Pictures say 100 words so I will give you all more pictures than words. Enjoy the pics below.

The Culture is in the Streets: Graffiti in Granada

On my last day in Granada, I went on an walking tour to see some of the street art and graffiti and indeed it was impressive.

Guadi in Barcelona

If I had to sum up Barcelona in one word, it would be grand. There are grand boulevards, building and beaches. And since the Olympics was here, its even more grandiose. I have been to the buildings of Guadi (Casa Bastillo, Sagrada Familia, La Pedrera and Park Guell), walked around the port, the old city center, down La Rambla and went to a music festival in Gracia. Today, I will brisk by the beach (I don’t need anymore sun) and go to a water show at the magic fountain.

On of the most impressive things here is the architecture of Antoni Gaudi. He was an architecture who designed outlandish (very fantastical buildings) in the 1800′s. He was a genius and a madman. One of the churches he designed (Sagrada Familia), is still under construction 125 years later and it is slated to be finished in another 25 years. He also designed a park – Park Guell which kind of feels like a theme park. Gaudi used a lot of tiles, curves, sculptures and iron work. His work is probably the most impressive architecture I have seen on my trip.

Next stop Marsaille, France staying at the Vertigo Viex Port

Waking up in Barcelona by James Irwin Greene

In Barcelona, women hang
their laundry out to dry.
Bright-colored dresses, shirts
pinned next to pale underwear,
next to blue jeans, capture our attention
like frescoes blowing in the wind.
\Throughout the vast and boulevarded city,
Gaudí’s undulating wonders dance:
bold broken tiles placed one-by-one-by-one,
pieces in a world-size puzzle–
turn into an apartment, park,
unfinished church.
\In the tapas bars,
tasty, bite-sized appetizers
meld like mosaics into meals.
Swallowing is art in Barcelona.