When people talks about Barcelona
We think in architect Gaudi, the Olympic Games or the pupular Rambla Avenue
Barcelona is the most visited city in Spain and the twelveth more visited city in the world
Totally worth it when are in places such as this
Yes this is the popular Sagrada Familia
I have come very early in the morning
It is around... 8:20 in the morning
And there's no much people here around yet
But this place is always busy
and it is logic as it is one of the most famous places in the world
It is no lie that everytime I came here
I love to stay at least 10 minutes staring at it
And everytime you do that, you can always discover new details and things that catch your eye
But I did not come to teach you about Sagrada Familia actually
I can be talking a lot about Sagrada Familia as it is one of my favourite monument in the world
But today I have come to show you another spots from Barcelona
When people come to Barcelona, they usually know they are going to visit Sagrada Familia
Or Güell Park for example
Such places are the ones that you know for sure you have to visit
I have come to show you other spots
Spots that we loved to discover when we came here to live
Spots that are not that common and they are so cool
So come on and join me. Let's get going!
In this avenue, which is called "Rambla de Catalunya" I think
a curious quote is that the Spanish popular horror film "REC" have been shooted in a building here
I won't show you that building today
Because time is running short for all the places I want it to share with you guys
Furthermore that building is closed
You can see the entance and it i so scary as you can see that it is abandoned for years and years
And as far as I know it is only used for shooting movies and things like that
It will make one's hair stand on end
We are located now in famous Gracia Street
I did not came here on purpose
As this is a famous spot that probably most of you already know
And it is so common to come here
But I have to come by to get to another place so once we are here why not shoot a little bit
Here you can find the more luxury and fancy stores of the city and probably Spain too
At my back you can see "Batllo's House"
If you ever come to visit Barcelona while they are celebrating Sant Jordi
Batllo's House is completely full of red roses and it so precious to see
Now that I have mentioned Sant Jordi
One thing that maybe not everybody knows about Barcelona
Is that in Barcelona we have almost 1,000 different dragons
All of them have been census by Andorran Photographer Josep Martinez
It is so fucking cool because most of the cities has their typical animal
And it is great to say that our typical animal is the dragon
It is like, Whaaaaat?
People that know me in real life
They get very surprised of what I am about to say
People always think that I am so outgoing and easy going
That I don't get ashamed easily
But actually that is not true
And I feel real panic everytime I have to do what I am doing know
Talking alone by the street to a camara
People may look and think "What the hell he's doing?"
"He is crazy"
In fact I have only a few videos which are recorded out door
Only a few actually
The one that I recorded in Valparadis
Which I rounded like a thousand times before recording
In fact I was about to leave without recording
I was telling to myself "I cannot do this, it is so embarrasing"
But at the end
I was just in front of the underground entrance preparing to leave
I stopped and said "Come on now that you are here, at least record something. One minute at least. Anything"
So...
Well, like I am doing now
That I decided to come very early in the morning so there's no much people on the streets
A curious quote here in the Gothic Quarter
You can see the gargoyes standing up there everywhere
And the scary faces
The scary faces from the Gothic Quarter
I have not verified this information yet
but it is said that
When you see one of this gargoyles or faces and they are looking to the same direction
But then you find one of them that are looking to the opposite
In the ancient times that meant that in that direction was a house that were a brothel
Oh my the "Coffee Club"
"Please tell me what I have to do to join"
There is one thing that I suggest everyone to do it
It is a thing that my boyfriend and I have done a lot of times
It is getting lost in the Gothic Quarter
You sure have to do it if you ever come to Barcelona
Without tourist guides nor maps
Just yourselves
Just walking by, getting lost in the little streets that are so labyrinthic,
and just discover where the road leads you
Probably you will find a ot of cool places
And I would suggest you, to take note of that places
or at least remember the name of the store
the name of the place, or whatever
because another thing that happened to us so frequently
Is that we use to came here
find a super cool place
"Oh look at this place it is so fucking cool"
but then when we tried to get there the next time
We were not able to find anything
Now I have to walk in front of the Town Hall and Cataloniá Parlament
And it was not planned
In fact those are places I wanted to avoid
Because you all know the political situation here
I won't talk much about it
I prefer talking cool stuff about Barcelona, instead of ... well...
It can't be helped
Mum if you are watching this don't worry everything is fine
I have to confess that I have not recorded the moment because I thought that was so inapropiated
To record in such kind of moments...
But when I exit from the undergorund in Sagrada Familia
People started to scream so loud
People screaming near me
Just at the exit of the underground
And honestly I get so scared
So scared
Because just two months ago happened here a terrorist attack
At the endit was a girl that got hit by a car crossing the street while she had the red sign
It is so obvious for me I did not think in recording anything
I just tried to help in what I could
Here in Barcelona we can change the scenario so easily
And change from one Architectonic style to another
These are the columns of Roman August Temple
Those were built in century I b.C as far as I remember
Such a witness of the changes of the eras in the City
People found this while they were constructing a coutyard for a house, can you believe it?
You are fucked because no more courtyard for you
I am seriously thining about changing the name of the video
for something more like
Getting lost in the Gothic Quarter
| Could I ever get out of here?
| What is happening?
| You stop doing this
*Complain* I came here looking for a certain street
I have not come for getting lost
This is the Santa Maria del Pis Cathedral
It is entrance free
So pretty
It has some stained glass window that reminds me of Zelda Wind Waker
But for me everything in life reminds me to Wind Waker
I think it is this street...
I will look in Google Maps because I am so fucking tired *I said "cujons" which is a catalan expression
I wanted to come to this Street
We are in Petritxol Street
If you ever get tired of walking around the gothic
You can always come here to eat some traditional chocolates
It smells so good
Smells like chocolate
I am starving
Well, as we have recorded a lot of material and I don't want this to be so long
I don't want you to get so bored
We are goint to leave here by the moment
The video will be splitted in several parts
I will submit the next video next week
As always I hope you like it
I really have a lot of fun working on this
I think that is my favourite video in the channel this far
I honestly hope you all enjoied it
That you guys found something new or interesting
So give it a like if you like it so I will know that you want more videos like this
So I can bring more to the channel
Any comments or feedback you know it is appreciated
Use the comment box down here
Have a great weekend you all
See ya all next week
C'ya!
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