Tag: barcelona

  • Font of Canaletes

    Today’s touristy pinhole shot is the Font de Canaletes. The second day we were in Barcelona we wandered around in a haze of exhaustion and jetlag (and maybe also sangria).  At one point we ended up at the head of La Rambla. I sat and rested for a bit while Raf wandered to see where…

  • A pinhole view of Sagrada Familia

    I am getting around to scanning my negatives from our trip so I thought I would post them here. I shot a lot of pinhole at various tourist spots, thinking I could use them for Pinhole Obscura. I will probably do that eventually, but first I will us them as blog fodder for my 100…

  • Balloons For Sale – Pinholeday contender 1

    I developed and scanned the photos I took on Pinholeday, and now I have to choose one to post to the gallery. This is difficult. There are 3 photos from the roll that I really like. There is one that I like the best. Usually I am “go with your gut” kind of person, but…

  • Day 10 – an epiphany at Montserrat 

    Today we went on a little journey to Montserrat, a Catholic monestary at the top of a mountain an hour’s train ride from Barcelona. We decided to take the “cable car” aka the gondola, so we could see the views. I was terrified as I waited to board.  But the ride went very quickly and,…

  • Day 9 – Park Guell 

    Another full day of touristing! We went to Park Guell, which was quite a long walk from our hotel. We did some shopping on the way. Park Guell is another Gaudi project.  Afterwards we went to went to the  Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona. They have an exhibit up called “making Africa.” It was very good.