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I always wanted to tour around the Gaudi buildings. And I hear the (late) night life there is excellent <heh>. (My wife and I have a trip to Barcelona on our "we have to go there soon" list...so maybe we can have a Barcelona meetup sometime. When's the best time to visit Barcelona, in your humble opinionm kcurie?

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia
by whataboutbob on Wed Jan 25th, 2006 at 02:27:34 PM EST
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I think the best time is April-May....if you do not care about alergy..

The best building in the world is in Barcelona.. a gaudi's one (according to my taste is not the most famous) actually probably three out of the five best building (where people can live) are in Barcelona...

If you want dead monument.. Egypt is robably the best or Jordan or even Greece and Rome.. if you want gorgeous and amzing buildings where people can live...Barcelona...

If you go this year I guess I will be there just one weekend..but after summer.. I will probably be there...

Late night is great..absolutely great.. given that there is a lot of different kinds of night depending on the part of the city... There are some specific types of going out that are better in other parts of Spain (tapas nights better in Andalucia) or even Germany (rave parties probably better in Germany). Other than that...probably London , Istambul and Berlin are on the top five with Barcelona...

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I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Wed Jan 25th, 2006 at 02:37:04 PM EST
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You must mean Casa Batlló, then if it's not La Pedrera and it's in Barcelona proper.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jan 25th, 2006 at 02:46:59 PM EST
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yea, wow...that's wild...that's one I was thinking of...and isn't there a wild church Gaudi did?

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia
by whataboutbob on Wed Jan 25th, 2006 at 03:51:34 PM EST
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I suppose you mean La Sagrada Familia, which is an unfinished cathedral.

I think you could classify people into two groups by whether they find the Passion or the Nativity facade more aesthetically pleasing.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jan 25th, 2006 at 04:57:49 PM EST
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Unfinished cathedral.. which is going ot be finished in the next decade.. or at least this is what they have been saying the last two decades....

I personally do not find any of the facades pleasant....You like one or the other or neither.. Very diffciult to like both.. indeed.

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I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Thu Jan 26th, 2006 at 06:03:13 AM EST
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J eje je

You know my tastes.. amazing...

Yes.. casa batllo.. my screensaver if I ever put one...

Best building in the world by far .. million of years... ahead..

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I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Thu Jan 26th, 2006 at 06:00:44 AM EST
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I just know my Gaudi... You gave me enough clues.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 26th, 2006 at 06:02:38 AM EST
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