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Chef in white uniform cooking over a wood-fired grill behind iron bars in a stone building in Barcelona.

Barcelona

2010 · Spain

CountriesSpain
Stages2

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Photographs (26)

Wide pedestrian avenue lined with palm trees leading to the Arc de Triomf in Barcelona, with people walking and cycling on a sunny day.Small bookstore entrance in Barcelona with the sign “La Rosa de Foc,” books visible through the glass door, and graffiti on a closed metal shutter beside it.Indoor courtyard with a central brick walkway surrounded by gravel, ancient stone fragments, carved blocks, and small plants.Narrow old-city alley paved with stone, lined by tall buildings, small shop entrances, balconies, and a few pedestrians in the distance.Ornate historic building in Barcelona with brick arches, carved stone details, wrought-iron balconies, and a narrow street with pedestrians and parked cars.White street sign reading “Plaça de George Orwell” mounted on a stone wall in Barcelona.Open city square in Barcelona with surrounding apartment buildings, a scooter in the foreground, and outdoor café tables.Wide city square in Barcelona with cars, buses, motorcycles, and historic buildings surrounding the intersection.Steep outdoor staircase between apartment buildings in Barcelona, looking down toward the city with trees and hills in the background.Panoramic view of Barcelona seen from a hillside, showing the city skyline, distant high-rise buildings, and the sea under a partly cloudy sky.Panoramic view of Barcelona from an elevated park, showing the Sagrada Família, dense urban rooftops, and the Mediterranean Sea in the distance.Crowds walking and standing on the terrace at Park Güell in Barcelona, with mosaic benches, trees, and the city skyline in the distance.People sitting and walking across a large sandy plaza at Park Güell, with palm trees, stone arcades, and greenery on a hillside in the background.View from Park Güell showing Gaudí’s mosaic-tiled entrance towers with Barcelona’s skyline and the Mediterranean Sea in the background.View from Park Güell showing Gaudí’s mosaic-tiled entrance towers with Barcelona’s skyline and the Mediterranean Sea in the background.Crowds entering Park Güell through Gaudí-designed stone buildings with mosaic roofs under a clear blue sky in Barcelona.The Sagrada Família basilica in Barcelona with tall stone towers, construction cranes, and crowds gathered at street level.The Passion Façade of the Sagrada Família with sculpted stone figures, scaffolding, and crowds of visitors at the entrance.The Cascada Monumental fountain in Parc de la Ciutadella with palm trees, stone terraces, and water jets reflected in a shallow pond.The Cascada Monumental fountain in Parc de la Ciutadella with palm trees, stone terraces, and water jets reflected in a shallow pond.Palm trees casting long shadows over a sandy beach promenade with people walking along Barceloneta Beach in Barcelona.Open plaza with people walking, a tall glass-and-steel skyscraper, and a curved metallic building at Port Olímpic in Barcelona.Broad sandy beach with tire marks, a calm sea, a few people walking near the water, and tall modern buildings in the distance in Barcelona.Open stone-paved seaside plaza with concrete seats, people facing the sea, and rocky breakwaters extending into the Mediterranean in Barcelona.

Journal Notes (2)
Day 1

I woke up around 0300. Actually I first had to get up around 0500, the worse were the following two hours, which I had spent on one side, then throwing on the other side in bed to wake up sometime and look at the clock. 0456 that's the way it always comes, it was clear. Coffee ma …

Day 2

Around 0600 I was woken up with the remark that my alarm clock had been ringing for an hour. I talked something about the phone in my pocket and turned off the alarm clock. At least I thought so, because it started again after 5 minutes and I had to be woken up again. Around 0930 …