Before I start the second day, the night of the first we went to a more modern part of the city and saw the iconic Agbar Tower designed by Jean Nouvel. SO COOL, especially with the nighttime lighting.
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| Agbar Tower |
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| Agbar Tower |
The morning of the Second day, we had a class on Themes in European Architecture. I think I am going to like this class because we basically walk around the city or go on tours of historical buildings. So this day we decided to take a brisk walk through Old Barcelona. And when I say brisk I mean about a 3 hour walk. Apparently Texans have no concept of walking. :)
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| Squatter Residence |
The picture above is of a building in the Rambla de Raval right down the street from our residence. It was abandoned, so some people took it over and made it their own. The mural was pretty crazy, but cool. Below are pictures of the fresh market down the street, La Boqueria, one of many in Barcelona. The fruit and vegetables are amazing. So is the beef and fish, if you like seafood. Maybe they will break my strong dislike of sea creatures? Although I am not sure the smell of the fish helped any haha.
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| La Boqueria |
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| La Boqueria |
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| La Boqueria |
We walked to the Mocba, a modern art museum design by Richard Meier. It was right in the middle of the buildings of the old city, so it definitely made a statement. It has also caused other art pieces to pop up on surrounding buildings, along with a design school.
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| Mocba- Richard Meier |
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| Modern Art |
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| Entrance to the Design School- fad |
Around that same area was a gallery space that had a wall of windows that faced a courtyard. The windows were angled down at the top so if you were standing at a certain point you could see the reflection of the Mediterranean Sea and the skyline.
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| Courtyard with glass wall |
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| Reflection of the Mediterranean |
We also went to a neighborhood church called Santa Maria del Pi. Not a very famous church, but still beautiful.
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| Santa Maria del Pi |
Barcelona is such an old city that it has ruins from when the city was under the Roman Empire rule. Not the acropolis in Greece, but still cool.
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| Roman Temple Site |
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| Roman Temple Ruins |
And last, my favorite part of the day! We went to another market, Mercat Santa Caterina, further away from where we live, but the architecture of the building is very cool. It stands on the ruins of an old convent, which can still be seen behind it, and the original walls of the market are still intact. But they entirely redid the roof into a colorful wave shape. The colored material on the roof is a tile mosaic that is supposed to look like a pixelated picture of fruits and vegetables.
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| Mercat Santa Caterina |
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| View Inside from Front Entrance |
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| Back Entrance |
Well that was just a few of the places from day two. We have only seen a part of the old section of the city so I am very excited to see all the places we have left! PLUS we are all going to an FC Barcelona match tonight (soccer for those of you that don't know). So pumped! :)
Until next time..
Un Abrazo,
Seth
Parece que ya has visto unos lugares lindos. Yo tambien pero no conozco nada de estos lugares como tu. Me gusta ver donde habia sido, entonces quiero ver mas fotos en cada blog. :)
ReplyDeleteLove ya! -JLD