My first beer in Barcelona

The photo shows my first glass of beer in Barcelona, Spain. The beer was on tap and I had it with a couple of kinds of tapas and authentic Paella. Since it was my arrival day in Barcelona, Spain, I did some ground research nearby my hotel with my camera in one hand. After that, I enjoyed having late lunch with some drinks at a pub. Very nice atmosphere there. Actually, I started my sightseeing from the second day in Barcelona, so the late lunch at the pub was one of my very nice fond memories on the arrival day in Barcelona. I have so many fond memories all the other days in Barcelona.

Beat a path to the footpath, a work of genius

I took this photo at the Park Güell in Barcelona, Spain. The Park Güell a large public park in Barcelona, and is a Unesco World Heritage Site as a part of Works of Antoni Gaudí. The photo shows colonnaded footpath in the Park Güell where I really wanted to walk through and it was definitely at the top of my bucket list ver. the Park Güell. The city of Barcelona had a lot of must-see sites, must-do things and must-eat items. With that, I made my very own bucket list ver. blah-blah-blah, ver. blah-blah-blah, ver. blah-blah-blah... and there were so many. Half the fun is making that kind of list, isn't it?

Antoni Gaudí's Casa Batlló, Barcelona

The photo shows a part of Casa Batlló in Barcelona, Spain. I think this is one of the iconic images of Antoni Gaudí's work and it was the one I really wanted to see it with my own two eyes as well as the other famous ones in Barcelona. Case Batlló is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. That's for sure. I can imagine why. I went to visit inside. Inside of this building was like, I don't know how to say, but it was just like a world of Antoni Gaudí. Every details looked really creative, unique, and absolutely stunning. I took a lot of photos.

Spanish Fingerpost

I took this photo in Barcelona, Spain. I found this Spanish fingerpost on La Rambla somewhere close to my hotel. When I booked a hotel room through Booking.com, I didn't know how fun walking around La Rambla in Barcelona, Spain was, but it was so much fun, much much more than I expected before. It seemed the street itself was a major tourist attraction, so La Rambla was always very busy except for early morning hours. I took this photo early in the morning after having a nice breakfast and latte at a cafe on La Rambla.

Jamón de España

I took this photo in a street in Madrid, Spain. I was in the street and I was standing right in front of a Spanish cured ham place. It was a mouth-watering sight so I took some photos there. Spanish cure ham is called is Jamón in Spanish term and I'm a big fan. Recently, I've read an interesting article about a famous Welsh football player who is being obsessed with Jamón. I don't remember the exact phrase what he said, but he is really obsessed with Spanish cured ham, so if he has to move back to the UK, he will miss Jamón so much (or he said something similar). I couldn't agree with him more. I really miss Jamón right now.

Dine in the Catalan sunshine

I took this photo at a very very nice Pub & Restaurant on La Rambla in Barcelona, Spain and the photo shows Valencian Paella (Spanish: Paella Valenciana). Someone told me that Paella Valenciana must have chicken, so I had the right one there. Paella Valenciana, it was. And it was so yummy. My table was beside a window and I felt like I was dining in the beautiful Catalan sunshine or something. The sky was bright and clear. Also it was so cool that I could look down the fun street from there. Ah, I wanna be there right now...

Say cheese!

I took this photo in Madrid, Spain. I don't know much about it, but I've read an information or someone just told me that you shouldn't drop your postcards into green post boxes in Spain because they are or domestic mails or something, you can find yellow post boxes in the city then those ones are for international mails. I wasn't so much sure, but I dropped my postcards into a yellow post box and my postcards were fine. So I didn't drop my postcards into one of these green post boxes , but they looked cute together and I took a photo of them.

On the rooftop of Casa Milà, Barcelona

I took this photo on the rooftop of Casa Milà in Barcelona, Spain. Casa Milà is a work of Antoni Gaudí. Since works of Antoni Gaudí is listed on UNESCO world heritage site, lots and lots of tourists who visit Barcelona are going to visit Casa Milà at least once I guess. If my memory is correct, I had to wait for half an hour or so to get an entrance ticket for Casa Milà. There were a lot to see inside of the building as well as the top of the building and I really enjoyed to know a lot about genius's work. It was really worth going.

Tourist Information Center on La Rambla

I took this photo on La Rambla in Barcelona, Spain. La Rambla is my favorite street in Barcelona. I took this photo while I was taking a stroll around after having a nice breakfast at a cafe on La Rambla. There was a Tourist Information Center on La Rambla, but it was a little too early for their opening hours. So the photo looks like this. Speaking of Tourist Information Centers, I've asked a strange question at a Tourist Information Center in Hollywood, L.A. I used a subway to get to Hollywood and bought a ticket from a ticket vending machine. Then, I received a lot of 1 dollar coins in change. I've never seen 1 dollar coins until then. So I was wondering 1 dollar coins could be used only for L.A. subway or something. Then I dropped by a Tourist Information Center and asked "Excuse me, what is this?" They said "This is 1 dollar". I asked "This can be used everywhere?". They said "Sure". Learned something new. By the way, other than the L.A. subway's vending machine, I've never received 1 dollar coins. Strange experience.

Snapshot of something famous and someone famous

I took this photo at the Puerta del Sol in Madrid, Spain. It was after my first lunch in the capital city of Spain. It was already five o'clock in the evening, but I felt like it was still in the middle of afternoon. The Puerta del Sol is one of the busiest hangouts in Madrid, and was always packed with people who were having fun and cheerful atmosphere. The locals seemed to be really enjoyed to be there, some of tourists were enjoying to take photos each other in front of the famous clock tower. I was surrounded by thousands of total strangers in a sea of people. Only one familiar face was this guy on the photo. Hello there, Mr. KFC.

Sagrada Familia Metro Station

I took this photo at Sagrada Familia Metro Station in Barcelona, Spain in October 2010. The station is the nearest station from the world-famous incomplete large architecture the Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, and is named after that. When I visited Barcelona, the Roman Catholic church was still under construction, but I could see a lot and could go inside as well. Works of Antoni Gaudi includes Sagrada Familia and so on is listed in UNESCO World Heritage Site. I was in absolute awe to look up Sagrada Familia.

A large glass of sangria and a plate full of olives

I took this photo at a sangria place on La Rambla in Barcelona, Spain at night. It was my arrival day in Barcelona, and I had sort of a late lunch due to my flight schedule. The lunch was fabulous Paella Valencia and some tapas with good Spanish beer and a glass of sangria. I wasn't hungry at night, but I headed out just for some drinks. Then, I found the sangria place. The sangria was really nice. I asked the staff that if I could have something small that went well with their nice sangria. He asked me if I like olives. I said yes of course. He brought me a plate full of olives. They were match made in heaven.

I had second thoughts

I took this photo in Madrid, Spain in October 2010. This year, after the world cup, I often said that I really wanna go to Germany again, and from Germany I will fly to Madrid to buy James Rodriguez's T-shirt. So some people around me might be confusing why I chose Pattaya, Thailand for my next destination. I really wanna go back to Germany and Spain, but I just decided to avoid cold weather this time. Back then I visited Madrid in October 2010, I didn't expect that morning temperatures reached only around 6 degrees C. It was much much colder than my expectation. I had to buy some winter clothes in Madrid. My trip to Pattaya, Thailand is 2 days away.

Beneath a ceiling of Sagrada Família

I took this photo when I visited Sagrada Família (a.k.a. the Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família) in Balcelona, Spain in 2010. Sagrada Família is one of the most world-famous Unesco World Heritage Sites and this huge Roman Catholic church is still under construction. Even though there were so many construction workers at work, visitors could go inside of Sagrada Família and I could do so. The photo shows only a tiny part of the church's stunning ceiling. When the construction will be fully complete, I wanna visit there again.

Take first things first

I took this photo at my hotel room in Madrid, Spain right after my arrival. My flight from Barcelona was delayed and I was starving, so I stayed in the room for about less than 10 minutes and got out of the hotel to find a place to eat. There were so many restaurants in Madrid and also there were so many people. I mean a lot of places were just packed, but I found a very nice place to have Jamon Iberico with nice afternoon beer. After lunch, I went back to my hotel and unpacked a suitcase.

Gaudí's tiled mosaics on the wall

I took this photo in Park Güell, Barcelona, Spain. I saw a lot of unique tiled mosaics in Park Güell and the photo shows one of them. Park Güell itself is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. When I was in Barcelona, Works of Antoni Gaudí completely blew me away. Come to think of it, I sent a few postcards to my friends from Barcelona. Since I came all the way, I chose postcards which had beautiful photos of Works of Antoni Gaudí such as Casa Milà, Casa Batlló, the Dragon in Park Güell, or Sagrada Familia.

Tío Pepe ad @ the Puerta del Sol

I took a photo of something famous at the Puerta del Sol in Madrid, Spain. I've heard that the huge TIO PEPE advertisement was one of the most popular landmarks of the Puerta del Sol, so I thought I couldn't miss it. Actually, the advertisement looked so cute and I loved it. By the way, my hostal was really close to the Puerta del Sol, so I could caught a metro to get to Sol station from the airport. If so, I could save some money, but I caught a cab in that case. I was unusually tired a little, due to the airplane delay and then some.

What aspects of Spain do you like?

I took this photo at my favorite Spanish place in Madrid, Spain on the night before my flight to Bangkok, Thailand. I found the place on my first night in Madrid and I had lunch on my second day, then I chose the place for my last dinner in Madrid as well. From the sounds of it, I was keen on this Spanish place and it was totally right. It was like my dream Spanish restaurant. I enjoyed the atmosphere, the foods, the taste and everything. At the start of the dinner, I chose assorted smoked fish with nice beer. Salud!

Beam me up, Scotty

I took this photo in Madrid, Spain. Lots and lots of buildings that I've seen in Madrid were so stunning and the city itself was also very beautiful and clean. I was in Madrid in the middle of October. Some streets were covered with dead leaves and had their own beauty. On the other hand, a lot of people worked on the streets to scrape together the dead leaves. All in all, Madrid that still stinks in my memory the most is such a beautiful city with its clean streets. I wanna be there so much right now.

Touche vendor, touche

There were so many beautiful earrings were sold on an umbrella at the main terrace of Park Güell in Barcelona, Spain. Park Güell is Barcelona's very popular garden complex with full of unique architectures which were designed by Antoni Gaudí. Hence the park is a part of UNESCO World Heritage Site which is known as Works of Antoni Gaudí. I found this display umbrella in a sea of people. I thought the umbrella seemed like a good idea to catch the attention of a whole bunch of tourists. Touche.