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More Beautiful Barcelona

by Amber on April 18, 2012

barca

alley

fruit

postcards

maxibon

owl-statue

squid

tiny people

barcelona

You’ll find the owl perched on top of the Rotulos Roura Company building. It’s an old luminous advert for a company designing and installing neon lighting. Its eyes even used to cast out hypnotic beams of light, all night long! To see the last photo in all its glorious detail, click here.

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Ohla! Barcelona

by Amber on April 12, 2012

The beach!

tapas bar

balcony

Las Ramblas

cine

window

le-segrada-familia

This Easter I took my first trip to Spain. Just three days was enough to dent my heart.

Waking up on a train, and brushing my teeth as well rolled past the ocean; my first sight of the sea since August. Sipping sangria and scoffing dainty tapas at a cozy bar. Drinking cheap glasses of fraught beer in a courtyard, the pavers ruptured by trees. Taking an elevator to the top of a monument and seeing La Sagrada Familia from afar. Making friends with an elderly German couple over paella. Walking through narrow alleyways and ending up exactly where we started. Eating a fat churro, filled with dulce de leche. Looking up in wonder at all the gloriously decorative buildings. My spirits raised by the warm sunshine. Seeing oodles of adorable dogs, including one particularly fetching Afghan hound. Eating patatas bravas for the 5th meal in a row.

More photos to come…

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by Amber on April 5, 2012

The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família

La Sagrada Família, Barcelona. See you soon.

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