Thursday, April 28, 2011

Walking Around Town...






Mercat de Sant Antoni
I've walked past this market several times and always wondered why it was closed up, turns out they are doing some major renovations to it - hopefully they are done before I leave because this looks like the best one in town. It's a huge market in a really old building (1882) so I stuck my camera inside the gates to get a picture of what was going on. Until the La Boqueria will have to suffice I guess!

http://www.way2barcelona.com/travel-guide/what-to-do-in-barcelona/markets-in-barcelona/mercat-sant-antoni/traditional-catalan-market/

I also stumbled across the music hall in BCN, which it turns out was VERY close to the hostel where I stayed. I'd say one of the most disapointing things about all of these amazing buildings, is that you can never get quite far enough away to take a great photo, the streets are narrow and force these sort of awkward photos. Anyhow - that's the photo of the building with lots of ornamentation on it. Maybe I will get to see a concert there before I am done here!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau_de_la_M%C3%BAsica_Catalana

What else? There's always a bunch of churches, which in certain lighting look totally different and you're not totally sure where you are. I'm always amazed at the sizes - how this could possibly have been achieved before modern building techniques....

Anyways, that's it for today. Tomorrow is supposed to be very rainy, I may actually attempt the 8 hour work day for once again! Have a great night, love to all!

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