Barcelona, Spain

A quick post about my trip the prior weekend. Junior Nomad, Armored Nomad and I went to Barcelona last weekend to celebrate Junior Nomad's impending nuptials. We flew in Thursday morning and as on my prior trips the weather was ghastly, so none of the early pictures were any good.

Like other Spanish cities Barcelona runs pretty late, which is excellent if you want to stay on New York (or LA for that matter...) time. The evening starts with dinner about 10:30pm and proceeds from there. Miami seems subdued in comparison.

Barcelona had changed a lot since I had been there a few years ago. There was a lot of new construction, and new buildings and complexes. One of the most striking was a clump of office buildings which I don't think were there before:


I found it interesting that the tall building looks a lot like the "gherkin' building in London.

Of course, Barcelona is known for some of its unique older architecture, such as this:


All in all, we had an excellent time.