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Poblet Monastery, Tarragona 14 Aug 2013 | 04:33 am
The Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet is a Cistercian monastery that dates back to 1151, in the comarca of Conca de Barberà, in Catalonia (Spain). By that time Ramon Berenguer IV had banished the Moors f...
Table soccer - Futbolín - FCBarcelona vs Real Madrid 4 Jul 2013 | 01:39 am
Table soccer was first invented by William Terrance Mkrill in 1921 and patented in 1923 or so it is said about the international version of this popular game, but Futbolin or Spanish table soccer was ...
The Real Estate Business in Barcelona 29 May 2013 | 01:43 am
The real estate business in Barcelona, has had its ups and downs since these years of crisis started back early this century. Our economy, that seemed to be so prosperous relied solely on the fast mon...
Gin and Tonic at Casa Fuster, Barcelona 17 May 2013 | 03:57 am
Gin and tonics have been with us since 1858. I have missed millions of them since then but the way things are going I will be catching up soon. Now that you know one of my favorite hobbies...taking pi...
Kids Don't Care, Barri de Gracia, Barcelona 11 May 2013 | 11:32 pm
Here is a scene older than history, repeated over and over again in every place on earth. Who hasn't be an actor in this play? Look at these children, everybody is having fun in their own crazy way an...
Art Nouveau Mosaics: The Trencadis Technique 9 Apr 2013 | 02:14 am
Parc Güell, that amazing jewel of Art Nouveau, where Gaudi left his unmistakable legacy in spite of being part of a housing project that was bound to fail, is a vast green area where your eyes are imm...
Wax Museum, Barcelona, Spain: Box Office 15 Mar 2013 | 02:16 pm
There are many great wax museums in the world so I think we cannot boast about our own Museu de Cera too much, but the building and the place where it is found in Barcelona, at the end of an alley nea...
Barri Gotic: Narrow Streets of Barcelona 11 Mar 2013 | 04:23 am
It is easy to walk down the streets of Barri Gotic and get lost in time. Discovering narrow alleys along the way and contemplating how the perspective drawn by the lines of buildings lead your eyes in...
The Art of Carving Spanish Ham 6 Mar 2013 | 05:27 am
Carving Spanish ham is an art more difficult to master than it looks. It's not just about slicing any odd way. It requires skill and the right tools. I cannot teach you to carve it like a specialist b...
Caganers and Politicians 28 Feb 2013 | 04:14 am
Caganers and politicians have one thing in common, they both do the same s***. Caganers do it on the floor and it looks funny, politicians do it everywhere they go to give a speech and pass an antidem...
