What I like most about Barcelona is the piece of land it is built on: between sea and mountain, between the Mediterranean and the Tibidabo. That’s why I enjoy painting the port and the Observatori Fabra so much.
I also like it because it’s sunny the whole year—in the winter you can drink a beer on the terrace while children are playing. Also, there is the Montjuïc and the Fundació and the Pueblo Espanyol which is tremendously kitschy. The streets of Raval make you feel like you’re in Islamabad and there are all these tourists all over…but that’s nobody’s fault. We all like to visit other cities to later come back and note that it’s not that bad at home, after all.
Between sea and mountain, between the Mediterranean and the Tibidabo.
