barcelona – day 2 was another gloomy and rainy november day. but i cannot complain: the city is always beautiful and full of cool secrets no matter the weather!

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as i was saying, my hotel was in raval so i got to walk around the neighbourhood a whole lot. so here’s a picture of it!

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this is eixample. it’s full of beautiful modernist buildings. we were in the area to see gaudi’s casa batllo.

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this is the fundacio antoni tapies. the sculpture on top of the building is called núvol i cadira (cloud and chair, 1990) by senor tapies himself.

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this is casa mila (or la pedrera) by gaudi. the facade was covered with a photo billboard in order to cover the ongoing works taking place.

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crossing la avinguda diagonal.

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a rear view of mercat de santa caterina.

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el mercat del born was recently transformed into a cultural center due to the ruins found under it during the renovation.

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the book shop inside has lots of gift ideas for whoever loves el born and barcelona.

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for instance, they also sell the famous pavement slabs designed by gaudi himself. gracia is paved with them.

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how cool is this independent studio? i love the wall-mounted boxes – i never knew i needed it until now!

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and now, a few pictures from barri gotic.

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we reached port vell and the marina right before the storm.

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we spent the evening at caravelle, once again, because it was pouring outside.

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stay tuned for the rest of my bcn posts!

photo credits: little aesthete

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