When I meet people in Canada, there is a certain question that is posed to me: So, where are you from? After living in the UK and Australia, I have a rather British/Aussie accent. But when I reply and say Spain, it’s not something people expect to hear. After a short linguistic explanation, I am always curios to know if they have been to Spain. More times than not, people reply saying they have and the city they’ve visited is Barcelona.
If there is a distinct feature about Barcelona, it’s its Gaudi architecture. Above is a watercolour I recently did of the Casa Batllo. Apparently Gaudi died knocked over by a tram on his way to see the football, tragic…
Araceli Robledo 