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Mmmmm…Tapas and Sangria in Barcelona!
Read more: Mmmmm…Tapas and Sangria in Barcelona!If you’ve read our other blog posts, one thing you know about is that we love to learn new things. And we love food. And ultimately, we love to learn about new foods…and share them with you! In Barcelona we encountered a Spanish favourite, Tapas and Sangria! As part of our learning in Barcelona, we found a…
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Our Own Gaudi Artwork
Read more: Our Own Gaudi ArtworkAfter seeing all of the artwork with mosaics created by Gaudi, we wanted to try to make our own mosaic art. We found a great place on Trip Advisor called Mosaiccos and decided to have an art class for school that day. Our classmates were from different places around the world including the U.S.A., Greece and Australia. Our…
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Art Around the Streets of Barcelona
Read more: Art Around the Streets of BarcelonaHave you ever been on a street art tour? We went on a street art tour around the Old City and the New City in Barcelona, Spain. There is a lot of art around the streets of Barcelona. Most of them are Gaudi inspired mosaic artworks like the The Head of Barcelona. This artwork is a…
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Good Gaudi!
Read more: Good Gaudi!Who was Antoni Gaudi? Most people know him as the architect of the world famous church the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain. But what many people don’t know are things about his personal life. For instance, did you know Gaudi’s first work was a gas lamp? He created it when he was 23 years old for the…
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Welcome to Barcelona!
Read more: Welcome to Barcelona!Today we arrived to beautiful sunshine and blue skies in lovely Barcelona, Spain. Having settled into our apartment, we jumped into a cab and headed to the old city…the gothic quarter. Barcelona has their own version of Paris’ Champs Elysees called La Rambla. With it’s wide, tree-lined boulevard, it is a beautiful place to stroll and…