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If You Build It They Won’t Come

21 Friday Jun 2013

Posted by Louise & Tom in Gallery, Travel

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Barcelona, Gaudi, Park Guell, travel

Park Guell Entry

At the turn of the century (1900), Bare Mountain (Muntanya Pelada) overlooking Barcelona seemed like an ideal place for a housing development. It was high enough to offer air clear of the soot from Barcelona’s industry, it sported a panoramic view of the city, and its height almost guaranteed exclusivity for the Spanish elite. Count Eusebi Güell – an industrial entrepreneur who profited greatly from the industry from which Bare Mountain offered a respite – platted sixty huge triangular lots, hired the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, built a model home, and sat back, waiting for orders. None came.

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A Boy and a Boat

21 Tuesday May 2013

Posted by Louise & Tom in Travel

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Barcelona, Barcwelona Maritime Museum, Girona, Ictineo I

Photo of Tom with Ictineo I

There was once a time that I was a tour guide aboard the USS Blueback – a US submarine docked in downtown Portland. I confess: I am a submarine junkie. There aren’t many of us. I made a video of the Blueback in my early days of movie making. It’s here.

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April in Paris

11 Thursday Apr 2013

Posted by Louise & Tom in Travel, Video

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Barcelona, expat, Girona, LGV, travel

photo of the LGV speed indicator

Cue Tony Bennett: Last year, the train trip from Barcelona to Girona took an hour and twenty minutes. Last week, we did it in thirty-seven. Minutes. On a train. At 200 km/h.

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