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One of the areas I went in Barcelona was Montjuic. It is the same area where I watched flamenco inside Poble Espanyol. But I am not going to talk about flamenco again. Instead, it’s Font Magica de Montjuic, a.k.a. Magic Fountain of Montjuic. How magical is it? Read on.

Besides bullfighting, another famous tradition in Spain is flamenco. Flamenco, as we commonly know it, it’s a form of dancing which involves clapping and stamping around vigorously. At least, that’s what I thought previously. Apparently the dancing part is only half true (erm, one-third true?). It’s actually made up with three forms (guitar playing, singing [...]

In my short trip to Barcelona, I realized it has some of the strangest architectures in the world. For instance, this building in Barceloneta beach is like being built by a drunkard. Not going to bombard this post with irrelevant pictures to prove my point, so you just have to take my words for it. [...]

Finally, my final stop in Spain – viva la Barcelona! (If you do not understand the picture above, read this) To be frank, I went to Barcelona almost without any plan (I spent most of my time planning for Madrid and Paris). Despite the lack of plan, it’s actually the best time I had in [...]

On my third day in Spain, I went for a half day trip to Toledo. Never heard of it? Me neither, until a month before my Europe trip. Toledo is a fortified city located on a mountaintop and surrounded by a river. Apparently it was a former capital of the Spanish empire and has a [...]