Rolled into Barcelona from Almeria by way of Valencia. I have been to Barcelona before and I must admit, this is one of my favorite cities on the planet. as Spain is one of my favorite countries.

I am staying in an Airbnb just outside the city, and this piece of artwork was painted in the middle of the night a while back. The artist is El Xupet Negre, he is a rather famous graffiti artist, and reminds me of Keith Haring, a NYC artist that was famous when I was growing up outside the City. The piece is busy, but I found myself staring at it for quire a while. It becomes rather captivating and I must admit that I like it.

El Xupet Negre

Barcelona is just beautiful. Not a building or street is built without complete attention to how it melds into the surrounding landscape. The city is a tapestry and buzzing around it on the bike is a pleasure. Famous architects and artists built this City and it's equally stunning port. The most famous of the architects, Antoni Gaudi, designed many cool buildings during his career. His crowning achievement, Sagrada Familia, 125 years after he started it, has not finished construction. Of all the great designs he is responsible for, and all of the influence he had on this City, he will best be known for failing to look to look both ways before crossing the street. One day on his way to work, he stepped out in front of a bus and was struck. Oddly, at the time, no one recognized him, and he was left in the gutter to die. By time they figured out who he was, it was 24 hours later and too late. It was a bizarre ending to an otherwise brilliant career,

Heading off to France from here.