Elderhostel

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Elderhostel

Barcelona, Spain

Antoni Gaudi - Life and Works

May 4 - 11, 2007

 

host hotel (Grand Catalonia)

 

restaurant for Welcome dinner

 

its interior

 

garlic and tomato rubbed on toast
a Barcelona specialty

 

cream sauce on vegetable

 

in the morning went to our meeting location
Museu d'Historia de Catalunya

 

met Silvia Rieva, our Lecturer

 

toured the city of Barcelona

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learned to get around on the subway

 

morning breakfast buffet

 

Alex Paiva and Silvia Riera planning the day's activityty

 

toured "La Pedrera"

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Happy Hour with Alex

 

another buffet breakfast

 

visit to Parc Guell

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viewed the famous Gaudi Lizard

 

Met a young couple, Carlos and Marta, who told us of living in Barcelona

 

morning break at the museum canteen

 

Palau Güell (now being restored)

 

grillwork on the Palau Güell

 

visited the "Templo Expiatiorio de la Sagrada Familia"

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another "Happy Hour"

 

Paella, the traditional rice dish for dinner

Paella (pronounced in Spanish IPA: [pa'eλa]) is a rice dish, originally from Valencia (Spain) where it is traditionally eaten on Sundays.

The name paella is the word for "frying pan" in Valencian (from Latin patella). However, the dish has become so popular in Spain that the word paellera is now usually used for the pan and paella almost exclusively for the dish. In the Valencian area, nevertheless, the name paella is commonly used for both the pan and the dish.

Paella is usually garnished with vegetables and meat or seafood. The three main ingredients are rice, saffron, and olive oil.

There is an old story of how the Moorish kings’ servants created rice dishes by mixing the left-overs from royal banquets in large pots to take home. It is said by some that that word paella originates from the Arab word “baqiyah” meaning left-overs.

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some people attended an evening concert
at the Palau de la Musica Catalana

 

Silvia described other Gaudi inspired buildings

 

learned of other modern architects, Josep Puig i Cadafaich

 

another morning break

 

and Lluis Domènech i Montaner

 

location of Farewell lunch

 

a toast of wine

 

elegant salad and some chicken
and on our way to other parts of the World


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