• We just arrived and Barbara plans our next step.
  • First sight getting off the bus at Plaça de Catalunya.
  • Drinking from the Fountain of the Canaletes means you’ll return to Barcelona.
  • Living Statues will pose for a coin.
  • A coal miner in Barcelona?
  • Buying a bird on the Ramblas is a Spanish tradition.
  • La Boqueria market is full of stalls seling meat, fish, and produce.
  • “Jamon”, ham, is a big deal in Spain. Note the many varieties.
  • Juan, who has appeared in Rick Steves’s video signed our guidebook.
  • Care for an egg? The heck with chickens!
  • or Fish?
  • or Octopus?
  • Lobo Bar had great upscale tapas. Note the cool lamp, made from a book.
  • Celebrating its 224th anniversary.
  • Odd tiles at Restaurant Cullerettes.
  • Restaurant Cullerettes serves the humble and the famous!
  • A Spanish movie star? Striking!
  • Who says you can’t get salads in Spain. This one was delicious.
  • Bullfight poster from 1914.
  • Café Granja Viader celebrates their favorite cows that provided whipped cream for all their creations.
  • A little light rain while in the Gothic Quarter.
  • Barcelona Cathedral in the Gothic Quarter.
  • St. Lucia giving her eyes to God.
  • St. George and the Dragon—a popular theme in Italy and Spain.
  • Kneeling before Queen Isabella.
  • The natives brought from New World were baptized here—a bit of history.
  • Who are the captives and who are the spectators?
  • There are always 13 geese in memory of patron saint Eulàlia.
  • Roman remains in the Gothic Quarter.
  • Saturday night and everyone is out!
  • La Gavina where Barbara had great Paella.
  • Sagrada Familia, Gaudi’s masterpiece. It is still under construction after 100 years.
  • The Passion Facade.
    • The passion.
      • The glorious interior. The pink columns are stronger stone to support the proposed central spire.
      • Looking down when coming down from the Nativity Facade.
      • Mary.
      • Still under active construction.
      • One of the spires with glass in concrete.
      • We’re on the bridge between the spires.
      • Looking down at the people looking up!
      • Scafolding.
      • Looking down a spiral staircase, that starts at a spire.
      • Alms for the poor.
        • Emblems representing Matthew, Mark, Luke & John.
        • Christ above the altar...
        • ...looking at the holy spirit.