish, we went north to Barcelona where everyone speaks Catalan. For those of you unaware, Spain has 4 official languages. Castellano (spanish), Catalan, Galician and Basque. No offense, but Catalan sounds like French and …

There is a super king bed in our room and we are on the top floor, on the corner of the building so its relatively quiet which is nice. We also have a birds eye view of part of the city as the window is as big as the wall. No photo of that view as its not spectacular with features, but just pretty night lights and interesting to watch the mini …

Our day started with a wonderful breakfast at our hotel. A long day of sight seeing was ahead of us, so we needed as much energy as possible. First stop at Passeig de Gracia Metro Station. Passeig de Gracia is one of the most stylish and artistic streets I've walked on. It's the street in which the famous architect Antony Gaudi was glorified! Gaudi …

Situata la malul Marii Mediterane, Barcelona este cea mai populara destinatie din Spania. Peisajele pitoresti, arhitectura modernista a lui Gaudi, cartierul gotic cel mai bine pastrat din Europa, galeriile de arta - sunt multe motive sa vizitezi acest oras incantator. In timp ce veti explora strazile veti descoperi o atmosfera care combina eleganta …

So, where was I? Barcelona with the SuperDudes and Danko!!! Last full day before moving on to Madrid I do believe...

Stating the obvious for those of you playing at home, I am updating and loading this a whooole lot later than it all happened. You Face/Stalk-bookers, you have had interim minor updates; for everyone else, if I got too busy …

Today we had a busy day. As we had visitor we were keen to see as much as possible. Us girls started out with catching the train to Sagrada Familia. On the way to the train station in La Rambla Street we saw some people dressed up as characters. Not sure who or why, however a photo opportunity. It was a beautiful sunny day and I was amazed of …

In 1992, Barcelona gained international recognition by hosting the Olympic games which brought a massive upturn in its tourism industry. This had the effect of changing the city in ways that are still felt today with neighbourhoods renovated (and in some cases levelled) and the intense focus of modern design permeating all aspects of life in …

Mon vol Vueling quitte Bruxelles sous la pluie vers 9h30 le matin et j'arrive 2h plus tard à Barcelone, où le soleil règne en maître. Ah, ça fait du bien un peu de chaleur après l'été pourri que nous avons eu dans le Nord de l'Europe. Cela faisait des années que Barcelone était sur ma liste des …

Após um café da manhã maravilhoso no Rafel Hoteles Badalona fui me encontrar com a Fabiana no hotel em Barcelona. Caminhei uns 20 minutos até a estação do metrô e depois quase 30 minutos para chegar ao centro de Barcelona, mas o hotel valeu a pena! De lá seguimos de metrô para La Sagrada Família e adivinha? Mais fila para visitar a igreja! …

Volver a Barcelona, un sueño que había tenido desde que la dejé, por allá el año 2000, no sin cierta pena y nostalgia, ya que había sido uno de mis mejores períodos de la vida, combinando estudios, amigos, viajes, en fin...eran demasiados los recuerdos que me traía la ciudad.

Llegamos de noche en bus, que se paseó primero por la estación …

... in 2041, kind of like the I-94 construction...), the Park Guell with it´s amazing wavy mosaic benches and gnome-houses, and Casa Batllo (beautiful beautiful beautiful! wait until I post the photos!!!). Gaudi has been described as ground-breaking, ...

... big plaza, where major streets intersect. Upon noticing that there seemed to be a lot of motorscooters and motorbikes parked here, I later learned that Barcelona has indeed the most motorcycles of any European city, due to the constant good climate. ...

... day. The phrase 'living the dream' seems appropriate. Gaudi is the first to present his argument - the mysterious and marvellous facade of Casa Batllo magically lighting Passeig de Gracia as I emerge from the airport train. Casa Batllo? Brillinat. 1 ...

... arches to beams in the ceilings) and drew inspiration from religious, oriental, medieval and natural sources. First stop was the Casa Batllo, a magnificent residential building built in the prime bourgoise strip neighbourhood of the time ...

... get wine.  We get seconds, then dessert, then coffee - NOW we're ready for some more sightseeing.  We go to Casa Batllo - a Gaudi apartment block that really works your mind.  We both loved it.  I think we could have spent twice as ...

... by Gaudi for a textile magnate, Josep Batlló, and his family. The richly decorated exterior has become emblematic for Gaudi's work and Barcelona itself. The entrance fee was a ghastly 16€ each but it included the audio-guide which I thought would ...

... in some imaginary dreamland out of this world. The army of iron-clad Medieval knights that were present in Casa Batlló were doubled here, in number and in size.  Some helmets were decorated with fragments of pearl-like tiles and some others were ...

... . Once down, we complained about the price, asking for a quarter of our money back, but they ignored us. We walked down the road and found Casa Batllo. After the debacle of the last, we didn't go in, so we took the photos of the outside and went back to ...

... . More fascinating though were all of the FCB fans dressed in their favorite team shirts. Tonight was the huge championship between Barcelona and Manchester. It was impossible to get into the English pubs but those were no interest to me anyway. I was ...

... -known museums, but it was totally worth the visit! It takes you underground to the ruins of the Roman city (Bacino) that present-day Barcelona is built on top of. I got to see old city walls, laundry shops, baths, old church courtyards, fish market and ...