BARCELONA ... 1ST Timer here ..

Flying ...........from Geneva .... to Barcelona ............
                            ......................only took 1hour 25 minutes....

BARCELona ..........
                                ............popularly known city of SPAIn.......
What ..............DO uUUU  know .........      about  ......
              ................want to say        .............      about this city ..........
              ................remember well this city for ......nOT ONly.......!!!!.
           for SUre  d'........FUTbOl CLUb .........??? ...

so...... we .....must... BE ....WROng...........


 Oohh...Yesss...   happy to BE here...  GGgreatt....
            ..........chance ..in a lifeee ...time ..........
            .............to share d' success ........
    of.... Fotbol CLUB Barcelona .... of .. EUROPe ...
 

So travelling from EUropean city to another Euro City need nOt ....
              ..........................took trouble for passport checking .......
INfact ........... everybody relax .......Easy arrival from GEneva ....
        ..........soon landing in Barcelona........ at 5.30pm ...July 14, 2011 
Airport TErminal ...... just like a BUs Station .... people come IN nnn OUT ..... Fast..... except us .... people ......nEW to this CIty......
So DID... required INFOrmation .... at INFO Booth ..... took ....times .....
..nn... according to PU3..... hardly communicated..... NOT too friendly ....
..they might BE ..... too tired...eeh ... so many people Q IN to ask them ....

First ........wrong ....... BUS Stop ....

Finally ....needed repeation inquiry ... nn so ... found OUt ....... already  wasted an hour for just d' other BUS Stop  ... few steps around d' corner  ..............

......at AERO BUS.... regular shuttles ....... carrying people ... budget tight ...to pick travellers ....to city places............ 

Taxi........ ok    .....easy with BLACK nn yellow .... CAB ....

so........Paying.. Aero BUS.  @ Euro 5.30 ...total.. 19.90.... 



 UNlike TAXI .......... THIs AERO bUS stopped ONLy .....assigned to stop at certain..... stations........
OUrs at d' station ....very near to Universitat  area ... as  called .........
Being DROpped ...... somewhere unusual ...... so HELp Ur SELF...........
MAP Reading ....... for certain needed to know ....
                   ........where ...our location ... nn ..d' hotel..
Carrying .... bag.......... carrying luggage ....   at last...   ????
D' Hotel was just......... along d' road..........
                ................hardly seen d' Hotel's.... NAMe.............
                ..but......... luckly ............... it was here .............




 D' ROOm was ........ a double BEds ....      
                    ......... big enough for THree .......
At d' street............Gran Via de lescorts Catalanes ..... 
                          wow........... what a name.......   loooonnngggg
............. but...... in central area .... walking distance to shops..................






 So late evening............ busy streets ........
                       ............ Barcelona
                       Taxi ....... here obviously ..... easily ....recognizable ...
                              ........small black yellow



LOOking for d' sign biG ...... i
Sure .....important for people....... for tourists  .....
                                         .......for us in FOReign Land ... 



So getting .....ALL these information ......... worth ..... for programme's arrangement ......... nn ....... schedulled for d'following days' .....visits.......

At d' heart of d city ......... d' INFO Office to serve all people ...
                                                          ....................local nn abroad
                     ..........located at basement .......... at busy central area
                     ..........underground excess tunnels .................

So.............. leaflets .......were provided for take away ............
Matter of choice................. BARCELONA .....BUS Turistic ....
                       ..................... to carry passengers for ....
                        RED Spot.....'s Destinations.....
                        BLUE Spot.....        nnn  .........
                        GREEN SPot ..........................






 

............  next DAY ........assignated target places ...............
              BLUE SPOT destinations ............


  

 ........ THE Barcelona of GAUDI .....
examples  ...... small token take away sourvenirs


 BUS Turistic ....... would ONLY stop at  places designed to support GAUDi's Master piece............  his work of architect are mostly remarkable which can be seen throughout d' cIty......................    
                              ..............      where..........????

A GREAT number of buildings ....... OLD UNique buildings ... in Barcelona are WORLd Heritage sites................. 

WHO is HE .......     GAUDI .....?????

Ok.....    here  ..  a little  .... SHORt extraction .... description about him ....

         ............. as most Architect students .... should know....!!!

......... d' name ......ANTONI Gaudi............ between 1852 - 1926 ......

         ....... an .......ARchitect nn .....DESIgner ...........

He is d' MOSt internationally prestigious figure in  ..............................

                                        ..............SPanish Architecture

Gaudi was born in REUs...in CATalonia ...... graduated in Barcelona in 1878.... nn ... through out his career.... d' city became centre of his work activities ...

ONE of  important aspect is his capacity as DESigner .....



ALL his life he dedicated to led himself to create ..... so in close collabration with some of d' very fine artisans of his time ....... all those elements making up architectural space ....... wrought iron, furnature, stained glass, sculptural work, mosaic, creamic nn so on ....... with an organic concept of deceration nn with d' incegration of those elements into d' construction process.

The sea landscape was one of his most preferred inspirations .........

              so........ next blog....few pictures ....

              ........captured during ...d' TOUr .......