Barcelona photos

Here is a little collage of some pictures taken in the last few days in Barcelona. A couple of things I've really appreciated -

* tons of green. It seems every street is lined with trees!

* nothing - well almost nothing more than 5 stories high. To our surprise looking over the city from the Parc Guell we could still see the Cathedral's spires - and that was built in 1200 something

* bicycle rental scheme, pick up and drop off from practically everywhere.

* quirky little shops everywhere. Sure there are the major chains, but they're more than compensated by individual boutiques, artists, funny little cafes, pastelarias, tapas bars, specialist book stores with only books on ships or pirates or music or art or whatever.

* random bits of art or architecture spotted around everywhere. At any point you just look up or down or around and be surprised by something special.