SPAIN
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Barcelona
…La Rambla, Barcelona’s enchanting pedestrian walkway cuts through the city from the water as a straight, deliberate expression of a wanderer’s rights.
…to the wide-open street lined with the motions of the pretty people of the Spanish Mediterranean, the easy, comforted lot who personified the New Europe. In every direction there were artists, eateries, and shops in and around trees for over a kilometer through the heart of the city. I was tempted to smile at what appeared to be a sudden devotion to exploring the idle drifting of overtly relaxed cities
…inside La Sagrada Familia, the Holy Family church, Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi’s own tribute… “An unfinished great basilica, a rarity,” I exclaimed with enthusiasm…We were climbing the spiral staircase of one of the towers to be suspended over the city to see the view. Climbing a tower inside Sagrada Familia was to bring oneself closer to the artist, inside his creation, his dream and sweating along with him to better appreciate the extension of his vision.
As we stood at the top, looking out both at the mixed construction evidence of the building itself, then across the city to the waters of the sea, I remarked, “this is another example, of what people see…then do… when they are inspired. That’s what this church reminds me of, the whole concept, the ideal of seeing what you imagined come into being….
Looking out at the sites of this most individual of Spanish cities, Catalonian, not to be confused with Castile and Castilian as a proxy for Spanish, this area had its own independent culture and it permeated the air, which I breathed in deeply from our scene.
Emerging from the church to find La Rambla again and then to walk its length back to the waterfront at Port Vell…we sat down to eat…I was hovering over my plate of sarsuela, a seafood casserole…
– Describing Barcelona in Walking with J by Karsten Quarters
Place: Reino de España, the Kingdom of Spain, the largest part of the Iberian peninsula in southern Europe
Visited: Four times, at least
Most Recent Visit: 2019
Original sites: Overwhelming: considering the scope of cultures there are actually many locations of multiple sites to see
Familiarity: High
English usage: Scattered
Surprise: The cultural and linguistic mix. Considering the reach of the Spanish language, many believe the former colonial power is monolithic but from region to region the language and people change into their own unique styles
For Rising Entrepreneurs in Business: Absolutely consider this vibrant and diverse population, struggling (2018) economically, but fully capable of providing new ideas and visions to the 21st century marketplace.
Country Details: U.N. Country Data Stats for Spain
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