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Amazin photo album on OpenPhotoVR

While Microsoft is pussy-footing around building Photostynth, Vladimir Slepnev from Moscow came up with this:

You can explore Parc Güell, Notre Dame, and also create your own albums (no signup required).
Just amazing, give it a go.

Time for Calçots!

Spring marks a special time in Catalonia when it’s tradition to munch burned onions.
What? Burned onions?
Yes indeed, and very tasty they are too!
The Calçot, wikipedia tells us, is a type of Scallion, a long green onion similar to a spring onion but with a leeky texture that is cooked on a barbecue. Here’s [...]

Living Barcelona is Barcelonafied!

We have moved!
The site Living Barcelona has been renamed Barcelonafied and placed on it’s own domain — barcelonafied.com.  Please update your bookmarks and RSS feeds.
We also welcome two new authors who are going to contribute to the blog: Donderwolkje, the hog-blogging belgian, and Alun, the go-getting welshman and lover of the great outdoors.

Radio Evolució

Well well, it’s been a looong time since my last post. And so much to report but so little time…
Infact, I’ve been up to my neck in university stuff, so have spent many a cold lonly night up at all hours listening to the radio.

Which is how I come across Radio Evolució. It’s a really [...]

The devil double-parks

Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day in Barcelona that heralded the coming of spring and the end of cold weather. So of couse I spent the whole afternoon cooped up indoors with a cold waching a film.
The thing about staying indoors at the weekend is that you notice something that isn’t quite so bad [...]

Robert Hughes article on Catalan Architecture

Via The Guardian:
Barcelona is celebrated as one of Europe’s finest cultural treasures, but until recently we knew little about its heritage. Robert Hughes on how a group of architects - in particular Gaudí - created a uniquely Catalan city that combined the myths of a glorious past with progress and innovation.

Read on …

Top signs you are a bit of a glutton

Your lifestyle drug of choice is Rennie antacid.
Your fridge is constantly packed to the gunnels with food.
You think there’s nothing wrong with a three-course breakfast.
It takes 2 coffees and a coke to get going in the morning.
It’s not only rude to leave food on a plate, it’s … it’s … immoral!
In most restaurants, you’re on [...]

Getting a Job in Barcelona (and Spain) Part 1

Finding a job can be tough, and this post hopes to dispell some doubts.
 
¡Newsflash!
Want to work in tech support? Speak English plus other european languages? Contact us now. (See Craigslist Ad).
Part 1. Where to look?
First stop: Infojobs.
Infojobs is probably the most visited job site and every day has hundreds of new listings. Over three [...]

La Puta Feina

I have been recently looking for a copy of Matthew Tree’s new book, “La Puta Feina”, but all I came up with so far was this:

Planet Barcelona - cool 360-degree photos of Barcelona

Donderwolkje has been creating some stunning 360º photos of places in Barcelona with his digital camera and PhotoStitch.
Planet Barcelona 1: Boulevard Barceloneta

Planet Barcelona 2: Harbor

Planet Barcelona 3: Plaça Catalunya

Check out Donderwolkje’s Flickr Photostream!