Street art from Barcelona
I spent this Christmas in Barcelona. Our hotel was close to the old town, the Barri Gotic. This fascinating part of town is all narrow streets with crooked Medieval buildings that are home to tiny, dark pubs, exotix restaurants, and tapas bars where you can nibble at delicate traditional Spanish "fast good" all through the night.
Most of the stores in this area close off their door and window with metal blinds. These always get covered in graffiti. Some store owners avoid unplesant graffiti by inviting graffiti artists to decorate their blinds.
The result is that the streets of the Barri Gotic are riddled with colorful, intense street art tableaus like the ones pictured here. Visit Barcelona if you can -- it's a cool city. And make sure to spend some time in the Barri Gotic.
