Parc Güell

The view of Barcelona and the Mediterranean beyond from Parc Güell, also on our rainy excursion.

Sagrada Familia

It rained the day we visited the Sagrada Familia.

Hams

Hams at the Boqueria, a food market.

Lichtenstein

A sculpture by American artist Roy Lichtenstein

Cathedral dance

Walking past the cathedral one evening, we noticed a band warming up. We stayed for the first few tunes of their concert, 

and to our surprise, many in the crowd joined hands and danced traditional Catalan folk dances.

Door

A little way up the alley from the hot chocolate shop.

Barcelona week: churros y chocolate

What better place to start in Barcelona than at Granja La Pallaresa? Our late afternoon meal of hot chocolate, 

which was essentially a bowl of hot thick pudding, and fresh, greasy churros.

Blu

We looked at a lot of graffiti on our Fat Tire Bike Tour. This is by Blu, in the former West.

Brandenburg Gate

The Brandenburg Gate, with the Alexanderplatz TV tower visible in the background.

East Berlin apartments

Many apartment buildings in the former East are surprisingly modern with cheerful colors.

Intimes Kino

The constantly changing graffiti wall at Intimes Cinema in the former East.

Templehof

The grand, recently retired Templehof Airport in the former West has become a public park, used by kite flyers,
in-line skaters, and the odd bagpipe group. It was quite strange to bicycle down the former runways.

Ampelmännchen

The charming cross-walk men in the former East.

Pink pipes

There are pink pipes running above ground all over town. Berlin has a high water table, 

and these pipes drain the water from construction sites.

Berlin week: wir bleiben alle

"We are all staying."

A former squat, in the former East.

Windmills

We climbed several steep ladders to look around inside this windmill on our last day in Bruges.

Garage doors

Clever garage doors in the town.

Belgian cows

These animals look like a cow-pig combo. I believe they're Belgian Blues.

Belgian coast

The coast is lined with condos. Click on the photo to see the large-scale panorama.