Episodes

  • Barcelona walk the walk - Tour 4: Vallcarca – la Salut – Gràcia

    Barcelona walk the walk - Tour 4: Vallcarca – la Salut – Gràcia
    Jul 25 2024
    1st stop – viaducte de Vallcarca location and overall description of the neighbourhood rationalism architecture, boat houses hydraulic tiles artist Scott Riley 2nd stop – boulder wall of Park Güell Castell d’en Blai Events in Park Güell Jess Franco 3rd stop – carrer d’Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg 12 step theory Thomas Mann triskaidekaphobia 4th stop – Mirador av. Coll del Portell Barcelona’s skyline rationalism architecture, Casa Vilaró 5th stop – plaça de John Lennon Juan Marsé Galeria H20 Cal Boter
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    29 mins
  • Barcelona walk the walk - Tour 3: Sarrià – Sant Gervasi — Pedralbes

    Barcelona walk the walk - Tour 3: Sarrià – Sant Gervasi — Pedralbes
    May 16 2024
    1rs stop: Jardins de La Tamarita. The drought. History of the house. 2nd stop: plaça del Consell de la Vila. Origins of the Sarrià neighborhood. Literature: Carme Balcells, Garcia Márquez, Vargas Llosa, Eduardo Mendoza. Catalonia – America relationship. Güell Family. Bar Tomás, patatas bravas. 3rd stop: Pavellons Güell. Gaudí-Güell. Antonio López, slavery, aristocracy. Bigas Luna. Rosalía.
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    35 mins
  • Barcelona walk the walk - Tour 2: el Putxet i el Farró – Gràcia

    Barcelona walk the walk - Tour 2: el Putxet i el Farró – Gràcia
    May 16 2024
    1rst stop: Parc del Putxet. The Putxet neighbourhood, second residences for affluent families in Ciutat Vella fleeing poor sanitary conditions. Development of the Railway, characters of Pearson and Carles Muntané. The origin of the expression Can Fanga. The creative atmosphere of the neighbourhood: Mercè Rodoreda, Enric Granados, Robert Gerhard. The origins of the Gràcia neighbourhood. 2nd stop: plaça del Diamant. The Sant Crois croissants, and the history of the croissant. La Bodega Pàdua. Passatge de Sant Felip, Passatge de Mulet, architecture. Casa Vicens, Gaudí. Mercè Rodoreda, biography, origin of the street names Perla, Or, and connection with the novel The Diamond Square. Air-raid shelter Pl del Diamant. Robert Gerhard. Why do we eat paella on Thursdays? Some hypotheses. 3rd Stop: plaça del Sol. The good paella and the good service of the Envalira restaurant.
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    38 mins
  • Barcelona walk the walk - Tour 1: Bogatell-el Poblenou-el Clot

    Barcelona walk the walk - Tour 1: Bogatell-el Poblenou-el Clot
    May 16 2024
    1st stop: platja del Bogatell. Evolution of the Poblenou neighborhood. Cerdà. Industrialization, labor movement. 2nd stop: rambla del Poblenou. What is a rambla, Aliança del Poblenou. The first Punk concert, 1977. Orxata. Ramon Llull. Maps. 3rd stop: rambla del Poblenou. Can Recasens. Dr. Trueta. Manu Chau. 4th stop: Mercat del Clot. Bodega Sopena, pickling. Local schedules and customs. 5th stop: Museu del Disseny. Cerdà, and the new green areas.
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    29 mins