Monday, May 06, 2024

Begur, Catalonia, April 2024

One night at the Hotel Convent near the town of Begur.

Hotel el Convent

Side street with reflection

Playa sa Riera

 

Convent Hotel lobby

Painters


Diorama of the legendary founding of the convent by shipwrecked sailors

Barcelona, April 2024

A few nights in Barcelona in the heart of Catalonia.


The Catalonian flag much in evidence


Unfinished portion of the San Pau moderniste complex

Buskers a-go-go

 
Subterranean restrooms at Sant Pau




Random still life

One of the Sagrada Familia facades

San Pau moderniste museum, complex
San Pau historical sickroom


Wild parrot outside our hotel

Saint-Paul-de-Mausole hospital, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

Quick visit to the sanatorum where Van Gogh recovered from his nervous breakdown.







Arles, Provence, April 2024

Spent a couple of nights in Arles.

Lots of photography presence 

Buskers galore




 
The mighty Rhone



A lost photograph

Courtyard that Van Gogh painted

Some of the many Roman bits fished out of the Rhone
Drove to the Camargue to see the famous ponies and flamingoes




Ubiquitous beggars

Bandol, 2024

Passed through one of the wine centers of Provence, Bandol, on the southern coast.




 

Aix-en-Provence. April 2024

Took a little trip to Aix.

Carousel decoration: Cupid writing love letters


Detail: Cupid's handwriting



Grafitti palimsest

Some of the famous of Aix


Queen Mary II

"The Captain's Cufflinks": extra propellor blades At the quay Cupcake fest Waterline view Sunset swim, anyone? Mood lighting a...