What's the Dali-o?

After gallivanting shamelessly in Girona, I ventured to Cadaquez on the far northeast coast of Spain. It is where Salvador Dali lived with his wife in a house with a giant egg on it.

At dusk, I serendipitously stumbled upon an art opening where I mooched wine and cheese and...

...watched kids skip rocks,...

...contemplated the sunset, then...

...the darkness.

Tour de Girona

Did you know that Lance Armstrong has a home in Girona? I didn't see him but I think I found his bike.

Las Melinas by Melasquez.

If you get this joke, I am very very proud of you.

Wallflowers.

Another wallflower at the wall surrounding the city of Girona.

Jesus Christ, you have a nice house! (Cathedral of Girona)

Even though it was kind of cold and dank inside, God's summer home in Girona is pretty slammin'.

God has some nice neighbors living next door.

Lights out in Girona

After the program ended I quickly departed for the solo portion of my trip to Spain. First stop, Girona.

I didn't like the way my photos were turning out with the flash on. I created a menagerie of blind pigeons before I thought to shoot with the flash off. Here are my sans flash shots:

Jazz in the Park

Scenes from Parc Ciutadella Night of Jazz:

Got grit?

As part of the Bicing program, Barcelonans pay 24 Euro ($36 US) per year to use these public bicycles. The service allows participants to take the bikes from any pod location then leave them at one of the hundred other bike pods like this:Easy, breezy, Barcelona.Not many cities exude as much grittiness as Barcelona does. You want edge. Come to Barcelona.

I'm Guell. And you?

Parc Guell (pronounced /gwel/) is the quirky park tucked in the hills of Barcelona designed by Antonio Gaudi. The only thing more astonishing than the kaleidescope of colors was the number of fanny-pack wielding tourists.



Skateboarding Filipino with Middle-Eastern garb in Spain.
Come to me. I belly dance for you.

Hit the Bull's Eye...and neck, and back, and jugular,...

Tights and tube socks are matador chic. And , wait, is he rockin' aquasocks?!3 against 1?! That's bull*&^@.
Ole!
Here is the result of an experiment I did with my zoom lens.

Are you for (SUR)real?!

We went to the Salvador Dali Museum in Figueres today. Even the non-Dali related buildings were crazily designed. Take for example this facade that seems to be encrusted with Teddy-gram crackers.







And the Cadbury Egg topped roof. Eggcellent.













And now some of my favorite pictures from inside the Dali museum:

Spain ROCKS

I took students to see the Latin ska band, Panteon Rococo at the Plaza de Espana in Madrid. I enjoyed myself thoroughly. Unfortunately, one kid got pick pocketed and another had an allergic reaction to the hash being smoked all around us. Am I really fit to be a chaperone?
Here I am after the concert getting make-up tips from one of the band members.