Barcelona

Barcelona!

It is also a city that has been overrun by this Adonis, Brewers and in high season these days. Tourists were in Barcelona, and you have to love a city that has its own version of Valentine's Day that would be April 23 when the men give women roses and the women give men books. Just think about that for now come along and take a ramble with me on tree-lined lost Romulus Oster affair in Barcelona that actually incorporates five streets and comprises one of Europe's most electric pedestrian foot fence. Some say it is the most famous street in Spain for my money. It is one of the world's greatest pedestrian promenade just one walk and take you several hours or old day depending on how much time you take to sample the world's world-class art, street performers and tapas bars, and if you venture the route at night will probably see the sunrise before you get home, Pulitzer Prize winning critic Paul Goldberger wrote in Travelers pages that one of the happiest days of his life in Barcelona. I went nowhere farther than my feet could take me he wrote. And I felt more intensely connected to urban life than I have anywhere else in the world. I had more energy at midnight, then in the morning, because in Barcelona. Energy builds in lilting stages throughout the day as the city becomes more of a part of one is inner being. Will second the motion so, on the lost Romulus or the ROM for route runs slightly uphill from the old harbor. The clock at the Catalunya to begin on the city's Mediterranean waterfront which before the Olympics was held here in 1992 was a seedy squalid docklands. Today it is a reborn outpost that includes trendy hangouts in IMAX 3-D theater in Europe's biggest aquarium. And it is here to Las Palmas begins, long ago lost Ramos was a stream that has long been paved over. The grand Street stretches into the heart of Barcelona for just about a mile. It is a frenzied my passion food, art and colorful graphics to keep your wits about you. This is a very popular tourist area and pickpockets about after Madrid Barcelona Spain second city and its citizens think of themselves as Catalonian's first Spaniards by default, is a Catalonia before there was a Spain locals will tell you. They have their own language, which is why you will find the city's name pronounced in a I first visited by simply thought my cab driver had a list Catalonian's have their own culture and noble families and take it from me. Their own quite wonderful cuisine on the food, make sure that as you want to try the topics which really are small samplers of every imaginable ingredient. Heavy on meats and seafood minutes in each place in Barcelona. It is easy to restart the clock of portal developed now a square near the old shipyards will find 150 foot stone and steel monument topped by a statue of Christopher Columbus built in 1886 that celebrates his arrival in audience here with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. After Columbus's first visit to America to make an elevator from the face of the statute of the top for a great overview of the Portland city on the opposite side of the column in honor of Columbus. You will find the Maritime Museum. It documents the history of the Catalan fleet through exhibitions of old sailing ships painting figureheads navigational instruments maps and charts. Then had passed the dishonest Metro stop up around the Santa Monica. The first of five streets that make up lost Romulus. This will turn into Rob was still Machine. You leftist Palau gal, which world-famous architect Antoni Gaudi designed for his most important patron by the white Antoni is also often called Antonio universes except this mansion really a palace was built between 18 E5 in 1889 and shows early signs of Gaudi's desire to combine the structural and decorative aspects of architecture already can see the development of his signature look that made him the leader of the Spanish Art Nouveau movement access to the palaces by guided tour only, but it is well worth a look up from the street and you will see the roof decorated with multicolored chimneys covered in Gaudi's telltale smash ceramics. County's work is everywhere in nooks and crannies in the immense visionary partita design in the center of Barcelona, and countless buildings streetlights benches and even subway entrances from time to time on this walk, you may catch a glimpse of the spires of the astonishing tempo to psycho out of some Delia or the Temple of the holy family. This is surely one of the great art and architectural feats in the world at the good cab ride from this route, but it is one worth taking Gaudi began this multi-spired Gothic monolith in 1884 and he was still developing the design as he went along. When he was killed by a tram in 1926. To this day, the construction of the cicada from media continues and perhaps by the 2092 Olympics will be complete. Think Tim Burton meet Steven Spielberg. This is a bizarre architectural extravaganza that will make your jaw drop from Palau gal keep moving away from the water and you will pass on the left Barcelona's red light district Bobby Sheehan or in English the Chinese quarter. It has been rowdy and unrepentant for centuries. French novelist John Jay wrote a novel LaMarche about the barrio Chino. It was here that Picasso, not born in Barcelona, but a denizen of the city's boulevards and one of the city's favorite sons found so many picturesque models for the circus acrobats and gypsies that inhabit some of his paintings is actually nothing Chinese about the place. She knows a generic reference to all foreigners into the immigrants who inhabited the section of town. Even today in the plaza of the Angels. You will hear soccer playing kids shouting in Arabic, Urdu Spanish and Catalan as you walk feast on the frenzy of the street around a chair and settled to watch the cavalcade that is lost Ramos from Walkers and Whiteface witches tube is one of our writers once wrote. Women who upon closer inspection proved not to be lost Ramos is Barcelona's longest running theatrical event. Just before coed disempowers the Pontiac of Adobe suit built in 1844 and ravaged by fire. In 1994, Barcelona celebrated soprano Montserrat WEA stood on lost Ramos in tears as her beloved venue burned to even see an opera there through the building. The sparkly lobby foyer known as the sole on Bill Maher also her room of mirrors is a highlight was untouched by the fire at fonts available to be nearly so Metro station becalmed immuno in the round. The famous ghetto mosaic, one widow is one of Barcelona's most famous painters. But here thousands trample his work daily, which is not surprising that is Barcelona is one of the most densely populated cities in Europe. More than one and a half million people live within 60 mi.І right live in Minneapolis-St. Paul about 382,000 people occupy less than a look down and see if you can find the tile signed by the man himself. Then look up to see the landmark drag a snaking green sign that want to advertise a long gone umbrella shop. Take a right to pluck Adelphi in the austere church of Santa Maria delle P. name for a pine tree that once grew here, with its massive rose window and door when the West front continue a rumble of St. Joseph's also noticed the wrong with a less floors were colorful bouquets and vases filled with every kind of blossom imaginable. Explain the places name, after all the walking talking in people stalking its time to dive into one of Europe's great food markets for both of you also notice Marcotte the St. Joseph is said to be the oldest market of its kind in Europe. The booklet is the true Museum of the mouse, a place where food is exalted. No US supermarket that I have ever seen offers a wealth of fresh produce meets seafood cheese wine red olive oil and other local produce that you will find in this foodie's cornucopia of all housed in a steel hanger through here is do not touch. Just ask vendors will happily select order at the center of the market you will be swimming in seafood from tuna and cuttlefish to shrimp and species you have never seen or heard of before. This is the place to make your own meal by some bread and a couple slices of true results orangutan. Mensch e cheese and fresh fruit, all for less than six dollars, or go deeper into the back of the market where the locals eat and wait to grab a stool at the bar central for a bigger meal. Maybe some freshly caught calamari or razor fish with a side of asparagus and olive oil and garlic. Do not worry, if no one speaks English. Just point if you arrive in the morning stop by Barr Pinochet just inside the main entrance into the right for Cala just coffee with a splash of milk. And anytime in Barcelona. It is showtime show is a sick of sweet deep-fried doughnut dough sprinkled with sugar. It is customary to dip into a cup of hot chocolate, and also notch it deals go universal or the slightly tonier queendom of the media next-door to the book Korea is the French Baroque Palau delivered Dana, built by architect Joseph of events in 1770. Its headquarters of Barcelona Townhall's culture department for some of Catalunya's most important contemporary artists are on display. Continue to Ramos, left us a wide main drag is a fountain near legend has it that whoever drinks in this mountain will return to Barcelona. Here here in the heart of tourists land and hawkers parakeets and canaries tropical fish and tortoises. Silly drinks cactuses and flowers at night. The steel heel stamping a flamenco in the mournful tones of fado drift out of doorways. This is where you will see the classic lost Ramos attraction. The living statues. Their street performers made up as everything from Michelangelo's David R2-D2 from Star Wars finality statuesque buskers of made their way to every corner of the tourist world, but this is where they got their start. And do not you dare take a picture about being ready to tip. Finally, you reach plot at the Catalunya city's main transportation center of favorite rendezvous places cafйs are right by the Metro behind it is L. tree on the a galaxy of superstores for the shopping incline. This will be where you will find all the mega brands. Frankly, I think you can find anywhere in the world, but the walking just taken his unique. You will not find anything else like it except here in Barcelona. I hope to walk with you again soon short quiz on Barcelona. I will ask you some questions and pause and let you try to guess the answer and not give it to number one what well-known actress starred in a movie called Barcelona dancer Nitta Sorvino. What I got a Barcelona was actually born a bit further north on the coast in together Spain was celebrated for his bizarre paintings and is very famous mustache tell you that when Salvador Dali. Barcelona's biggest annual festival is celebrated for what that would be the fastest that America ate, which is famous for its incredible fireworks. Someone once said about a Barcelona MR court, if I design Casa Mila I would not sleep easy at night unquote, to which famous Barcelona artist was he referring that would be Antonio Galli, the architect was the world-famous club Barcelona. That is the name of the town's football team, question number six Barcelona is a harbor town on what see the Mediterranean was the best free water and light show in Barcelona. That is the Lafond Magica the magic light show that entertains evenings from October to June were the Romans called Barcelona. The Romans called Barcelona, Orsino, Antonio Galli's first artistic commission in Barcelona was to create what was a modest commission to create lampposts.