Our trip to Barcelona CLICK ON THE THUMBNAILS TO ENLARGE THE PHOTOS.
Date(s): October 2009. Album by Poggi. Photos by Poggi. 1 - 111 of 111 Total. 567 Visits.
1 The view from our hotel room in Barcelona.
2 La Pedrera (Casa Milà, 1906-1910) by the famous Barcelonian architect Gaudi.
3 Municipal Building near the Port of Barcelona.
4 Saturday morning at the Port of Barcelona.
5 Christopher Columbus set sail from Barcelona to discover the New World.
6 Modern art(and Ellen), near the port of Barcelona.
7 A busy Saturday at the Port of Barcelona. The bridge is to the World Trade Center.
8 The Columbus Statute as seen from a boat in the harbor.
9 A cruise ship at dock.
10 A water based look at a part of the Barcelona skyline.
11 The Church on top of Mount Tibadabo can be seen between the buildings.
12 Modern architecture on the Port of Barcelona.
13 Barcelona is a large Metropolitan area encompassing many other towns.
14 Sailing on the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Barcelona.
15 A couple of dolphins escorting our boat.
16 There were at least ten ships in the port. Barcelona is the departure point for many Mediterranean cruises.
17 You can ride the tram over the harbor.
18 This is the world trade center of Barcelona. Restaurants, movies, aquarium, shops etc.
19 Municipal building in the Spanish Style, on the harbor.
20 Same building.
21 The tree person on the Ramblas. There were many such performers.
22 The Gothic section of Barcelona dates back to the 14th century.
23 Irish bars were common there!
24 Note the soccer schedules.
25 The church of the Holy Family, "La Familia Sagrada," by Gaudi. Still being constructed, long after his death.
26 Some of the hundreds of sculptures on the facade of the church. All of which tell a biblical story.
27 Christ as depicted by the Spanish architect Gaudi.
28 The Holy Family
29 More sculptures.
30 Another side of the church.
31 There were several of these tourist buses throughout Barcelona, They were well organized, and ran until 11 p.m.. You could get on and off whenever you felt like it.
32 You were given earphones when you bought your ticket. Nine languages translated all the sights on the two hour tour per bus line., There were three bus lines.
33 Architecture.
34 Many of the signs in Barcelona were in Catalan not Spanish
35 All taxis in Barcelona look the same and are very clean. They do not drive around with dents or with bumpers hanging off.
36 The Catalunya Bank.
37 Spanish style architecture.
38 On the roof of Gaudi's "Pedrera." These tings are also functional as chimmneys.
39 A view over the roofs of Barcelona.
40 Chimneys on the roof by Guadi.
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42 More architecture.
43 Hardware store.
44 The fort on top of Mount Juic controlled the access to the Harbor for many years.
45 The Harbor as seen from the top of Mount Juric.
46 Barcelona as seen from Mount Juric.
47 The Port of Barcelona as seen from Mount Juric.
48 Mount Juric.
49 A marvelous view over Barcelona from Mount Juric.
50 The market was really cool!
51 Market place on the Ramblas.
52 The market was huge.
53 Italian Pizza by Maranzo
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55 Taken at the Plaza Catalunya.
56 Ellen before we started the ride to the top of Mountserrat.
57 The train to the top of Montserrat, a monestary/cathedral.
58 The mountains upon which Montserrat is located.
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60 The Monestary.
61 Some of the sculptures.
62 Sculptures at Montserrat.
63 The Black Madonna is the patron of Catalunya
64 More of the Monestary.
65 The Mountains.
66 It is amazing how all the building materials were brought to the top of the mountain.
67 The "Saw," Mountains were impressive.
68 The Cross on the mountain top was also quite impressive.
69 Monument to fallen soldiers of the Spanish civil war.
70 Northern view from Montserrat.
71 The beach at the town of Sitges, about forty minutes outside of Barelona.
72 Ellen in the Med!
73 Hey I'm in the Mediterranean Sea!
74 Ellen was there too!
75 I should have checked on who this guy was.
76 A Church in Sitges, Spain.
77 Here I am again.
78 The water was beautiful.
79 Great architecture.
80 The Spanish style was beautiful.
81 On the Med.
82 Sculptures.
83 This is one of the streets in Sitges, Spain.
84 Casa Batlló - Passeig de Gràcia, more work of Gaudi.
85 Casa Batlló - Passeig de Gràcia
86 Casa Batlló - Passeig de Gràcia Some of the outside sculptures.
87 Casa Batlló - Passeig de Gràcia
Sculptures.
88 The Gothic section of Barcelona.
89 The Gothic Section.
90 The Pablo Picasso Museum.
91 Outside of the hotel on a working day. Look at all the motor bikes! The cars and trucks are driving in the one lane available.
92 Bikes everywhere!
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94 The Church on the top of Mount Tibidabo. Great views from up there.
95 The Mount Tibidabo view over Barcelona.
96 Barcelona is quite spread out.
97 Wow!
98 The Church on Mount Tibidabo.
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100 Hey a Chinese Restaurant!
101 Street performers on the Ramblas.
102 Ellen with friend on the Ramblas.
103 A transexual protest at the Plaza Catalunya!
104 From the balcony of the Hotel.
105 Our Hotel., It was really nice.
106 Another view of our hotel.
107 The famous Ramblas. Always full of people. Vendors, stores, entertainers, and people from all around the world. The Ramblas runs for about a mile and a half, right to the Port of Barcelona.
108 Great people watching at the Cafe Zurich. It faces the Plaza Catalunya. The most famous meeting place in Spain.
