Venice - Travel Photography

Unfortunately where we stayed in Venice did not have wifi so I was not able to update the blog daily which was unfortunate because it ended up being one of my favorite places that we went to on the trip. The city is just so different than really any other on the planet that one cannot help imagining what it would be like if the only way to get around was either by boat or on foot in every city.

St. Mark's Square

The main attraction of Venice (well other than the gondolas and other boats) was St. Mark's Square and the Doge palace. 

Burano

Famous for its lace, the little town of Burano is just an hour by boat from Venice. The pastel colored houses made for a very upbeat and happy atmosphere. The detail that goes into each square inch of lace is truly astounding.

Barcelona Day 3 - Travel Photography

This was the day of Gaudí for us in Barcelona. Last time I was here, I apparently did not see nearly enough Gaudí. The way he fuses natural forms into his work in order to add meaning to the structure shows his mastery of both architecture and observation.

Parc Güell  

A walk in the park here is certainly anything but boring. I was amazed by how naturally he fit much of his work into the naturally occurring rock formations of the park. 

Casa Batllo

Gaudí somehow makes you feel as if you are underwater throughout this house. The guy essentially invented sustainable design 100 years before it became commonplace.  

Sagrada Familia

One would think that visiting a place for a second time diminishes its impact on a person. When it comes to Gaudí, nothing could be further from the truth. The feeling that you get when you walk into the Sagrada Familia truly defies explanation and photos certainly do not do it justice.

Paris Day 1 - Travel Photography

We had a lovely first day in Paris once we figured out what to do. We had to go downtown to pick up our Paris Passes first so that we could get into a bunch of the stuff that we wanted to do. We then spent the rest of the day in two art museums, The Louvre and Musee d'Orsay. I am not much of a museum guy but these museums were really awesome.

On our way back from the museums, we came across this guy doing what I guess was a dance with pigeons. It was hilarious for some reason.

Also on our way back, we stumbled across one of the many bridges on the Seine that has loads of locks on it due to the superstition that if you put a lock on the bridge with the one you love and throw the key in the water, your relationship will last forever (or something along those lines). There were so many locks on these bridges, there must be a civil engineer panicking somewhere. 

London Day 4 - Travel Photography

Not a lot to report from our last half day in London. We went to the Natural History Museum which is mostly designed for smaller children so it was alright but not great. The Darwin Center was very cool though.

The other half of the day was spent on a train to Paris which I slept on :).