Tag Archives: Parc Guell

Monday Morning Blues – View Of The Port Olimpic In Barcelona

I took this picture from Gaudi’s Parc Guell whilst on honeymoon in 2000. The Port Olimpic was where they held the sailing events in the 1996 Olympics. One of the two towers you can see (on the right) is the fabulous Hotel Arts where we stayed for the first night of our honeymoon.

My Top 15 Spanish Cities #3 – Barcelona

Continuing my countdown having already covered numbers three to fifteen (4, Santiago de Compostela 5. Córdoba 6. Valencia 7. Segovia 8. Bilbao 9. Madrid 10. Toledo 11. Cádiz 12. Vitoria-Gasteiz 13. Palma, 14. Denia & 15. Malaga). Barcelona What can one say about the capital of Catalonia that has not been written already? All that […]

Friday Photos – Barcelona, Spain

Exactly 20-years ago Mrs Wilbur & I embarked on our honeymoon to Barcelona where we stayed in the beautiful Arts Hotel overlooking the Port Olympic area. Here are some photos of that wonderful time. Flowers at Hotel Arts, Barcelona

MY TOP TWELVE SPANISH CITIES – NUMBER ONE

Before revealing my number one city in Spain, let me first explain that I have not yet visited Bilbao or Salamanca or San Sebastian or Merida or Segovia. They all look fabulous in their own right, so even if my number one will be tough to dislodge, I am sure my top twelve could change […]

Barcelona

I am off to Barcelona tomorrow to indulge in another passion of mine, namely football. Come on City! I will then have been to the magnificent Catalan city ten times (one honeymoon, four business trips, three city breaks and two football matches), so I thought I would post a few pictures from the different trips […]