The Sagrada Familia Temple Completed by 2026?
They actually might finish it! The work continues at a rapid pace and 2026 appears to be the current goal–a mere 144 years after the first stone was laid.
Barcelona & Catalunya
Barcelona Sailors
Barcelona, by the sea.
Here are a few recent images of activity at the port. I love it when the sky cooperates with tumultuous clouds.
To get these on-the-water perspectives…
Two Contrasting Couples
What an interesting find…these two couples, within a few hundred yards of each other along the Barcelona beach front…
Gaudi’s Tiles Up Close
Sometimes it is revealing to just concentrate on the details, rather than trying to “get it all in”.
Do images of the details say more about the whole than would a more traditional photograph of the entirety of the whole…?
Barcelona’s “Magic Fountain” (Some Abstracts)
How do you make unique images of a subject that has already been photographed literally (and I literally mean “literally”!) millions of times?
To be original, or not to be–that is the question…
Vía Ferrata La Cala del Molí, Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Catalunya
The many, many vía ferratas here in Europe (300+, according to one source) come in all levels of difficulty, from introductory routes suitable for those who have never climbed more than a paint ladder, to more advanced lines that require some specific vía ferrata/climbing skills…
Montjuic Trees & the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya
How is it you can pass by a composition so many multiple times without ever seeing it?…
Postcards from the Monestir de Poblet
“Monestir” means “monastery” in Catalan and this one, with its beginnings way back in the middle of the 12th century, happens to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site…
Postcards from Montblanc, Catalunya
This gorgeous little village is located in the Tarragona province and is the capital of the comarca (county, roughly) of Conca de Barcerà. You can get there easily by train or bus from Barcelona.
Lots to see here–the medieval town walls are some of the best preserved–and you are not far from the Monastery of Poblet, a UNESCO world heritage site…
Just Odd
Lots of touristic passersby photograph this particular wall (above, and behind the box) with its 19 different, apparently random, objects glued thereon. If you pay attention, you'll find the unusual urban art “exhibit” near the beach in the colorful Barceloneta section of Barcelona…