Lobster? Crayfish? Langoustine? Port Vell, Barcelona.
El Mirador de Colon, the Christopher Columbus monument, Barcelona.
Port Vell, Barcelona.
Port Vell, Barcelona waterfront along the inner harbor, looking toward Mont Juic.
Las Ramblas, Barcelona.
Watching La Merce human pyramid event via closed-circuit TV on Las Ramblas, Barcelona.
Gaudi's Palau Guell, Barcelona.
Jim upon arrival in Barcelona.
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA).
Interior, MACBA.
Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona (CCCB).
Placa Catalunya, Barcelona.
Sagrada Familia, Barcelona.
Sagrada Familia, interior.
Sagrada Familia interior.
View from Sagrada Familia tower.
Sagrada Familia spires from tower.
Sagrada Familia tower, interior view.
View from Sagrada Familia tower, halfway down.
Staircase, Sagrada Familia.
Nativity facade, Sagrada Familia.
Parade of giants, La Merce festival, corner of Las Ramblas and Carrer Ferran, and Barcelona.
Parade of giants, Carrer Ferran, Barcelona,
Parade of giants, Carrer Ferran, Barcelona.
La Merce fireworks display, Placa d'Espanya, Barcelona.
La Merce fireworks, Placa d'Espanya, Barcelona.
View from Hotel California, Barcelona.
Interior, La Seu, cathedral dedicated to Saint Eulalia, Barcelona.
Geese in residence, La Seu cathedral, Barcelona.
Bob emerging from Hotel California, Barcelona.
Street in Gothic Quarter, Barcelona.
Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona.
Palau de la Musica Catalana, original facade, Barcelona.
Bob in concertgoing attire for a flamenco event at Palau de la Musica Catalana.
Gaudi's La Pedrera, Barcelona.
Bob at a cafe, Passeig de Gracia, Barcelona.
Barcelona from the top of Gaudi's Parc Guell.
Gaudi Museum, Parc Guell, Barcelona.
Parc Guell, Barcelona.
Bob enjoying a potato sandwich at Parc Guell.
La Boqueria food market, Barcelona.
Mushroom stall, La Boqueria, Barcelona.
At Estacio Franca, Barcelona, about to board a train for Montpellier.
Place de la Comedie, Montpellier, France.
Place de la Comedie, Montpellier.
Montpellier tram.
View from our window at Bnb Les Amis de Marseille.
Marseille Arab neighborhood; Arc de Triomphe de Marseille at end of street.
Le Vieux Port, Marseille.
Fishmonger, Old Port, Marseille.
Fort St. Nicolas, Marseille.
Volleyball at Plage des Catalans, Marseille.
Fishing port Vallon des Auffes, Marseille, home of Chez Fonfon, famous for its bouillabaisse.
Bob on stairway leading to Chez Fonfon.
Vallon des Auffes, Marseille.
Vieux Port, Marseille.
Lighthouse at Fort St. Jean, Marseille.
Cathedrale de la Major, Marseille.
Harbor at Marseille.
Island fortress/prison Chateau d'If, Marseille.
Chateau d'If, view of Marseille.
Frioul Islands from Chateau d'If.
Inside a cell at Chateau d'If.
Bob on terrace at Les Amis de Marseille.
Sunset viewed from terrace at Les Amis de Marseille.
Chateau d'If
Notre Dame de la Garde and surroundings, Marseille.
Place Castellane, Marseille.
La Canabiere, Marseille.
Evangelical mission, Panier district, Marseille.
Former almshouse La Vieille Charite, now a museum, Panier district, Marseille.
Panier district, Marseille.
Les Calanques, inlets east of Marseille.
Les Calanques.
Boat entering one of the Calanques.
Harbor at Cassis.
Cap Canaille.
Notre Dame de la Garde, Marseille.
View from Notre Dame de la Garde.
Notre Dame de la Garde, interior.
Breakfast on the terrace, Marseille.
Steps of Gare St.-Charles, Marseille.
Roman arena, Arles.
Hotel de Ville, Arles.
Bob in Cryptoporticus, Roman tunnel system under Arles.
St. Trophime, Arles.
Espace Van Gogh, Arles.
Doorway, Arles.
Jim at Roman arena, soon after throwing up in public toilet next to the Arles Hotel de Ville.
Upper tier at Roman arena/modern bull ring in Arles.
Looking toward the Rhone from the top of the Roman arena, Arles.
Papal Palace, Avignon.
Hotel de Ville, Avignon.
Maison Carre, Nimes.
Roman arena, Nimes.
Arena, Nimes.
Inside arena, Nimes.
Bell tower at Uzes.
Street in Uzes.
Duchy, Uzes.
Pont du Gard.
Gard River.
Jim at Pont du Gard.
Place de l'Horloge, Avignon.
Pompidou Center, Paris.
View from our b&b in Beaubourg, Paris.
The Seine from Pont de l'Eveque near Notre Dame.
Bob on Pont de l'Eveque.
Notre Dame de Paris.
Rose window, Notre Dame de Paris.
Ile St. Louis, Paris.
La Grande Arche, La Defense, Paris.
View from the top of La Grande Arche.
Eiffel Tower and Tour de Montparnasse viewed from top of La Grande Arche.
La Pouce by Cesar Baldaccini, La Defense, Paris.
Le Pantheon, Paris.
Pantheon, interior, Paris.
Dome, interior, Pantheon, Paris.
Tombs of Marie and Pierre Curie, Pantheon, Paris.
Crypt, Pantheon, Paris.
Tombs of Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, and Emile Zola, Pantheon, Paris.
Sorbonne, Paris.
Latin Quarter, Paris.
Tour St. Jacques de Marais, Paris.
Metro station opposite the Louvre, Paris.
The Louvre, Paris.
Place de l'Opera, Paris.
Opera Garnier, Paris.
Dome, Galeries Lafayette department store, Paris.
Galeries Lafayette.
Galeries Lafayette, Paris.
St. Augustin, Paris.
Musee Jacquemart-Andre, Paris.
102 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, where Proust wrote much of A la recherche du temps perdu.
Bob consults a street map in the Les Halles neighborhood of Montorgueil, Paris, around the corner from the restaurant Les Trois Petits Cochons.
Ile de la Cite, Paris.
Crossing the Seine at Pont d'Arcole, Paris.
Flower market, Place Lepine, Paris.
Underground passage, Paris catacombs.
“Stop -- here lies the empire of death,” Paris catacombs.
Paris catacombs.
St. Germain, Paris.
Interior, St. Germain, Paris.
Delacroix's atelier, Delacroix Museum, Paris.
Fontaine St. Michel, Paris.
Montmartre, Paris.
Sacre Coeur, Paris.
View from dome, Sacre Coeur, Paris.
View from dome, Sacre Coeur.
View from dome, Sacre Coeur, Tour de Montparnasse left, Eiffel Tower right.
View from roof, Sacre Coeur.
Le Bateau Lavoir, Montmartre, Paris, site of studios of Picasso, Braque, and Juan Gris.
Rue des Rosiers, Marais, Paris.
Cour d'Honneur, Papal Palace, Avignon.
Avignon and Rhone viewed from Papal Palace.
Street in Avignon.
Ramparts, Avignon.
Le Pont St. Benezet, Avignon.
On Pont St. Benezet, Avignon.
Rhone, Pont St. Benezet, Avignon.
Papal Palace from Pont St. Benezet.
Bob and the Mediterranean, Port Bou, border town in Spain.
Bob at Port Bou (aka Portbou).
Marina, Port Bou.
Street in Port Bou.
Les Arenes, Placa d'Espana, Barcelona
Montserrat.
Cable car, Montserrat.
Cable car station viewed from cable car, Montserrat.
Benedictine monastery, Montserrat.
Basilica, Montserrat.
Votive lights, shrine of La Moreneta, the Black Virgin, Montserrat.
Basilica interior, Montserrat.
Montserrat's boys' choir performs in the Basilica.
Monastery complex from mountaintop, Montserrat.
Montserrat, looking toward summit.
Local residents, Montserrat.
View from descending funicular, Montserrat.
Jim at Montserrat.
Rosary path to Santa Cova, Montserrat.
Bob at Montserrat.
Santa Cova, the Virgin's cave, Montserrat.
Votive offerings, Santa Cova, Montserrat.
La Moreneta, the Black Virgin of Montserrat.
Descending cable cars, Montserrat.
Teatre del Liceu, opera house, Las Ramblas, Barcelona.
El Greco statue, Sitges.
Beach, Sitges.
Promenade, Sitges.
Sand sculpture, Sitges.
Sant Bartolomeu, Sitges.
Placa in front of St. Bartolomeu, Sitges.
Sitges.
Street in La Ribera, Barcelona.
Street musicians outside Picasso Museum, Barcelona.
Courtyard, Picasso Museum, Barcelona.
Catalan separatist graffito, Barcelona.
Estacio de Franca, Barcelona.
Parc de la Ciutadella, Barcelona.
Catalonian Parliament (left), Parc de la Ciutadella, Barcelona.
Seaside cafe, Barceloneta, Barcelona.
