Music in Barcelona
I’ve been a bit quiet on the blog front for the last week or so because I was taking a short break in Spain. I always love my time over […]
Three Kings Parade in Barcelona
In Spain, there are impressive parades on 5 January: the three kings are welcomed to town, wishes are made and then the children leave their shoes out before they go to bed that night in the hope of presents from […]
The future for Camp Nou?
The construction of the current Estadi del FC Barcelona or Camp Nou started in 1954 and it was officially opened in 1954. 50 years later it was decided to issue an international […]
Dog Day by Alicia Giménez-Bartlett
Alicia Giménez-Bartlett may be little known outside Spain, but in her home country and in Latin America, she is one of their best-known and most-loved crime writers. She was born […]
Windows galore! – in Barcelona
The building next to Gaudí’s Casa Batlló was under renovation a while back, but they gave it a fancy cover of brightly coloured windows. This is part of the Thursday Lingering Look […]
Fruit and veg around the world
It’s Sunday again and time to publish my contribution to this week’s Sunday Stills challenge. In Tunisia: In Scotland: In a supermarket in Los Angeles: A stall in Moscow: In […]
Look Up! This is Barcelona!
Look up! I am always saying that you miss so much in a city if you don’t look up. For this challenge I’ve chosen to demonstrate this in Barcelona. An […]
Barcelona in Black and White
Posted in response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge
Shadow of the evening
“Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life” – Jean de la Fontaine Ailsa’s new theme brought to mind immediately, Josep Llimona’s statue of […]
Travel with Intent 