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Exploring Casa Batlló in Barcelona

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Thursday morning we went to the Madrid airport to catch a flight to Barcelona, where we checked into our hotel and headed straight to Casa Batlló, a famous building designed in 1904 by Antoni Gaudí.

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Madrid’s Baranjas airport’s Terminal 4

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Madrid’s Baranjas airport’s Terminal 4

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Madrid’s Baranjas airport’s Terminal 4

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I think this was shortly before landing in Barcelona

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Plaza de España, Barcelona, in view of MNAC

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Casa Batlló, less distorted.

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló. I’ve been noticing a lot of carpeted stairs around here with these metal bars.

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló. Adjustable air vents built into the doors

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló. Tiles were cut into whatever shapes necessary to accommodate the rounded edges.

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló. No one knows why the two columns block the doorway.

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló. Central open space for light to enter all the rooms, all the way to the basement.

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Casa Batlló. Central open space for light to enter all the rooms, all the way to the basement.

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló. Tiles get darker as it goes up to make it appear the light is the same intensity all the way down.

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló. Apparently Gaudí invented this style of supporting arch to use less material and allow more light.

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló. More of the Gaudí arches.

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló. The attic.

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló. This is what happens when you select a number beyond the range of the audio program.

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Casa Batlló

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Casa Batlló. I tried to capture a bit more of it… the trees were pretty close, and I didn’t have a wide lens on me…

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Across the street from Casa Batlló

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Lots of roundabouts with fountains

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Random street in Barcelona

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Random street in Barcelona

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This is apparently an eyeball that came out of a fish I ordered and split with Tim.

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It’s nice to know the names of the shepherds who cared for the goats who made the milk that went into my cheese at Euskal Etxea.

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Santa Maria del Mar

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Tim, Mom and Terry