Barcelona--Paris By The Sea

For the shoot here we rented a car—to be used as a picture car, so we got a convertible—and what a great way to explore and experience the city…top down and creeping up and down La Rambla (no, we did not purchase any of the iguanas), around Placa Espanya, up and down the Gran Via and the Diagonal—fabulous. By midday we had secured the rest of our gear and the sun was coming out, and it occurred to me that this part of the city very much resembles a mini Paris except for…for what? The beach people! Lots of beautiful tanned beachgoers walking among the old buildings and trees and tiny tiny lanes. Marc describes it as Paris-meets-San Diego. True, true.

The sun out, we head to our first location, and Bobbi got some very nice shots with our local talent at the Parc de La Ciuadella, a huge greenspace that was in the midst of preparing for Tuesday’s Catalunya Independence Day celebrations, then we all enjoyed a nice little lunch with very tasty…and interesting…foods. The rest of the day’s shooting continued with much success, then it was off to recce tomorrow’s locations and to reward ourselves with more tasty, bad-for-you cured meats and cheeses and San Miguel cervezas.

Factoid del Dia: so far we’ve each travelled about 15,000 air miles