Curiosities of Barcelona, part I !!!

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So here I am again updating another dandy of my older posts, this one on mediterranean Barcelona. I have several posts on it in my blog so this one was to gather some misc pictures and show you a bit more of Barcelona.  As I was  winding down my latest trip to Barcelona , decided to take some miscellaneous pictures as I walked by them. You know the tourist office and the city webpage and all those wonderful transport combinations; (see posts) now let me give you views and sights  and some off the beaten path thing to do. Therefore, here is my take on curiosities of Barcelona, part I !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

I had the opportunity to stayed at the wonderful now former Princesa Sofia (old Intercontinental hotel worked for it) ,now this was great. A heaven to come to every day and see the city in style!! And nowdays it is a Hotel Grand Hyatt Barcelona, Their current Grand Hyatt Barcelona : https://www.hyatt.com/grand-hyatt/en-US/bcnub-grand-hyatt-barcelona

We finished early and not about to end the night, so we went to the Casino de Barcelona, for a look at slots machines that I did go last back in Atlantic City ,New Jersey ,USA!!! The casino is nearby at the Port Olympic, but we took a taxi to get here for about 15 euros.The official Casino de Barcelona: https://www.casinobarcelona.com/en

We went around checking out all the machines, and table games, the restaurant /bar in lower level, and finally went out into our night searching for more thrills and events;;;;; walking around it we cave in to a wonderful place where you go down a stair of tall wooden men like Egyptian or Indian statues into the lower floor , tables and couch awaits you ,where you can take off your shoes and go into a sofa style bedding/table awaits for your drinks and be merry life full ahead, massages available extra. We stumbled into the Carpe Diem Lounge Club describe above or the CDLC, a wonderful place Worth coming back for it. Portos away and classy beautiful sights and looks. The official Carpe Diem Lounge Club: https://cdlcbarcelona.com/

And this is unique I think, a firemen’s museum !  The Museum highlights the history of the Barcelona Fire Brigade through the exhibition of its heritage and its connection with the city of Barcelona, ​​with more than one hundred and eighty years of history. Training and informative center dedicated to prevention and self-protection. What it does best is to exhibited objects come from the collections of the Barcelona Fire Department, which include more than a thousand pieces of all kinds. Among all these, the Delahaye bomber, better known as Genoveva, stands out, one of the emblematic historical vehicles of the corps. Apart from the utensils on display, the museum includes different elements with audiovisual content that allow visitors to interact. The museum also provides that users can experience the sensations that can be had during a fire, so an audiovisual system has been set up that reproduces all the stages of a real intervention, from the call of the citizen to the final resolution. of the incidence. The center has several classrooms to organize information sessions or courses on safety and prevention, and also includes a meeting center for entities.

The city of Barcelona on the firemen’s museum in Spanish: https://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/espaibombers/es

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Do not if interesting but the building has a nice architecture is the Guardia Urbana or urban guard police of Barcelona. This is in appropiately Calle Guàrdia Urbana, 2 near Montjuic. This is the city of Barcelona on them with at the bottom Servicio de Atencion al Turista or tourist service in case of needs: https://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/guardiaurbana/es/contacto

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There is a wonderful building that caught my architectural eye, I think is gorgeous. Actually is a school! The Escola Mossèn Jacint Verdague! at Carrer Lleida, 32 street. More in the city of Barcelona info webpage: https://guia.barcelona.cat/es/detall/escola-mossen-jacint-verdaguer_92168165697.html

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I had a nice walk from the Guardia Urbana around this school to Montjuic, this is wonderful to walk and recommended to all. Lots of great architecture and history around here. I would definitively walk again once possible these days.

The Barcelona Tourist office : https://www.barcelonaturisme.com/wv3/en/

The city of Barcelona tourist information: https://guia.barcelona.cat/es/

Again, hope you enjoy this post on curiosities of Barcelona, part I !!! as I.  And remember, happy travels, good health,and many cheers to all !!!

 

 

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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