This is a continuation of an earlier post about Vinçon. Now, we go upstairs where Vinçon sells furniture, indoor as well as outdoor. The outdoor pieces were shown in a patio at the back. The patio is a tourist destination in its own right as it offers an unique view of the back of…
Orio in El Gòtic, Barcelona – it is in the middle of a busy street (C. de Ferran 38), the place looked touristy but it was patronized by locals, the happy hour-after work crowd. Lively ambiance, a perfect place to mingle and meet people. Two couples, one young and one old, shared the other end…
There was one store that I knew I must visit in Barcelona and that is Vinçon. Many years ago I visited it and it made a long lasting impression on me. On this visit, it surely did not disappoint me – it had all the good stuff and many more that which I did not…
CCCB (Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona) is apparently one of the most visited exhibition/art center in Barcelona. Wikipedia summed up my impression of CCCB very nicely: … the Centre’s core theme is the city and urban culture. Its success is based on quality, its rather eclectic approach, attention to a broad cross section of…
Japanese-Peruvian restaurant in Barcelona ? Yes, Komomoto. We stumbled upon it while wandering around El Born. The restaurant shares the same facade with a hotel which we entered by mistake and was greeted with a wall of Fornasetti plates. There is a door which opens into the restaurant. One of the walls is covered by…
Casa Mila is one of the two most recognizable landmark in Barcelona, the other being the Temple of La Sagrada Familia, both by Antonio Gaudi. Some might even argue that there are three, the new addition being the Torre Agbar by Jean Nouvel. When there are so many books and other media coverage about about Gaudi’s…