Spain Part II | Raleigh Fine Art & Travel Photographer

These are the rest of the Barcelona pictures. What a great city!
Quatre Gats (Cafe where Picasso used to hang out)

The next few pictures below are from the market on La Rambla. This is a vendor selling all kinds of eggs, including ostrich eggs.

Gummy candies. Oh, how I love you.

When in Spain, you have to have chocolate con churros. The hot chocolate is so thick that the spoon can sit on top of it without sinking. We were pleased to find spearmint leaves dipped in chocolate, too. Surprisingly satisfying : )

Barcelona had tons of great graffiti everywhere we went.

La Sagrada Familia. Nothing I can say could possibly do it justice. The only way to fathom this place is to go. It's straight out of Lord of the Rings. I just may live to see it's completion. Perhaps.

Looking down from one of the stairwells.

Not a technically great photo for many reasons, but it gives a glimpse into one of the stairwells. Most importantly, it features my sister : )

Yes, that really is one of the stairwells. No hand rails, by the way.

Park Guell--another Gaudi masterpiece.

View from Park Guell. These are often the kinds of shots I come away with when I ask someone to take my picture. At least it proves I was there! And squinting!

I loved this wall and the doors, so Joanna was forced to stand in front of it.

I should be able to finish out the trip with one more blog post soon!

Spain Part I | Raleigh Fine Art & Travel Photographer

I recently went to Spain to visit my sister, who's been living in Madrid. I had an amazing time! I took a lot of pictures while there and have been having a very hard time narrowing them down--there are just so many cool things in Spain! I think I'll need to split them into around 3 blog posts. Here are some from the first day and a half in Barcelona. By the way, please forgive me for not having the appropriate accents in some of the words below.

I landed in Madrid, which has an awesome airport.

Part of the buildings around La Catedral in Barcelona.

La Catedral

Inside, there were amazingly tall ceilings.

Every weekend, they have a band and dancing outside the cathedral in the large square.

Palau de Musica, where we saw a performance of Bach and Handel. Gorgeous. 'Nuff said.

One of many stops along the Modernism Trail.

Casa Battlo. Gaudi's work is just unreal. Look at the inside of the house two photos down. That was taken from the first floor, looking up.

My sister, Joanna. We found lots of cool graffiti in Barcelona. You'll see more below.

I can't imagine living in a city where this is a normal place to bring your skateboard. So cool.

Love the contrast of the old and new in this one.

Sometimes you just have to do stuff like this, right?

This wall was so cool. Even people who don't like graffiti can surely appreciate the artistic talents of someone who can do this kind of work.

More to come!!