Jessica Dalton Barcelona

Friday, January 7, 2011

Parc de la Ciutadella

Item #10 on our "Must See" list in Barcelona: Parc de la Ciutadella. It's like a Central Park in New York or a Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Huge expanse of grass, trees, and amazing monuments.

It was pretty cold when we went exploring, but we ventured around anyways. I think the monument with the gold statues and the mastodon were my favorites. I will absolutely be returning here to draw... hopefully I'll be able to get all of the treasures here.

Here are some photos!

Barcelona, ES - Arc de Triomf

Barcelona, ES

Barcelona, ES - Arc de Triomf

Barcelona, ES - Parc de la Ciutadella

Barcelona, ES - Garden Pizzeria

Barcelona, ES - Parc de la Ciutadella

Barcelona, ES - Parc de la Ciutadella (MASTODOOONN!!!)

Barcelona, ES - Parc de la Ciutadella

Barcelona, ES - Parc de la Ciutadella (Loved this sculpture...)

Barcelona, ES - Parc de la Ciutadella

Thanks for stopping in! Don't forget to check out the video in the previous post!

-D

Finally! Some movement!

Hey, guys and dolls! Here's the video of the parade for the Day of the Kings on my birthday! Wicked fun. [:

Thanks for checking it out! We love you all!

-D

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Día de Reyes

Today is the Day of the Kings. Last night there was a parade. The Kings arrived by boat at the harbor down the way from our place and marched through the entire city. It was an amazing procession where performers threw out candy for the children and danced in the streets.

It was quite a time. After the parade we went to Cat Bar, which is down the street from our apartment. It's an all vegan eatery that stays open... as long as there are people there. Opened by Roy, a British expat, and Geraldine, a... Spanish (I think?) hipster who took a couple of shots with me for my birthday.

This will absolutely be our new, regular hangout. They taught us all kinds of things... like Barcelona water will not make one sick, but it will make you gassy. Hahaha. Anyhow, it's Geraldine's birthday on Friday and they're closing the bar for a private party that we were invited to. So excited for that.

Here are some photos...

Born - Barcelona, ES

Born - Barcelona, ES (Popular everywhere... I still haven't seen an episode.)

Born - Barcelona, ES (Dia de Reyes)

Next post is going to include the videos from London and what we've filmed so far in Spain. I finally figured out how to convert .MTS files! Geez... that education I completed really paid off. Hahaha.

Thanks for checking in!

-D