the city of god is in the details. barcelona is the most structurely attractive city i've ever seen. so much respect to antoni gaudi for being a ridiculously amazing architect. i appreciate his pursuit of greatness in design. it really makes the city what it is.

it rained so hard in barcelona when i was there the first few days, but i still managed to explore and see everything i wanted to. gaudi's park guëll is my favourite park in the world.

learned: barcelona is the capital of catalonia (catalunya), the bull/toro is the symbol of spain & donkey is the symbol of catalonia, there's 2 languages here; spanish and catalan, paëlla is a national dish, everything is dubbed in spanish-no english movies here, the MACBA (contemporary art gallery) is free on wednesdays, raval street is the best place for vintage shopping, mango and zara are much cheaper here

noticed: people who speak spanish here sound like they have a lisp, the crazy people on the streets are fun characters, DIA grocery stores are good and ridiculously cheap (customer service is very bad), every object in the city seems to be designed with so much detail (the lamposts, the pavement, the highway, even around atm machines), i like the urban planning (big streets are designed for pedestrians to walk in the middle of them; it makes people feel part of the city), it seems like people will go out of their way to help you if you're lost, there is an albino monkey that is very popular here, no shortage of FCB scarves, souvenir shops and flowers on the famous las ramblas

words: ¿quel tal?-what's up/how are u?, bien-good, ¿quanto questa?-how much? mucho gusto-nice to meet u, no lo entiendo-i don't understand, no hablo espanol-don't speak spanish, buenos dias-good morning, buenos tardos-good afternoon, buenos noches-goodnite, vale-ok, wai-cool, claro-of course, ching ching-cheers, vamos-let's go!

at park guëll

a really cute poco pero

my colourful friend

not my friend, but i liked his dogs

fun busker on las ramblas

la pedrera

view outside a window

on passieg de gracia

casa batlo at nite

sagrada familia under construction

in the middle of the nite in a posh neighbourhood

in barceloneta; laundry haven

on the beach

detailed pavement

so some say

all cabs in barcelona are this colour

poli-urban art

locked-up shopping cart

at the MACBA, this piece was awesome