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Barcelona visit
The city of Barcelona is a “must see” visit if you go to Europe. Architecture, arts, food, markets, street life… it has everything! So our recent 4 day visit, while short, yielded many pictures which I will try to reduce to a few albums. This one is on the city itself and it’s many picturesque venues.
Approaching Barcelona after a long flight
City overview
Ah yes, the always busy La Rambla
Daylight on the La Rambla
Lots of eating options
Street mimes are quite good, actually
John Wayne in Barcelona?
Give money, watch him peddle
No camera, no problem.. have a drawing made
Early evenings and the crowds arenot there yet
Inside passage
Many statues
Even lamp posts are decorative
Palace on the hill
Communication tower from last Olympics
Part of Olympic Village
Castle on the hill
At one time the city was defended from sea attacks
Inside architecture
Harbor at dusk
Dusk in the city
Columbus at dusk…
… and at night, still pointing the wrong way!
A day at Arches National Park
A visit to Arches NP is highly recommended. There are some fantastic geological formations, and they change their appearance depending on time of day. The morning light just makes for a different appearance than an evening image. So I have listed below an album taken over two days, but listed as if they were taken on one day.
A truly wonderful place to visit, but allow more than 2 days!
Canyonlands National Park
Although we’ve been to Moab before, we’ve never been to Canyonlands NP so it was high time we went. We left mid afternoon so we could get late light, especially because I hoped to get some sunset pictures. We took our sunset pictures at the Green River overlook, and although the sunset was not the most spectacular, we got some nice pictures.
We started at Grand View, aptly named because the view is just spectacular. You look down into the valley below, and further into the canyons carved by the Colorado and Green rivers. We stopped and hiked at several locations to get as much in as we could.
Another short hike took us to Arch View. Pictures of this Arch are some of the popular sunrise photographs that you will see all over Moab. Although not as spectacular in the afternoon, it still was quite a site to see this arch, perched right at the edge of a 1,000 ft. drop off.
But I think for us the most spectacular view was of Upheaval Dome. To get there, you have to traverse a short but steep climb, at which you are greeted with an unusual sight. Inside a huge crater is a strange upthrust of greenish rock. In fact, popular theory has it that this was a meteor, hence the crater and the strange colored rock found nowhere else.
Anyway, if you have a chance to visit Canyonlands, do it. It’s worth the trip.
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- Finally, the sunset is painting the sky
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- Dramatic monument, sunset, and shadows
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- Every view seem better than the one before
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- The sunset is beginning to color the cliffs
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- The strange upthrust in the middle of the Dome
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- Upheaval Dome from the rim
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- Looking through Arch View to the cliffs beyond
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- Arch view
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- A view of the Grand View wall
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- Different shape rocks make every view unique
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- And, here Romola is viewing the grand vistas
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- Romola is peeping through a gap in some huge rocks
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- I like the look of this solitary tree against the enormous background
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- Another look into the canyons
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- A closer look at the formations in the canyons
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- Looking down from Grand View into the canyons
Our visit to Canyonlands NP was spectacular.
Sunset at split mountain
Sunset at the park
We love where we’re camped. Right on the Green River, just down from Split Mountain. Split Mountain changes depending on the light and time of day. Tonight the sunset was spectacular. Took a picture, but it loses a lot from real life. But, enjpy anyway.
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