Barcelona 2015 – Day 1

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Antoni Gaudi, Architecture, Art Nouveau, Cafe de l'Opera de Barcelona, Casa Batlló, Casa Milá, CoupDeFouet International Congress, Facade, La Pedrera, Modernisme

After I had checked-in at the apartment, I was supposed to register at the tourist information office and collect my documents. It was quite a walk. And as I decided not to go back to my apartment immediately, I ended up going to bed way past midnight. That’s because I couldn’t stop wondering what would be around that next corner and I couldn’t stop taking pictures. So here we go…

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Cafe de l’Opera de Bacelona – La Rambla 74

Cafe de l’Opera – La Rambla

Cafe de l’Opera – La Rambla

Cafe de l’Opera – La Rambla

Cafe de l’Opera – La Rambla

Cafe de l’Opera – La Rambla

Cafe de l’Opera – La Rambla

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Casa Batlló (which is by the way not included in the program – I wonder why not!?) – Passeig de Gràcia 43

Casa Batlló

Casa Batlló

Casa Batlló

Facade of Casa Batlló

Casa Batlló

Crown on Casa Batlló

Casa Batlló

Casa Batlló

Birds nest balcony of Casa Batlló

Birds nest balcony of Casa Batlló

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Benches with street lanterns (32 in total) along the Passeig de Gracia, designed by Pere Falqués i Urpi in 1906 (I just love these!)

Barcelona Street Lanterns

Bench on which Barcelona Street Lanterns are mounted

Barcelona Street Lanterns

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Molly’s Fair City (Irish Pub) – Ferran 7

Molly’s Irish Pub

Original interior of Molly’s Irish Pub

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The Grill Room – Escudellers 8

Facade of The Grill Room

Facade of The Grill Room

The Grill Room – Stained Glass Window

Grill Room

The Grill Room

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Ruta del Modernisme (Art Nouveau Walk) – At the Tourist Information Office, you can get a free map of Barcelona with all Modernisme buildings on it. And the nice thing about this walk is that there are tiles in the pavement helping you find your way (which I find rather great since I can’t seem to find my way in Barcelona at all…)

Modernisme Barcelona

Ruta del Modernisme Tile

Modernisme Barcelona

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I ended my first day at the Casa Milá, or as they call it here ‘La Pedrera’ (which means the Quarry). More pictures of La Pedrera will follow shortly as the congress is being organized in this building.

La Pedrera – Casa Milá

In short… it was sunny, temperatures were around 28 degrees Celsius, and I took no less than 165 pictures. Not a bad score for a first day, isn’t it?

Let me know what you think of Barcelona so far; or tell me where to go.

Read more?
II coupDefouet International Congress
Walking Routes: Passeig de Gracia

After this trip I have produced a 2018 Calendar with some of my photo’s of Gaudí’s beautiful architecture. You can see, and order my calendar when you click here.

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