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Barcelona

1st venture out post-COVID
Our return to Barcelona; this time for a week 😁
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  • Tibidabo

    August 5, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F

    Tibidabo is a hill overlooking Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. At 512 metres, it is the tallest hill in the Serra de Collserola
    Views of Barcelona are stunning

  • Las Tarantos

    August 5, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F

    No frills but actually pretty good Flamenco show
    We bought tickets with 1 drink pp included and wound up with another full pitcher of sangria...😁
    The place is located right on Placa Reial and OMG was that hopping...😁Read more

  • Las Ramblas

    August 5, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F

    .... are, well, Las Ramblas...
    In another 2 hours it will be a wall-to-wall peope...actually you can already see the tide coming in

    La Rambla is a tree-lined pedestrian street that stretches for 1.2 km (0.75 mi) connecting the Plaça de Catalunya in its center with the Christopher Columbus Monument at Port Vell.

    La Rambla can be considered a series of shorter streets, each differently named, hence the plural form Les Rambles (the original Catalan form; in Spanish it is Las Ramblas)
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  • Las Ramblas (cont)

    August 5, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F

    Just Being on the street
    Marylin on balcony of Museo de Erotica
    El Font de Portaferrisa was built in 1604 and named after the Porta Feriça gate which stood nearby.
    Dick Waffles

  • Ocana Bar

    August 5, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F

    Went back to Placa Reial and decided to try absynth
    The jury is out: N'oublie Jamais 😝😝

    At least got entertained by a troup of acrobats

  • Churros

    August 5, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F

    Thankfully we hit upon this place walking back to the Metro and were able to get rid of the yucky taste by indulging in some Churros

  • Palau Robert

    August 6, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F

    Palau Robert is a building on Barcelona's Passeig de Gràcia 107, the former private residence of Robert Robert i Surís, an influential aristocrat, politician and businessman at the turn of the 20th century. It's now a government-run institution that hosts an exhibition centre.
    Only couple of minutes walk from the lab where we did our COVID test - we took an opportunity while waiting for the results.
    Current exhibitions are on 3 Stooges-like group called Tricycle and on Hip/Pop culture
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  • Fundació Antoni Tàpies

    August 6, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F

    The Fundació Antoni Tàpies is a cultural center and museum, dedicated mainly to the life and works of the painter Antoni Tàpies.
    Not our cup of tea but we faithfully looked at the exhibits

  • Fundacio Joan Miro

    August 6, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F

    Large collection of pieces by Joan Miro.
    For the risk of sounding offensive neither of us truly gets it.
    Yes I know that the art is in the eye of the beholder but I draw a line at this "art"

  • And so we're back

    August 6, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F

    After receiving good news that our covid test is negative (yes we can come home now) and walking a long way from Placa Espanya we came back to "our" table
    A view so nice we enjoying it twice...
    only a little bit different 😁Read more

  • Camino

    August 7, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F

    Somewhere down there is Logrono
    I should be passing through on my way to Santiago de Compostela

  • Trip end
    August 7, 2021