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Canovelles Sunday Market in Pictures

16 Sep

We spent the morning at the best market I have ever seen, in Canovelles – fabulous range of goods, huge numbers of shoppers and delightful smells from all sort of stalls all squeezed  into the streets between the buildings and going on for street after street. Click on any photo for an enlargement.

Huge red peppers
Lovely fabric spreads
Aubergines and peppers
More walnuts than I have ever seen before!
Doughnut peaches, very sweet and delicious
The market is a meet-and-chat place too
It was quite a squash!
Flower seller
From clothes to sunglasses
Scarves and the CND logo
Potted plants
Fancy candles
 
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Posted by on September 16, 2014 in Barcelona, Beauty, community, environment, photography, Postaday 2014, travel

 

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Day Out in Barcelona

08 Sep

What a wonderful day we have had today! Into Barcelona on the train and down La Rambla with all the crowds and such a buzz! We went into another amazing market,  Mercat de Sant Josep, where the displays of fruit were so beautiful, each fig wrapped in a leaf before being put on display, small bunches of cherries likewise and Star fruit and Papaya displayed cut in half and looking irrisistible.

We discovered a Miro mosaic on the pavement, a dragon in the air and parrots in the palm trees in Placa Reial – magic. We had delicious tapas for lunch in the same square and then wandered the alleys of the old town coming across very talented buskers giving much pleasure to so many passersby.

Our next treat for the senses was Palau de la Musica Catalana, the only concert hall in Europe lit by natural light and completed in 1908. The stained glass dome of the sun surrounded by singers is breathtakingly beautiful, the mosaics fabulous and a worthy Catalan celebration of musicians of all types and from all over the world. We were treated to a short organ recital while we sat in the gallery surrounded by beauty. Look for the photos to be posted when we return home. WordPress for iPad won’t let me post pictures!

 
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Posted by on September 8, 2014 in architecture, art, Beauty, Postaday 2014

 

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