Barcelona

billiards · Barcelona

I am going to Barcelona for a short break, anybody ever been before? Apparently there is a lot to do, I can't wait to get there, it should be fun!

NileQueen

I think they have some unusual architecture there by famous architect
Antoni Gaudi.

http://www.bcn.es/gaudi2002/english/index.htm

http://www.red2000.com/spain/barcelon/phgau.html

These are beautiful and ornate buildings. I would love to see them.

Baywax

Very interesting stuff in Barcelona

Its not far from Piccasso's birth place.

I met a woman from his hometown and she looked a lot like him!!!

She was also extremely gutzy like old Pablo.

billiards

Will definitely be checking out the Gaudi, especially as the friend I am going with is a skater (apparently the Gaudi district is near the skaters bit) and also a stone mason (so loves the stone work)... Will also have to check out the night life and the restaurants, and maybe a park or two. Unfortunately I only have 4 days there Sad

scpg02

Talk about fallic buildings. I posted a thread once on one down in LA. Then there was the city that put in small pole barriers and people complained that they looked fallic. Rolling Eyes

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Phallic

I suppose it is a bit, it looks a bit like "The Gherkin" in London.

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In Europe we're a fair bit more "artsy farty" than we perceive you Americans to be (or maybe that's just my prejudice?), we're a lot more tolerant of phallic things, and in fact some statues/buildings are very obviously deliberately phallic.

scpg02

http://www.comcast.net/news/stran...GE&fn=/2007/07/09/710187.html

Architect: Building Looks Like Phallus
By Associated Press

NileQueen

NileQueen

scpg02, those Oregon people are pretty repressed.

Interesing tower design. The architecture in Louisville, Kentucky is not quite so visually stimulating. Columbus, Indiana has some relevant architecture

http://www.nationaltrust.org/doze...nctive_destinations/list.asp?i=74

scpg02

I was trying to find a picture of the art outside the Nevada County Administration building. It's named after somebody Wayne and also houses the jail. The guards affectionately called the jail Wayne's World. Nevada County commissioned art for the building and the artist did a stylised version of a Japanese rock garden. It was supposed to represent the peaks of the Sierra Nevada Mountains above the clouds but ended up looking like a bunch of phallic rocks in sand. Wayne's World promptly became Wayne's Weenee World. And they paid $30,000 for it.

NileQueen

Interesting story, Maggie.

In the US, Rick Steve is a good tour guide with a show on public television.

http://www.ricksteves.biz/news/travelnews/euro_news.htm
Headlines re: travel in Europe.

Wow:
Monet and Other Paintings Stolen in Nice

August 6 — Masked thieves recently stole four paintings at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, the fine arts museum of Nice, France. A Monet painting, two works by Flemish artist Jan Brueghel and a painting by landscape painter Alfred Sisley were taken during the daylight robbery.

http://www.ricksteves.biz/plan/plan_menu.htm
Planning your trip...

Best Destinations in Spain
see the second header for Barcelona
http://www.ricksteves.biz/plan/destinations/spain/spain_menu.htm

Hmm, Catalan is spoken in Barcelona. That's rather different than espanol...

billiards

Barcelona was fantastic!!! I loved it very much, will definitely be going back the next chance I get. I saw lots of Gaudi, it really strikes you when you first see it, very distinctive, quite surreal looking buildings, he clearly had an intuitive mastery of geometry. Saw the Picasso museum, went to an absolutely gigantic night club, ate and drank a lot - the girls there are HOT! Wish I had had more time Rolling Eyes

Mk

John L

scpg02

No it's real. I've seen it in other pictures.