Posted in barcelona on Dec 4th, 2009
Do you know what a Saltimbanco is? In Italian a “saltare in banco”, which literally means “to jump on a bench.” A Saltimbanco is a street artist that perform acrobatics to dazzle the public and to take it to another world. This is the Cirque du Soleil that comes to Barcelona between December 30th and [...]
Posted in barcelona on Apr 16th, 2009
Sonar 2009, a great line-up of performers
Get your ears in tune because this year’s Sónar is going to be full of the best names in Electronic music as some new proposals from lesser well known bands. The 16th Festival of advanced music and multimedia art of Barcelona has a date: 18th 19th and 20th June [...]
Posted in barcelona on Mar 23rd, 2009
Everybody knows Barcelona as a cosmopolitan city for all kinds of tourists: whether for families, youth or old people; whether for Gaudí fans, museum lovers or people who just want to have a good time; or maybe for people who want to enjoy the Catalan sun on the beach, or taste the delicious Mediterranean food. [...]
Posted in barcelona on Feb 19th, 2009
Antoni Gaudi is one of the greatest figures in the history of Spanish and Catalan architecture. Seen as the genius of the Modernist movement (Art Nouveau), his work was not only a product of the social context of the time, but also of his own personality and devotion to the Catalan culture.
He was born in [...]
Posted in barcelona on Feb 10th, 2009
Lomography in Barcelona
Let’s travel back to Russia and the old city of Leningrad in 1982, at the end of the Cold War. The Russian general Petrowitsch Igor Kornitzky is showing off a brand new model of Japanese to the magnate of Russian cameras, Lomo. Soon after, the communists decide to build the model, but supposedly [...]
Posted in barcelona on Nov 13th, 2008
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Barcelona is a charming and magic city. Almost everyone has heard about it, whether it’s because they have read something about it in a book or because they’ve seen it in a film or maybe on television, or maybe because they have been there before. Barcelona is one of the most touristic cities [...]
