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Flirtatious Giraffe

This flirtatious giraffe is one of two sculptures by Josep Granyer i Giralt (1899-1983) that grace Barcelona’s Rambla de Catalunya.  This one is La girafa coqueta  or “Coquettish Giraffe”; the other will be featured […]

-Day Trips from Madrid

Knobbly Door

This is just one of Toledo’s magnificent, knobbly doors – processed here in HDR to bring out the detail of the weathered wood. Linked to I Heart Macro, Macro Monday and Delirious Doors.

-Belgium

Mannekens Galore

I spotted these colourful little fellas in a shop in Brussels. They are, of course, multi-coloured versions of the famous Brussels landmark, the Manneken Pis (which translates as Little Man Pee in Marols, a […]

-Barcelona

Catalan Prêt-à-Porter

The exhibition Barcelona Prêt-à-Porter, 1958-2008: Fifty Years of the Fashion Industry, is on now, until 30 March 2014, at the Palau Robert in Barcelona. This ten month exhibition features material from […]

-Paris

Raindrops Keep Falling

The green umbrella in this Parisian mural looks so real, I was tempted to take shelter. Linked to Monday Mural and Weekend Reflections.

-Barcelona

Blue Sheet

Àngels Freixanet is a Spanish artists who held her first individual exhibition in 1974 at “Sala Gaudí” in Barcelona. Since then, she has made another thirty or more exhibitions at home […]

-Day Trips from Madrid

Bird Cages

These brightly coloured bird cages hang outside a small house in Toledo. Linked to Pink Saturday, Monday Mellow Yellow and Mandarin Orange Monday.

-Barcelona

Plaça de Sant Jaume

Plaça de Sant Jaume is the main square in Barcelona’s  Gothic quarter. It is home to two government buildings: the Ajuntament de Barcelona (City Hall) and the Palau de la […]