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Barcelona - Cruise #7 (Nov 2015)
 No one is more famous in Barcelona than Gaudi  Christopher Columbus Monument  Joan at the Christopher Columbus Monument  Plaça Cataluña Some of the city's most important streets meet at Plaça Cataluña: La Rambla, Portal de l'Àngel and Passeig de Gràcia  Plaça Cataluña is especially known for its fountains, flowers and statues  Plaça Cataluña statue  La Rambla - A tree-lined pedestrian mall connecting Plaça de Cataluña with the Christopher Columbus Monument at the city's waterfront  La Rambla's architecture  La Rambla's architecture  La Rambla's sidewalk cafes  La Rambla's sidewalk cafes  The traffic on both sides of La Rambla pedestrian mall. Parking for motorcycles only  The Market at La Rambla  The Market at La Rambla  The Market at La Rambla  Happy Pills! Really?  Tonorio's wine cellar  Base of the Columbus Monument  Barcelona's old Customs building  Barcelona's old Customs building      Along the Moll d'Espanya waterfront park and marina  Moll d'Espanya waterfront park and marina  Moll d'Espanya waterfront park and marina  Moll d'Espanya waterfront park and marina  Port Vell footbridge with the cable car to Montjuïc crossing the skyline  The Barcelona Cable Car runs between Barcelona and the top of Montjuïc mountain  The cable car central tower - the Torre de Jaume I  Montjuïc is the hill overlooking the Barcelona harbor  Montjuïc translates to Mountain of the Jews  Port Vell marina  Port Vell marina  Port Vell marina  Port Vell marina  Port Vell marina  Joan wants one of these! Barcelona - Cruises 4 & 5 (Dec 2012 & 2013)
 La Rambla - A tree-lined pedestrian mall connecting Plaça de Cataluña with the Christopher Columbus Monument at the city's waterfront.  La Rambla is crowded with tourists, pavement cafes and souvenir kiosks  Shopping on La Rambla  Yes. We bought this painting  "Mickey D" and The Colonel on La Rambla  Burger King on La Rambla  The famous "living statues" of La Rambla.  A "living statue"  Here's a guy with no head!  A real statue - Frederic Soler (1839-1895, poet)  Merry Christmas  Avinguda Portal de l'Àngel Part of the large shopping area and one of the city's most visited streets  Portal de l'Àngel is one of Barcelona's most expensive areas and Spain's second most expensive street. It is always crowded with tourists at any time of the year  La Sagrada Familia This 'Nativity' façade faces East. This cathedral is one of Antoni Gaudì's most famous works  La Sagrada Familia The "Passion façade" faces West  The Nativity Façade was the first to be completed and is the most characteristic of Gaudì's naturalistic style  The Nativity Façade is dedicated to the birth of Jesus  The sculptures are ornately arranged and decorated with scenes and images from nature  The Passion façade Construction was begun in 1954. The towers were finished in 1976  The Passion façade is especially striking for its spare, gaunt, tormented characters, including Christ being scourged at the pillar and on the Cross  The Glory Façade This will be the largest and most striking of the façades. Construction began in 2002  La Sagrada Familia has 3,000,000 visitors a year. One projection anticipates construction to be completed around 2026, the centennial of Gaudì's death  Casa Batlló Another one of Antoni Gaudì’s masterpieces. It is located on Passeig de Gràcia near our hotel  Much of the façade is decorated with a mosaic made of broken ceramic tiles (trencadìs) that starts in shades of golden orange moving into greenish blues  The colorful roof is arched and was likened to the back of a dragon or dinosaur  Barri Gòtic The Barcelona Cathedral, known as La Seu, is certainly one of the finest Gothic buildings in Barcelona  The forecourt of the cathedral, Pla de la Seu, is crowded with kiosks and shoppers. It is often used for parties and events  Barri Gòtic (Gothic district) is so called because it used to be the Roman village and thus has some remnants of its glorious past  The Gothic district is the first choice for many visitors to Barcelona. It is the cultural hub of the city and the shopping is amazing  Inspiring archetecture  The 197 ft tall monument to Christopher Columbus stands at the lower end of La Rambla  Port Vell The outdated old Customs building  The Port Vell pedestrian walkway at the end of La Rambla  The waterfront is less hectic than La Rambla with wide sidewalks, palm trees, benches and modern art  Along the waterfront  Port Vell Marina  The Peix (fish) This unique sculpture was built in 1992 at Barcelona's waterfront. The large steel structure is indicative of the themes of many other Frank O. Gehry works  Torre Agbar Headquarters for Aguas de Barcelona (Agbar), the municipal water company. The structure has a layer of polished aluminum in blues, greens, and grays and 59,619 sheets of clear glass. At night, the tower is illuminated with 4,500 yellow, blue, pink, and red lights.  Plaça Cataluña Some of the city's most important streets meet at Plaça Cataluña: La Rambla, Portal de l'Àngel and Passeig de Gràcia if your shopping tastes are slightly more designer orientated  Plaça Cataluña is especially known for its fountains and statues and its proximity to some of Barcelona's most popular attractions.  Plaça Cataluña  Monument Francesc Macià in Plaça Cataluña commemorates the man who declared Cataluña a free independent republic in 1931  Plaça de Cataluña statue  Plaça de Cataluña statue  Plaça de Cataluña at night  One of Europes largest department stores decorated for Christmas  A fountain on Passeig de Gràcia  Pedestrians along Passeig de Gràcia  Tenorio. The best restaurant in Barcelona 37 Passeig de Gràcia. Tenorio is just a city block north of our hotel  At Tenorio don't miss the "tomato bread" and the "tortilinis in cream sauce"  We'll go back to Barcelona just for this restaurant  Many restaurants have these outside kiosks  Interesting sculpture  Shopping near Plaça Cataluña  Santa at a store near Plaça Cataluña  Hat shop in Barri Gòtic  Dress shop near Passeig de Gràcia  Public transportation  Motorcycles are the most popular transportation  More motorcycles Hotel Eurostars BCN Design
 Hotel Eurostars BCN Design Passeig de Gracia Barcelona, Spain   It's not the photo The wall is intentionally out of focus    A balcony overlooking Passeig de Gràcia  Breakfast buffet  The cuckoo clocks have different time zones        Cádiz - Cruise #7 (Nov 2015)
                Cartagena - Cruise #7 (Nov 2015)
                       Girona - Cruise #7 (Nov 2015)
 We docked at the Port of Palamós for our trip to Girona  Palamós small boat harbor  Girona is an ancient town several thousand years old on the River Onyar  Girona, Spain - Colorful. Patriotic. Medieval.  The picturesque houses overlooking the river Onyar are characteristic of Girona  The picturesque houses overlooking the river Onyar are characteristic of Girona  Cataluña Flags Red and yellow striped flags are displayed from every window and balcony around!  The Collegiate Church of Sant Feliu  The Cathedral of Saint Mary of Girona  The steep alleyways, porticoed streets and squares of Girona        The Jewish ghetto or Call is one of the best preserved in Europe  The narrow streets of the Jewish Quarter have maintained their medieval atmosphere   The Jewish ghetto or Call (derived from the Hebrew “Kahal” meaning community)  Jewish History Museum in Girona  The Jewish History Museum  The Jewish History Museum  The Jewish History Museum  This model of the Jewish Quarter shows the labyrinth of narrow streets and patios  Girona's legend of the flies   Txalaka - Best tapas and how about this wine rack!   Palma De Mallorca - Cruise #7 (Nov 2015)
 The massive Santa María cathedral sits between the Royal Palace of La Almudaina and the episcopal palace and overlooks the Mediterranean Sea  Joan at Parc de la Mar  La Seu, the Santa María cathedral is a Gothic landmark begun by King James I of Aragon in 1229 but finished only in 1601  The Cathedral of Santa Maria of Palma  The Cathedral of Santa Maria of Palma, more commonly referred to as La Seu, is built on the site of a pre-existing Arab mosque  The Royal Palace of La Almudaina  The Royal Palace of La Almudaina was built as an Arabian Fort  The Fort was claimed as the official royal residence in the early 14th century  Overlooking Parc de la Mar and the Mediterranean Sea   Mallorca for Majorca Pearls  Mallorca  Mallorca  Mallorca  Mallorca  A monument to Joan    9     Palma De Mallorca (1994)
 The Palace Mallorca is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the largest island in the Balearic Islands archipelago, in Spain. The capital of the island is Palma   The cathedral of Palma  The cathedral of Palma  The cathedral of Palma  The cathedral of Palma  The cathedral of Palma  McDonald's. They're everywhere!  All the way to Mallorca for Country & Western  |
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Torre de Jaume I, the central tower of the Barcelona Cable Car that runs to the top of Montjuïc mountain |
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Time Lapse Video of the Port Vell Footbridge |
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Rushhour in Barcelona is an example of the number of bicycles and motorcycles that are used for daily transportation throughout Europe |
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