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Emoji and UX 🚹🚺 This place is for men and w

Emoji and UX 🚹🚺
This place is for men and women that’s the info I received... but there is/are additional info.
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Our neighborhood has a lot to offer 🌸 I cannot

Our neighborhood has a lot to offer 🌸 I cannot go back to Barcelona for the regional moving restrictions so I’m trying to explore where I can go 🙂 Options are limited but not bad.

Exposition of Roger Grasas 📷

Exposition of Roger Grasas 📷

Few hours before hard rain 🌧 I found an enigmat

Few hours before hard rain 🌧 I found an enigmatic castle in the middle of mountain 🏰
Judged by their website, it seems like a private castle... private 😎 It’s renovated and neat but obviously I’m not allowed to enter 🥲 I love the design of the windows. I’d like to visit inside someday! #nofilter

Beautiful city hall and its garden 🌸🌼🌸🌼 This building was constructed between 1852 - 1890 by the architect Emili Sala i Cortés from Barcelona. Originally it was owned by Torlà family as a private residence. In 1994 it was converted to the current city hall.
Surprising truth for me is that Emili was one of Gaudi’s teachers. In addition, he was in charge of the first phase of the construction of Casa Batlló (1875-1877). Gaudi was later in charge of its renovation work and that’s the Casa Batlló we know today. #nofilter

Another work of Josep Maria Jujol in this case he

Another work of Josep Maria Jujol in this case he was in charge of reconstruction. It was not possible to do guided visit - I called them but they didn’t take my 📞 Inside of the building must be more interesting than outside - the walls at least need some urgent fix 😅 #nofilter

At a flower shop in Tarragona province... This is

At a flower shop in Tarragona province... This is just so adorable 🥰 #nofilter

Morning walk 🧍🏻‍♀️#nofilter

Morning walk 🧍🏻‍♀️#nofilter

Driving along country roads leads you to unexpecte

Driving along country roads leads you to unexpected places - in positive way!
The Giralda in Arbós (2nd and 3rd pics) has huge Arabic influence. Again, due to the Covid-19, it wasn’t possible to visit inside but judged by the pictures, it looks gorgeous! I guess this is super minor town nowadays, but I imagine there must be some reason for the Arabic people to have left their building here 🙂 #nofilter

The highlights of Tarragona - It was an express vi

The highlights of Tarragona - It was an express visit but I enjoyed the picnic in a park in front of the Roman wall - it reminded me of “Attack on Titan” and a book of Haruki Murakami 🙈🧺 Next time I would love to dive into more deep history.
5th picture is a building designed by Josep Maria Jujol - I’m having a sort of obsession to visit all of his works 😝 Unfortunately due to the Covid-19, Teatre Metropol in Tarragona (another work of Jujol) was closed - so again next time! #nofilter

The Roman legacy from 1st century, the time of the

The Roman legacy from 1st century, the time of the emperor Caesar Augustus. The aqueduct brought water to the city of Tarragona (Tarraco back then) from the river Francolí. #nofilter

Annual production of 85,000 bottles, Cava Jaume Gi

Annual production of 85,000 bottles, Cava Jaume Giró i Giró is small-medium size business - I like their cava brut nature Muntaner 🍾 #nofilter

Quick visit to Cava Freixenet 🥂🍾 A bit like

Quick visit to Cava Freixenet 🥂🍾 A bit like Wild West style 🤠 #nofilter

Quick visit to Cava Codorniu 🥂🍾 #nofilter

Quick visit to Cava Codorniu 🥂🍾 #nofilter

A small village next to a castle 🏰 and a lake.

A small village next to a castle 🏰 and a lake. The lake reminds me of Sweden 😌 #nofilter

A beautiful masterpiece in the countryside made by

A beautiful masterpiece in the countryside made by volunteers (except the cost of the materials). The Catalan architect Josep Maria Jujol desgined the sanctuary more than 100 years ago as a tribute to the Vergine of Montserrat - the architecture has ship shape pointing to the Mt. Montserrat (Jujol himself worked as volunteer as well). He was a respected collaborator as well as disciple of Antoni Gaudi and did important part of Gaudi's works in Barcelona such as Guëll Park - the colorful long ceramic bench (the technique is called “trencadís”) is one of his contributions to Gaudi’s.
The construction of this sanctuary didn’t make progress due to the lack of money, historical situations such as the Civil War and the death of the architect till 1980s. When you see the interior, the difference of the 2 phases is pretty clear in the colors of the wall.
The interesting fact about this place is, from outside you don’t see at all the 3 colors of the glasses due to the thickness of the wall which prevents the penetration of the sunshine and once you are inside you notice the vivid colors in heart shape 💙❤️💛 I love the contrast. #josepjujol #architecture #catalunya #Montserrat #建築 #スペイン建築 #カタルーニャ建築 #nofilter

Pleasure and guilty 😋 And I’m a pirate 🏴‍☠️

Morning walk in a small cute “fake” town 🙂 It

Morning walk in a small cute “fake” town :) It’s fake because there are different architectural styles from different centuries in one small summer resort town constructed last century. Still it has its own character and doesn’t look too fake ;) The sunshine is so rich next to the Mediterranean Sea with cool sea breeze ☀️

Working environment improvement ☺️👩🏻‍💻

A cava from the year when I came to Barcelona... 1

A cava from the year when I came to Barcelona... 10 years ago! The time from 2011 to 2021 has just been great (except 2020). I hope another great 10 years to come full of fun and happy experiences and memories 😌

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