I want to ride my bycicle!

In Barcelona you don't really need a car....most of the people living here or just visiting the town, enjoy riding a bycicle to go round the narrow streets, go shopping, or just head to the beach to breath the salty air....just fantastic! It's lovely to enjoy the sites and sensations of Barcelona with the freedom and pleasure of riding a bycicle...There are more than 120 km of cycle lanes and the city mild and sunny climate allows outdoor activities all year long!! Really the best way to explore the city! Here are a few pictures I shot during my staying in Barcelona, enjoy!

 

Relaxing on Barceloneta beach

Meeting with friends

El Born quarter, parking

Along the port

Artistic parking!

Chatting with a friend

Rickshaw driver waiting for customers along Port Vell...another alternative to go byking....with no efforts!!

Raval quarter

Rent a byke 

Bykes are often kept like this!!

Gone for a swim!

Meeting at Port Vell

Bon appetit! Un dia en La Boqueria

La Boqueria....the most famous food market of Barcelona, situated on La Rambla, in the very heart of the city center. 

Hundreds of pictures are taken everyday by hundreds of people visiting this awesome place attracted by the variety of products and above all by the way they are so nicely arranged and exposed...Mine are just a few more photos added to the huge amount of pics taken by local people and tourists. 

It is just fantastic to go food shopping here when I'm in Barcelona....I do love taking pictures....but most of all I enjoy buying fresh food of very good quality at such a Wonderland market!!! And being surrounded by people from allover the world, enjoying every single detail....

No further comments are needed, just enjoy the colours and the atmosphere and....Bon appetit!

Black and white daily life shots

Alone among the crowd

Best friends!

Quiet sunny morning

Wondering what to do....hard times lately...

Along  Barceloneta beach, relaxing

Joey, el Dylan del puerto! Great musician performing mainly songs by Dylan and Cohen, He is an icon in Barcelona, everybody knows him....and children appreciate his music too!

Nice little girl inside Buenas Migas Café in the Gothic neighbourhood

Pilar Rodriguez....nice old lady who used to be a famous Opera singer....I stopped and talked to her a few times. She is very sweet and a bit "in the clouds" now...but still has a pleasant voice despite time gone by....She usually performs in the street, behind Barcelona Cathedral...well,... not the glamour of old days....but she enjoys it and people love her.... her nickname is Ave Maria, by her favourite performance by Shubert. I told her my grandmother met Puccini in her youth....and she was "encantada" to hear this....and we had a long chat that morning...

And this is Ben, my patient photography teacher who lives and works in Barcelona (I suppose he moved from England attracted  by spanish beautiful weather!!)

Another thing which I really like of Barcelona...is that whenever the weather is fine it only takes a 15 minutes walk from the center to get to Barceloneta beach where you can relax and smell the sea....and in wintertime this is just fantastic...

Little thirsty dog!

Just a shot of the mysterious Raval neighbourhood, the multiethnic community quarter ..not the safest part of the town but really fascinating though...

Me, photo by Ben!