The second most important religious site in Spain is also a symbol for the Catalan independence movement. Montserrat (serrated mountains) … Continue reading The Monks of Montserrat

Before Spain created universal healthcare in the 1980’s, the public hospitals are where the poor received their care. Starting in … Continue reading A Public Hospital – in the modernist style

Most cultures have learned to ferment something for their local drinks. Fortunately, the Catalon area had settlers come from the … Continue reading Cavas and Tapas

Count Eusebi Güell, a wealthy textile industrialist, was one of Guadi’s main patrons. He commissioned Gaudi to create the infrastructure … Continue reading A Walk in the Park

New Year’s Day we started with the international mass in the Crypt of Sagrada Familia. After lighting a candle athe … Continue reading A Walk in the Neighborhood

“The Bible written in stone” is how some describe the Basilica of Sagrada Familia, or Holy Family. Antoni Gaudi spent … Continue reading The Sacred and the Tourists

Among other things, Barcelona is famous for creating the Modernisme movement, which I will poorly summarize as the art movement … Continue reading Modernisme and Catalan

Our last day in Paris was a slower day to enjoy the city. Started off with a morning walk along … Continue reading Goodbye to Paris

Paris in the early morning has a nice easy pace. We bundled up and walked along the Jardin des Tuileries … Continue reading Morning Walk

Jumping back a few days, we took a fun day trip on our last day in Denmark up to the … Continue reading Hamlet’s House