old man solving some puzzle

while we waited for the useless waiter to take our order

saw this lady at a chocolate shop

WHAT!!! the sun was out…on the last day

so wasting no time we headed for Casa Milà…where i picked up another audio guide

which told me AWESOME things about this place



they had screens with video giving a brief history


she was busy with the audio while…

…i took another meta photo

and found satish busy with the audio guide as well…

sadly…i did not say anything about…this

look at that…man too posh for my taste, i prefer sitting on the floor

not sure if she would agree, but she had the most beautiful eyes

told her goodbye and got back on the tube

…straight to the…wait for it…THE BEACH

hell yeah…finally after waiting for days…

saw this frame long way back when i saw them

love beaches…growing up in bombay you assume they are everywhere…then you come to oslo…haha i kid i kid…i love oslo…really

the hotel at the end reminded me of the one in Dubai

thats a pretty famous…thingy

love this frame…saw the light…saw satish walking…knew what i wanted…which is quite rare…turned out pretty good

sat at the beach for a long time…relaxed…

then made our way to the famous cable car…stood in the line…only to be told later…that its closed for the day

well…at least i got this frame

the lighting was fantastic

got in the mood to shoot some street

this one is inspired from Chris Weeks work


end of their dance performance…got rid of all the change i had

guy was doing that spray painting thingy…they all look the same

found a real nice bar…

last dinner…and satish mentions how awesome the trip was…

i agree

made our way to Hospital de St Pau…which has to be be awesomest hospital ever


thats a hospital!!! no kidding

was supposed to goto a park, but it got too late and we were too tired…but took this snap before we decided to call it a day


i have a same frame from japan

ok its not exactly the same…this is japan…and its AWESOME







dinner…more paella and sangria

yes…i was there

so was satish…but he just lost his camera…bummer…we had lots of video on it

she had the same lonely planet book i had


goto the Arc de Triomf…ok ok…nothing fancy

this has been inspired from a shot my dad took at least 25 years ago…






best photo of the entire trip…manual focusing with the new screen…sweet





view from Montjuïc…we were exhausted..

another WTF moment…this dude was shooting with his Mobile Phone…and his wife/whoever was holding up the umbrella…and this went on for ever…was pathetic. Firstly he was shooting with a mobile..ok fine…thats not that bad…but making a lady follow you around with an umbrella…thats pretty cheap

took the cable car down…felt so gooood…legs were in pain from all the walking


goto Café Zurich…which was a let down

made plans to check out Casa Milà

got there and bought the tickets. we were told the terrace would be closed due to rain. the tickets are valid for 15 days. so we decided to come back when the sun was out.

has some great food before heading to Sagrada Família

ok…its BIG…but its just a bit too much…no wonder its taking forever to be completed



the roof was awesome


as i said…its just too much…so much that it cannot be captured in a photo

from that to this…the phallic Torre Agbar

the city looks much better at night

picked up stuff at the super market before heading to the hostel

but…before that…following the tradition i started in japan…i got a hair cut. he did not speak english…i did not speak spanish. who cares…i got an awesome haircut for 100nok!!!

dinner

spanish omelet at the famous Café De L’òpera De Barcelona

took the tube to check out the market and Casa Vicens. really good metro, by far the most user friendly one i have traveled on.



Casa Vicens was not really anything…but the area around it was super cool


this neighborhood reminded me of the place close to harajuku in japan…feels good

from here we walked to the famous Park Güell

saw this dude with a tripod and a point and shoot…was a BIG WTF moment


shit loads of people…extremely touristy

but it had some cool architecture


hell yeah…that one feet elevation made that pic so much better

walking to the peak…supposed to be a good view

it was…strangely…not many people were there…was a good thing…relaxed for some time

went back down…second or third pic of legs crossed

love this one…

stalked her till i got this frame

Barcelona has the most colorful garbage bins

but old people everywhere look the same…but the ones here, always had this bag on wheels…no idea whats that all about

warming Oslo airport

warming up the plane

landed in Barcelona…first impression…smelly

figured out taxi would be cheap

so we took it…and we were welcomed by the awesome rain

first lunch at La Fonda…first sangria

took a walk in the rain

satish trying to get some Wi-Fi


dinner…paella

breakfast…dog

the hostel was on the main street La Rambla

very touristy part of town

went to Mercat de la Boqueria…the local market


la rambla

they told me i was too cool for the ride…damn

started walking towards Casa Batlló




got there…luckily the queue was small and it started raining as soon as we got in…


lots of camera



you are given a kind of audio player which gives you info for each room and stuff…this is the terrace


she was the same one from the earlier camera photo…i was stalking her



goto the roof…



the rain was not helping…but we were making the best of it