THE CROSS ON A CATHEDRAL'S ROOF

Late afternoon shot on the roof of Barcelona's Cathedral which is open to paying visitors. You get a nice skyline of the city and its outlying hills.

Location: Barcelona, Spain

BARCELONA'S LAS RAMBLAS

Like a river (which it actually was long ago) cutting a swathe through the city, the 1.5-kilometer long pedestrianized Las Ramblas is the place to be if you want to see and feel the pulse of Barcelona. We meandered from the northernmost end of Placa Catalunya to the southernmost portion at Port Vell where a tall statue of Christopher Columbus pointing at the sea stands. This photo was taken at the crown of his head which we climbed via a narrow, rickety elevator.

Location: Barcelona, Spain

SAGRADA DE FAMILIA

Antonio Gaudi's unfinished "Sagrada de Familia" is a mixture of the bizzare, fantasy, Gothic, surrealism, and much more. It's so alien, so strange yet so familiar that it leaves one quite dumbstruck trying to comprehend it all. There's nothing like it that my mouth was open half the time I was there!

Location: Barcelona, Spain