Thoughts and pictures, updated as necessary. By Noah IliinskyTumblr (3.0; @noahi)http://noahi.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8qdirnTRu1qe90wco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Awesome venue for the (free!) Barcelona Blues Festival. That’s Rocky Lawrence in the middle, backed by two locals. The seating area was a set of steps / benches similar to the one behind the band, with lawn above and behind that.</p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29393016189http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29393016189Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:49:39 -0700barcelonabluesfestival<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8qdc0M8Vd1qe90wco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>All of the emergency vehicles that I saw in Europe were in very bright high-vis colors: green, orange, yellow. Much more visible than red and white.</p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29392824773http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29392824773Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:45:36 -0700barcelonaambulance<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8qd5yTOvv1qe90wco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Eaten by fishies! Stuart and I discussed how it’s rare to get to watch another animal consensually consume your flesh. The feeling was effervescent, bubbly, sometimes terribly tickly, sometimes not. You could sometimes feel a single fish working, maybe around your toes, while the sensations in other areas like heels and ankles were less specific.</p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29392651574http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29392651574Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:41:00 -0700barcelonafishfish pedicureconsensual consumption<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8qcolg4AB1qe90wco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Brunch with Stuart.</p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29392138148http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29392138148Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:31:33 -0700barcelonastuart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8qcgvz9IB1qe90wco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The choice is yours.</p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29391900095http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29391900095Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:26:00 -0700barcelonasignagegamify reality<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8qcd2W3QM1qe90wco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Beautiful door knocker.</p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29391778827http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29391778827Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:24:38 -0700barcelonaknockerhandapplebronze<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8qc8r5fxk1qe90wco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tiny tiny clams!</p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29391647545http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29391647545Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:22:03 -0700barcelonaclamsnomslemon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8qc7qooNK1qe90wco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tourist Terrorist. Not sure what to make of this. Barcelona is all about the tourism.</p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29391615312http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29391615312Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:21:26 -0700barcelonagraffiti<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8qc4kTMY71qe90wco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ladies selling tuna in La Boqueria.</p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29391516898http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29391516898Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:19:00 -0700barcelonatunala boqueria<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8qc38lPVQ1qe90wco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The market La Boqueria in Barcelona. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Boqueria" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Boqueria</a></p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29391475453http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29391475453Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:18:00 -0700barcelonala boqueria<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8qbzvVEkX1qe90wco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This building has its eyes on you.</p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29391369867http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29391369867Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:16:00 -0700barcelonaarchitectureanthropomorphic<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8qbuu8oxa1qe90wco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The street I stayed on. If you look closely, you can see my pants hanging on the clothesline.</p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29391209837http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29391209837Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:13:42 -0700barcelona<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8qbpw3o6I1qe90wco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Stairwell window bars in the building I stayed in, in Barcelona. I didn’t notice the 1864 until I’d been up and down the stairs several times.</p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29391050063http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/29391050063Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:10:44 -0700barcelonaold1864<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7iltxO9TT1qe90wco1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>A final experience with British English, from a restaurant at Gatwick.</p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/27697208895http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/27697208895Sat, 21 Jul 2012 07:34:45 -0700puddinggatwicksignagei do not think it means what you think it means<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7ilr559671qe90wco1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Loved this.</p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/27697147235http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/27697147235Sat, 21 Jul 2012 07:33:05 -0700bladerunnerrubberlondon<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7ilokbzI31qe90wco1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Security cameras are everywhere in London.</p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/27697090379http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/27697090379Sat, 21 Jul 2012 07:31:32 -0700securitycamerastheaterlondonundergroundtube<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7ilmbeFZg1qe90wco1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The steps at Lancaster Gate.</p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/27697041639http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/27697041639Sat, 21 Jul 2012 07:30:11 -0700stepsspiralhelicalstairsLancaster Gatelondon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7ilitEPM11qe90wco1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Stair warning at Lancaster Gate station.</p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/27696962522http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/27696962522Sat, 21 Jul 2012 07:28:05 -0700Lancaster Gatesignagelondon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7ilbo2Jih1qe90wco1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Paddington station.</p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/27696811628http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/27696811628Sat, 21 Jul 2012 07:23:48 -0700paddingtonlondon<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7a1vg97ue1qe90wco1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Bad news.</p>http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/27366196447http://noahi.tumblr.com/post/27366196447Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:42:52 -0700bicycleforkbroken