Barcelona - more architectural details and CCCB

A huge modernista building dominating the corner of this intersection had a
multitude of unusual elements. I think modernista just means "over the top" in Spanish.

Various turrets on the roof, all different.

There was a phoenix theme, on the balconies.

one the door hinges

and lamps.

Every time we turned a corner, crossed a street or looked up there were photo worthy
sculptures, relief work, balconies, stained glass, lamps .....

Usually, if we searched we could find a date somewhere on the building (late 1800s, early 1900s) but rarely any
indication that it was anything special.

We stopped for a brief rest in a parkette and watched this parrot break off tree branches,
take them back to a palm tree and weave them into a massive nest.
 

All of the palm trees have large nests, just under and around the fronds. Sometimes you can see the heads of the parrots and their young peeking out of round holes in them. Hard to tell how many parrots in each tree but they make a lot of noise.

Even with an elegant balcony you still need a place to hang your laundry.

or your suit.

Time to get fortified; calamari and salad and, of course,
a pitcher of Sangria.

Feeling ready to walk again we continued to let interesting buildings pull us down
one street or another.

Ornate roof line of a market building.

We came across this modern building within the courtyard of an old one.

Aimee's search for a bathroom resulted in us spending some time looking at some contemporary,
temporary exhibits. Some odd, some beautiful, all thought provoking. They were artists responses
to the writer/philosopher W. G. Sebald. Paintings, photos, movies, models, collections.

The lobby and staircases had this fantastic art installation of.....

black paper butterflies.

It had been a long day of walking and we went home to pack and then to our local café/bar/restaurant for our final dinner.

We were so hungry I didn't get around to taking a picture 'til dessert; Crème Catalan, Chocolate
Mousse, a few glasses of red wine and we also tried some Vermouth.

When we told our regular waiter that it was our last day he took us behind the bar and had the
bartender take our photo. Earlier we had met his wife and baby boy.

It was a great end to a great holiday.