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We walked along the path next to the beach, looking towards Hotel Arts Barcelona and the El Pez or El Peix, Frank Gehry’s Golden Fish Sculpture. Photo from 19th September 2014.
Interesting beach sculpture. Photo from 19th September 2014.
“The Wounded Star (Catalan: L’Estel Ferit) by Rebecca Horn is one of several contemporary sculptures which were installed on Barcelona’s waterfront in preparation for the 1992 Olympics.
The rusty iron tower is a homage to the rundown chiringuitos (beach bars) and seafood stalls that stood here before the area was refurbished and gentrified in the run-up to the games.
Referred to by the locals as The Cubes, the 10m statue is made up of 4 iron boxes stacked one on top of the other on the sand. The boxes are fitted with large windows, giving the appearance of an abandoned tenement block.”
Playground of the better off. When will we live in a world where everyone who would want to has access to this type of leisure? Photo from 19th September 2014.
Columbus Monument, La Rambla, Barcelona, Spain. History is being re-written, as it should, on how Europeans treated indigenous people around the world, the bloodshed, disease and slavery. The ripples of which run through today as much as they did then. Photo from 19th September 2014.
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Basil liked the room in the Barcelona hotel. It was comfortable enough for a tired bear.
Brown Bear’s Big Day Out is a story about a bear in a zoo that puts on a disguise so that he can escape and visit a funfair called Dizzyland. It’s about looking at people in depth and not being afraid because they look different from you. So Basil looks like a man when disguised but is still the same friendly and hero bear in this case once his disguise slips.
The story contains illustrations throughout the text. These are then repeated at the back of the printed book so that younger children can colour them in. One of them can be seen below.
Our Etsy shop has blank greeting, birthday, invitation cards of the book’s cover artwork, https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JunagarhMedia. Larger quantities of cards are available.
Four Brown Bear’s Big Day Out blank greeting cards
The Montjuïc hill gives different views across the city with, in this photo, the Port de Barcelona area where a cruise ship has docked. 19th September 2014.
Basil after climbing some stairs at Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain.
Brown Bear’s Big Day Out is a story about a bear in a zoo that puts on a disguise so that he can escape and visit a funfair called Dizzyland. It’s about looking at people in depth and not being afraid because they look different from you. So Basil looks like a man when disguised but is still the same friendly and hero bear in this case once his disguise slips.
The story contains illustrations throughout the text. These are then repeated at the back of the printed book so that younger children can colour them in. One of them can be seen below.
Our Etsy shop has blank greeting, birthday, invitation cards of the book’s cover artwork, https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JunagarhMedia. Larger quantities of cards available.
Four Brown Bear’s Big Day Out blank greeting cards
A quick break for Basil in the Plaça de Catalunya during his walk around Barcelona.
Brown Bear’s Big Day Out is a story about a bear in a zoo that puts on a disguise so that he can escape and visit a funfair called Dizzyland. It’s about looking at people in depth and not being afraid because they look different from you. So Basil looks like a man when disguised but is still the same friendly and hero bear in this case once his disguise slips.
The story contains illustrations throughout the text. These are then repeated at the back of the printed book so that younger children can colour them in. One of them can be seen below.
Our Etsy shop has blank greeting, birthday, invitation cards of the book’s cover artwork, https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JunagarhMedia. Larger quantities of cards available.
Four Brown Bear’s Big Day Out blank greeting cards
The Montjuïc hill gives a view across the city with, in this photo, La Sagrada Familla in the centre before it was finished. Heat haze or pollution, possibly both. 19th September 2014.
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