Friday traveling:
Bus to Beauvais. Completely full. Quite an experience.
After waiting two+ hours due to technical problems, the line of tired travelers only grew as we boarded the plane
This is where RyanAir's money comes from: seat-back ads!
Midnight in Barcelona from above!
Disembarquing the plane was wonderful
In Barcelona, walking down the Rambla from Placa Catalunya to the Hostel in Placa Real:
The un-grafitti artists roam the streets at night
Saturday, La Rambla and sea-side:
Fountains are not ordinary here.
Case in point (re. fountains)
At the end of La Rambla: The trees are quite interesting here.
See? I am not missing sailing practice! Evidence!
Well, why not have palm trees everywhere, and fancy buildings?
This seagull is not happy to see me.
This is the wrong picture.
I found a whole window of sailing books! This was the store for me! Sadly, I have no money.
There is tons of really cool street art/graffiti. I chose this one for reasons that should be obvious if you know me, or at least have some vague conception of my physical characteristics.
A typical Barcelona street (in the Barri Gothic)
Note the building in the background. There are a lot of buildings that just happen to be decorated, like that. Houses are not just living spaces, but works of art.
The ring of dancing children
Pigeon tree. I couldn't even begin to capture it, though.
My little pastries (again, the wrong photo!)
First pastry: delicious
Second pastry: more delicious!
This is a very important place. Many people were brought here, were shot here, etc.
More gratuitously cool architecture
An unorthodox view of the cathedral (because who wants to take pictures of the front, anyway? You can find those on Google Images!)
People who play music in the streets are secretly creating life's soundtrack.
Palau de la Musica. Impressive, no?
Still impressive.
Lunch:
The tapas place we found was quite nice.
My coffee came in a normal cup, but the tea cups were particularly interesting!
Platter of dips. All were delicious! I think the middle one was fish.
Nachos. Because jalepeños are delicious!
The brie bruschetta was so good, I almost finished it before remembering to take a picture!
The patatas braves were good, but could have used more sauce.
Park Guël and the route to it:
Yes, you find things like this in Barcelona parks.
This tree was a masterpiece. Yes, I climbed it. Gloriously. And, of course, with tons of dignity.
The balconies in Barcelona have curtains to protect them from the sun! Brilliant! (or, well, not brilliant, if the curtains work well…)
A stone bridge/structure/something-or-other in Park Guël
See what I mean? These are not Paris plants, the aloe/cacti/etc. you find here!
Cacti like good views, too
And then the sun went down (a bit)
And someone has been hating on Jews recently. Everywhere in the park.
But there is a silver lining! (literally)
And that is the view. Somewhere int here, the sky stops and the ocean begins. I couldn't begin to tell you where.
Here, too. This is Barcelona, folks.
This is a great jeu de mots. Except for one thing. Instead of playing "Where's Waldo", we should play "Where are the swastikas".
But don't worry, there's still the view!
And lots of fancy Gaudi buildings.
And beautiful tiles, etc.
We passed by the Mançana de la Discordia on our way back. I cut off the first house because it wasn't as interesting to me. My mistake.
I traded a better picture of Gaudi's work for a lack of the other two!
Dinner:
My tea. Because they wouldn't give us free water.
But they would give us free hot sauce!
LOTS of free hot sauce. The Inferno was the best.
And these enchiladas were the first spicy meal I've had in ages!
This was my cronut. Well, part of my cronut. I was hungry!
And, of course, my ice cream!
After food:
Arc de Triomf. There is one in Barcelona. It's not the same.
Washing up at night
Once there was water
The coming of the waves
Beachalona?
Barefoot
When the water went away
The beach from above
Our silhouettes from above
Someone has no life.
I will continue with pictures and text soon, but, after all, homework is important, too!
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