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Epic Meal Time & Early Morning Sun
... could we expect. Tons of little coffee shops and restuarant all offering tapas and price fixed menus. It was a breezy night but warm enough for shorts and sandals. The air here is so fresh, reminds me of New York; as do all the buildings. Sebas thinks it looks like Argentina. I cant say Ive never been there. We do have the best of both worlds with pines trees AND palm trees, which was interesting. We got to the pier walked down to the marina and started looking for a ...
Running Diary of Team USA...and Kevin Love
Being an NBA fan who no longer has a team, it only made sense for me to capitalize on the opportunity staring at me when I landed in Barcelona. The USA basketball team was to be playing an exhibition against Argentina in preparation for their Gold Medal Run in London. What follows is a running diary of my thoughts and obsevations…staying true to my idol, Mr. Billy Simmons.
All events are recorded on a 24 hour clock…I have been trying to adjust since ...
Ola!
... that "we have either found a lunatic or a genius!", and when you look at some of the buildings that he designed, you can understand the debate. We walked by some of the first houses that he designed including Casa Batllo. He was asked to remodel this house between the years 1904 - 1906. The facade on this house has blue, mauve and green tiles, balconies that look like skulls and columns on the front that look like bones. Now a days, this house is owned by the ...
Mixing it (up) in Barcelona!!
... where you could sponsor a brick! I’m not too sure how this worked. Would you get a letter every quarter to tell you how your brick is doing??! How it is interacting with other bricks and little foibles or characteristics that make your brick stand out from the others!!!
Time was pushing on so we decided not to visit the Sagrida Familia. Another interesting site in Barcelona is the Parc Guell. This is another Gaudi inspired theme. It is the ...
Amazing
... they were the same size, but I find that hard to believe. I just looked it up. Barcelona has 4.5 million people and Genoa has 870,000. Those numbers relay what I saw from the air and that is a huge city. Our professors last year always preached about Barcelona and what a wonderful city it was. Doug Hecker, my insane professor, always talked about Barcelona and the way people interacted, but until this past weekend I never understood what he meant. I don't think I will ...