The comarca (county) of Baix Empordà, near Gerona, is chock full of quaint, romantic, highly photogenic villages that date back to medieval times…Pals, Palau-Sator, Ullastret, Begur, Peralada, to name just a few.
Peratallada (“carved stone”) is one prime example…
Might there be a way of avoiding the mad and maddening crowds that descend upon this very special energy center each day? Is there a way to sample something of the quiet solitude enjoyed, at least part of the time, by the few monks who live there?
Sometimes you’ve got to just scrunch down there with the dogs to understand their world…
Roses, books, and dragons–oh, my!
What a lovely sorta-holiday…
Not yet completely overwhelmed by masses of tourists, this little seaside fisher settlement (of about 2,800 residents) on Catalunya’s brave and rocky Costa Brava can still seem like an authentic small Catalan town…
Before the 1992 Olympic Games, I think its safe to say that Barcelona’s beaches were bordering on disgusting…places you didn’t really want to go to hang out let alone swim with floating flotsam and the funky fish, unless you were a junkie.
Some things actually do change for the better…
This is definitely one of my favorite things to photograph in Casa Batlló and I keep aiming the camera at it every time I go. The lines and forms are exceptional and the color very warm and soothing…
They actually might finish it! The work continues at a rapid pace and 2026 appears to be the current goal–a mere 144 years after the first stone was laid.
Barcelona, by the sea.
Here are a few recent images of activity at the port. I love it when the sky cooperates with tumultuous clouds.
To get these on-the-water perspectives…
