Barcelona - May 2011
This model of a tree is an example of fractals. Gaudi drew lots of inspiration from designs found in nature.
This stairwell descends from the museum also located inside Casa Mila.
This is one of the first sights inside Gaudi's Park Guell. We ended up walking through the northern section of the park before getting to the more famous sections.
More of Gaudi's arches.
This is the highest point of the park.
This is the view from the park. La Rambla is the wider strip of green in the top third of the photo.
This is a much photographed sculpture in Park Guell. We weren't there nearly early enough to get a shot of it without people.
These columns support the large terrace above.
This long curving bench is supposed to be a sea serpernt.
Leg of lamb from a Catalan style restaurant near our hotel. This restaurant was also recommended by the ex-pat from our hotel. We wanted to get a meal nearby before catching a flamenco show later in the evening. Lots of shows also serve dinner, but the reviews don't recommend getting dinner with the show. This turned out to be one of our favorite meals of the trip.
Flamenco. We caught a performance at Palacio del Flamenco. This place was recommended by the hotel staff, but since they had vouchers, I doubt it was an unbiased opinion. However, it had much better reviews on Yelp than the place on La Rambla, so we tried it.
We enjoyed the Flamenco dancing, but not so much the Flamenco music. I think the music is definitely an acquired taste.
Video seemed to be the appropriate medium for giving some of the flavor of the performance. Surprisingly, the only restriction they had was no flash.
Restaurante Salamanca. Thanks for the recommendation, Clarence!
We actually had lunch here on Friday and Saturday. We found that the food was much better on Friday. They were so much busier on Saturday and must pre-cook a lot of the food to keep up with demand.
Paella and sangria. This paella was so much better than what we've had at Jaleo in DC.
