Spain inspires my London writing trip.
Sep 20, 2007 in Music, Run, Swim, graffiti, london, song writing, spain, street art
For the first time in a long time, I took a couple of weeks off and went to Spain with my girlfriend Jackie. It was an awe-inspiring trip. We took in the romantic Spanish architecture, ate ridiculously delicious food, and enjoyed the perfect weather. We started in Barcelona, a truly diverse city. We split our artistic attentions between the talented graffiti artists that hold their own against contemporary masters like Salvador Dali and his wacky museum of prints and sculpture. We worked off all the phenomenal tapas running along Barceloneta, the ocean-front promenade, and swimming in the outdoor pool at Estadio Olympico, built for the 1996 Olympics (we’re nuts, we were training for a triathlon, but that’s another story). You can’t go to Barcelona without tripping over something Antonio Gaudi built, so we capped off our architecture tour with Sagrada Familia (still under construction after 120 years) and a hike around Parc Guell. (more…)