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PARIS: Day 1 | Tour Eiffel & Louvre

Posted on June 18, 2011 by admin

First things first, Tour Eiffel & Louvre! This was the top of our wish list and with a little help from a jetlagged morning… here we are, all Saint-Germain-des-Prés for ourselves, with all cafes closed on a Saturday very early … Continue reading →

Posted in .bread, .Louvre, .Paris, .photo, .Tour_Eiffel, .video, 2011.06-07.PAR.TLV.ROME.ITALY, Poilâne | Tagged CHILDREN'S EIFFEL TOWER, Croque Monsieur, Edgardo Carmona, Fauchon, Follow Gus, Italian Renaissance Painting Trail, LOUVRE, Mona Lisa, Paris, Place de la Madeleine, Poilâne bread, Sculptures au fil de l’eau, Statue of Liberty, Tour Eiffel | Leave a comment

SUMMER TIME: SFO – Paris

Posted on June 17, 2011 by admin

A trip starting at SFO has the nice touch of an art exhibition, so we were delighted to see two, The Enduring Designs of Josef Frank and The Spirited Folk Arts of Mexico. Our first destination is Paris, and we … Continue reading →

Posted in .Notre_Dame, .Paris, .photo, .restaurant, .SFO, 2011.06-07.PAR.TLV.ROME.ITALY, ice cream | Tagged Berthillon, Les Gourmands de l'Île, Notre Dame de Paris Children’s Site, Paris, SFO, SUMMER TRIP 2011, The Enduring Designs of Josef Frank, The Spirited Folk Arts of Mexico | Leave a comment

DOMES AROUND THE WORLD

Posted on May 5, 2011 by admin

It all started with a geodome science fair project 🙂 ASM Headquarters and Geodesic Dome, Ohio, USA ASTRODOME, Houston, Texas, USA BIOSPHERE, Montreal, Canada CLIMATRON, St. Louis, Missouri, USA DOME OF THE ROCK, Jerusalem, Israel EDEN PROJECT, Cornwall, UK FLORENCE … Continue reading →

Posted in .Agra, .architecture, .ATLANTA, .BC, .BEIJING, .book, .Brasilia, .CANBERRA, .Carbondale, .Cornwall, .FLORENCE, .Houston, .Istanbul, .Jena, .Jerusalem, .Materials_Park, .Missouri_Botanical_Garden, .Montreal, .Panthéon, .Pantheon, .South_America, .St_Louis, .St_Peter_Basilica, .TORONTO, .UNITED_STATES_CAPITOL, .Vancouver, .VATICAN, .WASHINGTON, 2011.06-07.PAR.TLV.ROME.ITALY, Buckminster Fuller, Filippo Brunelleschi, Oscar Niemeyer | Tagged ASM Headquarters and Geodesic Dome, ASTRODOME, Atlanta, Australia, Beijing, BIOSPHERE, Brasilia, Brazil, Buckminster Fuller, Canada, Canberra, Carbondale, China, CLIMATRON, Cornwall, Disney's Epcot, DOME OF THE ROCK, DOMES AROUND THE WORLD, EDEN PROJECT, Filippo Brunelleschi, Florence, FLORENCE CATHEDRAL, Foucault pendulum, Geauga County, Georgia, GEORGIA DOME, Germany, HAGIA SOPHIA, Hawaiian Village Hotel Kaiser Dome, Houston, Illinois, Istanbul, Italy, Jena, John Terence Kelly, Le Panthéon, Léon Foucault, Materials Park, MIHRIMAH MOSQUE, Missouri, Missouri Botanical Garden, Montreal, Montreal Biosphère, MONTREAL OLYMPIC STADIUM, Mumtaz Mahal, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, National Centre for the Performing Arts, NATIONAL MUSEUM AND CATHEDRAL, Ohio, Ontario, Oscar Niemeyer, Panthéon, Pippo the Fool, SAINT PETER BASILICA, Shah Jahan, SKY DOME, SPACESHIP EARTH, St. Louis, Synergetics, TAJ MAHAL, TC Howard, Texas, The Egg, The Shine Dome, Toronto, Turkey, UK, UNITED STATES CAPITOL, USA, VANCOUVER SCIENCE WORLD, VATICAN, Vatican City, WAIKIKI GEODOME, ZEISS PLANETARIUM | 7 Comments

BARCELONA underground – FIGUERES highlights

Posted on August 11, 2009 by admin

Back to Passeig de Gràcia railway station, right in time for an express train to Dali‘s Figueres. We even had time for a short visit to Casa Amatller‘s kitchen and for a snack. Only that the underground cafe clock had … Continue reading →

Posted in .BARCELONA, .Casa_Amatller, .CATALONIA, .Dali_Theatre_Museum, .Figueres, 2009.05-06.LON.IL.RO.BCN, Salvador Dali | Tagged BARCELONA underground, Casa Amatller, Dali's Theatre-Museum, FIGUERES highlights, Passeig de Gràcia railway station, Salvador Dali - The First Twenty Years, Toy Museum of Catalonia | 1 Comment

Barcelona MX: mmm… xocolata!

Posted on August 6, 2009 by admin

We’ve planned this day for a trip to Figueres, waked up early in the morning and were at Passeig de Gràcia railway station late enough to miss the express train, so decided to sweeten our day at the Gran Via … Continue reading →

Posted in .BARCELONA, .Barceloneta, .chocolate, .Parc_de_la_Ciutadella, .Picasso_Museum, .Port_Vell, .restaurant, .video, 2009.05-06.LON.IL.RO.BCN, Lluís Domènech i Montaner | Tagged Antoni Tàpies, BARCELONA, Barcelona MX, Barceloneta, Barri Gòtic, caracoles, Castell dels Tres Dragons, chipirones, Chocolate Museum, Homenatge a Picasso, L'Aliança del Poble Nou, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, mejillones, mmm… xocolata!, Parc de la Ciutadella, Passeig de Gràcia railway station, Pastry School, Picasso Museum, Poble Nou | Leave a comment

EIXAMPLE: A Modernista Fairyland

Posted on August 6, 2009 by admin

Our main itinerary in Eixample started by chance near FARMÀCIA NORDBECK and Fundació Vila Casas. An enchanted walk brought us to Passeig de Gràcia, where even a CocaCola window and McDonald’s look … different! Our first destination is La Pedrera. … Continue reading →

Posted in .Casa_Batlló, .Eixample, .itinerary, .La_Pedrera, 2009.05-06.LON.IL.RO.BCN, Antoni Gaudí | Tagged A Modernista Fairyland, BARCELONA, Casa Batlló, FARMÀCIA NORDBECK, Fundació Vila Casas, Gaudi's ABC, La Pedrera, Passeig de Gràcia, Patisseries Mauri | 1 Comment

TIBIDABO: On top of the world

Posted on August 1, 2009 by admin

Next on our P L A Y list was Tibidabo Park, and we picked it with this modernista route in mind, thus the tram blau itinerary: – metro L7 from Plaça Catalunya – tram blau – Tibidabo funicular Piece of … Continue reading →

Posted in .Plaça_de_Catalunya, .Tibidabo, 2009.05-06.LON.IL.RO.BCN | Tagged BARCELONA, Carrer de Pelai, modernista route, Plaça Catalunya, Tibidabo, tram blau | Leave a comment

Barcelona upside down

Posted on July 30, 2009 by admin

Next day’s destination was Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Montjuïc. But we found a very convoluted itinerary to reach it. The Pavilion is right near the Magic Fountain, so we started with the end: the night light show. Here … Continue reading →

Posted in .Archaeological_Museum, .architecture, .BARCELONA, .Caixa_Forum, .Castell, .Fundació_Joan_Miró, .Las_Ramblas, .La_Boqueria, .Magic_Fountain, .Mies_van_der_Rohe_Pavilion, .Montjuïc, .Poble_Espanol, 2009.05-06.LON.IL.RO.BCN, Josep Puig i Cadafalch | Tagged Archaeological Museum, Barcelona upside down, Caixa Forum, Casa Ramona, Castell, Font Magic, Fundació Joan Miró, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, La Boqueria, La Montserratina Patisseria, Las Ramblas, Magic Fountain, Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, Montjuïc, The Gardens of the Font del Gat | Leave a comment

Park Güell: A Modernista Playground

Posted on July 28, 2009 by admin

First day in the Modernista City we went to check the Barcelona Bus Turístic in Plaça de Catalunya. We found the expected long line and decided to try the TMB. Our main destination for the day was the Modernista Playground, … Continue reading →

Posted in .BARCELONA, .Casa_Museu_Gaudí, .Park_Güell, .photo, .Plaça_de_Catalunya, 2009.05-06.LON.IL.RO.BCN, Antoni Gaudí | Tagged Antoni Gaudí, Barcelona Bus Turístic, Casa Museu Gaudí, Modernista Playground, Park Güell, Plaça de Catalunya | 1 Comment

BARCELONA: Girls, culleretes!

Posted on July 27, 2009 by admin

We arrived in Barcelona late afternoon and, after checking in at our apartment in-between-2-worlds, we went straight to Las Ramblas. We already knew where we want to have dinner, and we knew it for quite a while, since our last … Continue reading →

Posted in .BARCELONA, .Las_Ramblas, .restaurant, 2009.05-06.LON.IL.RO.BCN | Tagged BARCELONA, Can Culleretes, culleretes!, Girls, Las Ramblas, restaurant | Leave a comment

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