Tuesday, November 3, 2015

T'ESTIMO

A loveletter to Costa Brava in pictures

First stop: Sitges - take a walk along the promenade, lay on the beach, breathe in the sea air and enjoy your life

Pa amb tomaquet and Catalan beer – what else? Anything better for enjoying an afternoon ?

Calella de Palafrugell is a village with lots of charme and character that makes you feel connected to it in some kind of way even by the first time you visit it

Tossa de Mar - medieval treasure chest meets playa. There's something for everyone!

Besalú - fans of the middle ages you’re more than welcome and don't forget your sword :)

Jardí Botànic Marimurtra - I just love botanic gardens! – their tranquil atmosphere is very relaxing after a day full of sightseeing and long walks in the summer sun

And when it comes to Barcelona...

Park Güell - even if it is a great tourist attraction and can get quite crowded during the day, it’s nice spending some time there in the evening light just before it closes its doors

Modernisme (Art Nouveau) - not only at the Sagrada Famila, you can find Gaudi's masterpieces all over the city!

Arc de Triomf - no plans for hanging out in Barcelona before the sun is setting? Grab a blanket, some food and something to read or sketch and sit down along the Passeig Lluís Companys and watch the people passing by

Streetart, especially in Barcelona . There’s also a whole post about it

Bunkers del Carmel - really worth the way for the best view over the city!
I hope you could get a little insight in Catalunya's beauty and diversity. Of course there's a lot more to show and tell about this beautiful part of spain.
So have you ever been to Spain? and if, which places did you fall in in love with ?

Waiting is the hardest part

Do you know that feeling? When you're taking a map and looking at it while thinking how big the world is and how many places you haven't been to yet. This feeling always makes me wanna pack my bag and immediately go!

And when I've got some travel plans for the next countries I want to visit, there's nothing that can stop me. Because if I only have a hint of an idea I start dreaming and planning on it. Firstly that only happens in my head most of the time, until I've found a way to make my dreamtrip a reality. After that there's nothing like it was before I decided to go. As I'm waking up every morning my brain starts to make its own traveling plans and imaginations and after I've had my first coffee I start to think about those imaginations and find out if they are possible realizing. Sometimes this 'need for travel' can be quite annoying because I can't barely think about anything else without not being interrupted by thoughts on traveling. All the decisions I make during these days I make with the reminder in the back of my head that I soon wanna go on a trip and that has first priority. Always. Whether I'm in a shop just seeing a nice t-shirt that is also in my budget, I although think three times about buying it. Cause will I need it during my travel period at all? What could I get for the same amount of money that would be more necessary? All these questions...but they help me focusing more on what I want and need and what is sometimes only a desire of a specific moment. So when I think more than twice about buying a cheap shirt, I guess it's time to set off !

What are your feelings and actions before an upcoming trip? And what is your special trick to overcome the waiting?

Monday, June 8, 2015

Bcn I'm in love

I’ve recently been to one of the most amazing cities with such a big streetart scene that makes me fall in love with it again everytime I visit it. So lucky me, I spent a few days in Barcelona and had enough time to enjoy the vibes of this great city by walking around the streets of Barri Gòtic and Raval, having a break in the Ciutadella park or gazing at the city from one of the hills around the city.

Let’s begin with some kind of graffiti tour through Raval and Gothic quartier

Carrer Canvis Nous is the perfect place to paste or spray - illegal but respected

you can see artwork of many Barcelona-based streetartists there

Some also use it for giving their furniture a new home :)

Cans used as letters...one of the coolest streetart letterings in the city

When walking through the streets of the quartiers with your eyes left and right to the walls and shutters, especially when you're having your walk by siesta time when most of the small shops are closed with their shutters down you can maybe spot some nice artwork on them.

Artist:sqon

By reaching the very center of the quartiers with all the narrow roads where the blue sky is only a stripe somewhere above your head dare to get a bit lost and turn in some more narrow streets where not so many people are crossing your way, you will find things like these at almost every doorstep or gate you walk past.

Isn't it amazing how even such doors look like a piece of art ?

Due to the unique and outstanding style of many streetartist in Barcelona you will soon recognize some work from a specific artist in more than one place.


konair is almost everywhere !

Streetart in Barcelona is always surprising cause there are so many different kinds of how it is displayed on the walls. To mention just a few of the most common styles found in Barcelona consider the pasteups that are one of my favorites cause they come along in many different kind of ways and are often very filigree, like the artist has just ripped out a page from his or her sketchbook and pasted it up totally spontaneous.

A paradise for pasteup lovers are doors like this !
Artists I could recognize: konair , veganbunnies_art , stencilbox , balu_art , bombingart , elgordo streetart , whisbe , rombillos , Seclestyle

Artist: le renard fou

Artist: mischief_ness

Artist: stink fish

Artist: pezkhamino


Artist kram and others

Artist: eleduworks

Another kind of making streetart is the stencilart where the artists do not spray the motives freehand but having prepared a stencil, or even some more - depends on the work, that they spray over with paint and look what beautiful results come out, I do love stencil art just as much as pasteups (or even a bit more;D)