Mediterranean Holiday

Nature Morte au le Compotier (1945) I really liked this one, and I don't know why The Picasso Museum in Barcelona occupies part of an extensive warren of narrow medieval streets, alleyways, passages, arches, courtyards, stairways and dead-ends in the Born section of the old town.  Its location there gives it an extra dimension, adding a depth of history and a cool feeling of stone, and a little mystery as well. Those who know me will understand when I say that the arrangement of the museum - generally from his early life to his later life, not strictly consecutive but more a series of stages - made the visit interesting from the beginning.  One of our best museum experiences ever was the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, where his work is arranged consecutively and you can see - and feel - both his mental illness and artistic brilliance progress, until at the end, it's hard to look at. The Picasso Museum is not as dramatic, probably because Picasso's life was not as dramatic as...

Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia - Barcelona The Gothic Quarter and the Ship I woke at around 2:45 AM last night and never got back to sleep.  So it'll be that kind of day [Ed. Note:  It was fine.  Too much else happening to feel tired.] I forgot to mention that last night we had to pack everything up because this is embarkation day, and they'll be up for our luggage starting at 7:45.AM  So I was back to the room at 7:15 so we could pack up the stuff we had needed overnight, and then a long, leisurely breakfast.   Some day-after-turkey day bon mots, from WOMR:  an e-mail beginning “Happy Thanks-Boxing Day,” and a DJ introducing a Robin Trower (with Jack Bruce!) song from the album “BLT:”  bacon leftover turkey. Anyway - No bus this morning – we'll be doing a walking tour of the Gothic Quarter, where our hotel is located, and where we will finally get to tour the Cathedral whose tower has loomed over us as we've come and gone from the ...