la rambla (born about 1700) & barri gòtic (born during augustan age)

By beyond my kitchen | 2023-10-282024-04-29 by beyond my kitchen

Another day in Barcelona … We had decided to walk La Rambla and maybe go missing in Barri Gòtic. Both parts of Barcelona we had touched so far, when out & about for other destinations in this vast city. La Rambla is a broad boulevard, about 1.3 km long, lined w/ trees. Like a snake it winds through the ocean of buildings starting at the seaside until Plaça de Catalunya. You may read that it…

travelling

… to the cathedral …

By beyond my kitchen | 2023-09-162024-05-02 by beyond my kitchen

Barcelona is a city of churches, of basilicas and a cathedral. My better half & I decided to make a trip to the cathedral. Don’t mix it up: the cathedral is called La Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia. The famous modern church of Antoni Gaudí, La Sagrada Família (in short) or La Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, is only a basilica – as well as Santa Maria del Mar,…