Basilica Santa Maria del Mar
This cathedral was built between 1329 and 1383 at the height of Catalonia’s maritime and mercantile preeminence, but a church has been on this site since 998 – over 1,000…
Casa Batllo
Another fine example of Gaudi’s work in an apartment building. Casa Batllo (pronounced “bye-yo”) was built in 1877 but Gaudi redesigned it in 1904 for the family Batllo. As with…
La Sagrada Familia
What an incredible place this is. From the outside it is a construction zone as work began on La Sagrada Familia in 1882 and only reached the midpoint in 2010,…
La Boqueria
If it’s something we both love to visit when we travel it’s a good market. Mercat St. Josep la Boqueria in Barcelona is generally spoken of as one of the…
La Pedrera
If you’re not a fan of Antoni Gaudi’s confections Casa Milà, more commonly known as La Pedrera, will change your mind. Casa Milà was built for the married couple Roser…
Christmas Markets
Right now Barcelona is filled with Christmas markets of every kind. As you wander through the Gothic Quarter and come upon a square of any size you will find a…
Barri Gòtic
In English it is called the Gothic Quarter and is a sizable area in central Barcelona known for its labyrinth of narrow, mostly pedestrian only, streets that radiate from small,…
Escaping Chicago
Naturally in the middle of winter it’s going to snow in Chicago. But this storm was forecast to move in an hour or two before our departure time and the…
Benvingut!
Join us this Friday as we set off for the land of tapas and cava in Barcelona! After devouring as many tapas as we can we’ll be off to the…