Barcelona: música y colores

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Rome/Barcelona.... face to face!

I am now back to Rome.....and I was just reorganizing photos in my computer. I realized there were some similarities between some of the pictures taken here in Rome and others taken in Barcelona....so I just put them together, like in a game, for you to have fun in seeing how much in common Italy and Spain have.....!!! (and how the photographer,...myself..., seems to be attracted by similar subjects, wherever shooting pics!!...)

Young japanese couple, Piazza Navona Rome

piazza navona japanese bride and broom picture

Nice bride in Barrio Gotico, Barcelona

Sant'Agnese in Agone Church, Piazza Navona, Rome

Rome sant'agnese in agone church piazza navona

Barcelona Cathedral, Barrio Gotico

Rome, Via di Fontanella Borghese

Barcelona, towards Plaza Real

Rome, Caffé della Pace, close to Chiostro del Bramante

caffé della Pace rome man reading newspaper

Barcelona, nice café just outside Santa Maria del Mar Cathedral

Rome, little girls sitting next to the Fountain of the Four Rivers, Piazza Navona

Barcelona, young girl sitting next the Three Graces fountain in Plaza Real

barcelona young girl plaza real fountain

Rome, soft pastels colors for buildings near via del Governo Vecchio

Barcelona....same soft pastels colors for the buildings right in front of my balcony in Carrer Petritxol...

barcelona carrer petritxol apartment liceu

Rome, young girl playing accordion

Barcelona, young guy playing accordion!

Monday, December 3, 2012

Reds

"In Buddhism, red is one of the five colors which are said to have emanated from Buddha, when he attained enlightenment, or nirvana. It is particularly associated with the benefits of Buddhism: achievement, wisdom, virtue, fortune and dignity. It was also believed to have the power to resist evil.

In the Shinto religion in Japan, the gateway of temples, called torii, are traditionally painted vermilion red and black, and symbolize the passage between the profane world and a sacred place..." (from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

This post is meant to be "for your eyes only" (!!) as Sheena Easton would sing in a famous James Bond movie, that is to say that I did not add any comments to describe them!! Lazy....?...! Tal vez...I just thought they were nice together as each of them contained something red drawing attention! All of them were taken around Barrio Gotico, Barrio del Born, Barrio de la Ribera during my one and a half months staying in beautiful Barcelona...so dear to my heart (sounds like a phrase contained in the lyrics of Bob Dylan's "Sara" song....!).