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Barcelona 2008 part 2 | Casa MilÃ , Sagrada FamÃlia, Torre Agbar, CafÃ© De L’Ã²pera De Barcelona, Casa Vicens, Park GÃ¼ell

Super busy this week…at work and at home. Been snowing all week. Last night a car kept beeping all night long…so much for a good night sleep.

Other than that…the usual.

made plans to check out Casa MilÃ
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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.
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has some great food before heading to Sagrada FamÃlia
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ok…its BIG…but its just a bit too much…no wonder its taking forever to be completed
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the roof was awesome
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as i said…its just too much…so much that it cannot be captured in a photo
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from that to this…the phallic Torre Agbar
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the city looks much better at night
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picked up stuff at the super market before heading to the hostel
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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!!!
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dinner

spanish omelet at the famous CafÃ© De L’Ã²pera De Barcelona
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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.
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Casa Vicens was not really anything…but the area around it was super cool
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this neighborhood reminded me of the place close to harajuku in japan…feels good
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from here we walked to the famous Park GÃ¼ell
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saw this dude with a tripod and a point and shoot…was a BIG WTF moment
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shit loads of people…extremely touristy
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but it had some cool architecture
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hell yeah…that one feet elevation made that pic so much better
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walking to the peak…supposed to be a good view
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it was…strangely…not many people were there…was a good thing…relaxed for some time
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went back down…second or third pic of legs crossed
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love this one…
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stalked her till i got this frame
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Barcelona has the most colorful garbage bins
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but old people everywhere look the same…but the ones here, always had this bag on wheels…no idea whats that all about

shashank :: Jan.25.2009 :: barcelona, digital, street :: 3 Comments »

Barcelona 2008 part 1 | La Rambla, Mercat de la Boqueria, Casa BatllÃ³

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Christmas 2008. The plan was to goto Amsterdam. But due to lack of planning, the flights turned out to be too expensive. So we did the next best thing, find the cheapest tickets to any place in south europe. That’s how Satish and me ended up going to Barcelona.

From my trip to Japan earlier this year. I had learn a great deal from Olve. Stuff like how to plan the days, read the Lonely Planet book and how not to trust it. So after doing some research, wiki, google maps, google earth and a lot of print outs. We were all set, except we were not prepared for the weather forecast…rain for most of the time we were supposed to be in Barcelona. But it was too late…so we set off.