Port Vell, i love you

Spending time at the beach and the ports of Barcelona is a great way to use a whole day. I´ve alredy shown you some of the beach, so here is more of what I like better: the marinas. The big money of Barcelona is really evident in Port Vell.

So, here is my newest yacht. You can see someone there is cleaning it for my fabulous dinner party tonight. Don´t be jealous, k?

A nice similarity between the sailboat masts and the old buildings of Barcelona.

One of my favorite things about the port is that there are so many new things coming in and leaving. Here is the Mercedes-Benz Pangaea, an ocean yacht for explorer Mike Horn. It has just started it´s journey to go to both the north and south pole for environmental education purposes. Here´s the site I found: http://mikehorn.com/index.php/site/newsblog/pangaeaarrives_in_barcelona/

Then you have things like this. It is a shipping boat lifting some kind of human sculpture/mannequin. I´m not sure what this is going to be for, but if you click the picture to enlarge it you can see that there is another figure laying beside it. Who knows in Barcelona...

photos!

Here's an assortment of photos from the last week... please bear with me as I try to add them on this VERY slow connection! (you can click to enlarge them)

Barcelona beach wants to stay clean (and in multiple languages, too)

A wide shot of the city and the sea. It was a good day for windsurfing and sailing. Soon I hope to be out on the water in some nice sailboat...

¨The Casino Barcelona is set in one of the finest spots in the city, the Port Olímpic in Barcelona, beneath the luxury of the Hotel Arts and the golden lights of the Fish, designed by architect Frank Owen Gehry.¨

Carlos at the yacht and sailboat harbor!

just me

Two girls holding on to their ¨bicing¨ bikes. The city has a cool program that has these bikes all over town - but to rent them you have to get a year contract.

Fancy people eating fancy black ink pasta on their fancy table on Barcelona beach.