5 Days in Barcelona

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July 13th 2014

Published: July 14th 2014

When I heard this year's bi-annual conference of the IOHA (International Oral History Association) was going to be in Barcelona from July 8-12, I jumped on the band wagon and decided to attend. The flight from Paris was only an hour, and then it took half an hour from the airport to get to Plaza de Espana. From there I took the metro to where I was staying -- a very nice university residence on th... Read Full Entry

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Hilary Kaiser

HKs Travels

Hilary Kaiser--a writer, blogger, cross-cultural trainer and retired academic-- shares her travel adventures with friends and family around the world. (See also www.hilarykaiser.com and www.hilarykaiser.wordpress.com). Author of "WW Voices: American GI's and the French Women Who Married Them" (a paperback and ebook available on Amazon.com and Smashwords) and "French War Brides in America."... full info

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plenary at the IOHA conference

Joan Miro sculpture

front of Joan Miro Foundation building

gallery at Joan Miro Foundation

Barcelona Shop Window in Muslim area

Barcelona Shop Window

Barcelona Shop Window

signs vs. bull-fighting

wedding photo in front of Barcelona Town Hall

Catalan music group playing at IOHA conference dinner

arriving at Montserrat

taking cable car up to the Montserrat Monastery

Montserrat Monastery

Montserrat Monastery. The basilica is on the far right.

35bis

the Black Madonna I didn't get to see because the line was too long. This is a photo of a replica in the monastery's gift shop!

Taking the funicular up above the monastery

Taking the funicular up above the monastery

HK hiking on the mountain above the monastery

poster for the Capetown Opera Company's production of Porgy and Bess

Inside the Liceu Theater in Barcelona where Porgy and Bess was playing

14th July 2014

Tom Camp
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You are having fun
You are a busy bee skipping all the serious things in order to gather all these pictures around the city. Now that you are out on the island, tell me all about how that is going. Love T

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