more of barcelona

1-3: market off las ramblas. 4: palaca de toros de les arenes. 5: view of la sagrada familia, placa de les glories catalanes (the phallic building), and the rest of barcelona from castel de montjuic. 6: castle de montjuic and the mediterranean. 7/8: barceloneta (fishing village) at night.

gaudi in barcelona

after sevilla i traveled to barcelona for a few days of exploring the city on my own. although i had no hostel reservations for the last night and didn't speak the language, things worked out remarkably well in the end.













1-4: la sagrada familia. 5/6: casa batllo. 7/8: la pedrera. 9: building along av diagonal. 10-13: parc guell, a surreal park with amazing views of barcelona and gaudi architecture.

sevilla

I stayed in Sevilla with Priscilla and her amazing host mom Esperanza over a month ago. I'm long overdue for an update.









1,2- typical buildings in andalucia. 3,4- along the waterfront. 5/6- traditional costumes worn during semana santa (the holy week before easter) processions... yeah they look like kkk outfits 7- unfortunately, sevilla is the most popular destination to experience traditional semana santa, so the city was overrun by tourists, you can see the long line in front of al alcazar, which we ended up not visiting. 8- hada, a fox terrier, is a real snowy, and that's why esperanza picked her. 9- the weather was pretty shitty in andalucia, but we finally made it to the beach for a little bit of sun, although it was too cold to go in.

portuguese food

coffees were typically around 60 euro cents, the cheapest i have seen, next to hungary of course

delicious custard pastries called pastel de nata from the belem neighborhood

arroz com mariscos, a tomato based stew with fresh shrimp, crab, scallops, and fish served over rice

famous portuguese seafood

more of lisboa

Priscilla was my translator and sidekick

views of lisboa

lisboa has their own version of the golden gate bridge from sf and the cristo redentor statue from rio

the sun didn't set until after nine, it was amazing.

lisboa decay

buildings throughout lisboa appeared to be in various stages of decay. i'm not sure if these are old relics from the eighteenth century earthquake, but i doubt it. either way, they are interesting to look at.

lisboa tiles

i went to portugal and spain for spring break and fell in love with the tile work on apartment buildings in lisboa.