Essays · May 31, 2025

Barcelona is more than the sunny postcard people imagine. It’s a city shaped by Romans, merchants, foreign monarchs, and a long memory. Beautiful, reserved, and quietly self-possessed, Barcelona takes its time. It only lets you in when it’s sure you mean it.

Postcards · May 29, 2025

Barcelona’s highest point is a paradox in stone and sugar—a monumental church sharing a plaza with a century-old amusement park. Built to fend off a rumored casino and Protestant chapel, Sagrat Cor now presides over both the faithful and the Ferris wheel. From here, you can see everything the devil once promised—and all of it looks worth the trip.

Postcards · May 28, 2025

Barcelona’s oldest cemetery, tucked inside the 22@ tech district, feels like a time capsule the city forgot to bulldoze. Built in the 1700s, Cementiri de Poblenou still holds its grid of marble angels, family chapels, and one very famous skeleton kiss.