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Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias

admin — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:01:13 +0000

Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias or the City of Arts and Sciences is a beautiful complex in Valencia, Spain. This wonderful cultural and architectural entertainment complex adds so much value and is considered the most modern attraction in the city.

The complex is made up of the following buildings:

L’Hemisfèric — an Imax Cinema, Planetarium and Laserium.
El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe — an interactive museum of science.
L’Umbracle — a landscaped walk with plant species indigenous to Valencia.
L’Oceanogràfic — an open-air oceanographic park. It is the largest oceanographic aquarium in Europe with 110,000 square meters and 42 million liters of water. It was built in the shape of a water lily and is the work of architect Félix Candela.
El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia — an opera house and performing arts centre.
L’Àgora — a covered plaza in which concerts and sporting events are held.

Below you will find a photo gallery of the complex and followed by a few videos taken at L’Oceanogràfic of a dolphin show and a few more videos of a seal show. All that’s left for me to say is enjoy the show!

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Trick Fountains

admin — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:30:07 +0000

From the beautiful Magic Fountain of Montjuic in Barcelona to the Trick Fountains of Schloss Hellbrunn. The water games played by those trick fountains have been conceived by Markus Sittikus Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. This is a popular tourist attraction during the summer time along with the Palace and its gardens of course. The fountains are referred to as trick fountains because of all the practical jokes the host can play on his guests using water. Some would include spraying them with water from walls, the ground or even from under the seats they are sitting on. The photos here are of the park housing the trick fountains and the videos show you some tricks including the Prince dining table, a mechanical theatre completely operated by water, a grotto and crown being pushed up and down by a jet of water symbolizing the rise and fall of power. During all those games there is only one spot that remains dry at all times, that is where the Archbishop stood or sat.

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Prince Table : This table is decorated with marble, the famous lion heraldic animals and Capricorn, and a cord relief with fruit. The seats and the table itself are part of playful banter water, where only the hosts remained dry. The fleeing diners was hampered here by a wall of water rising from floor jets to flee.

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The Mechanical Theatre was in the years 1750-1753 under Archbishop Andreas Jakob von Dietrich stone erected. Previously this was the blacksmith cave, which was probably once more forged while working together. Today’s mechanical theater now very vividly describes the varied activities of a small town. More than 100 wooden figures, arms and legs move here represent about one of the many crafts, work, attention to the craft and the artistic character. Or they move to the rotating discs. In the houses before the soldiers marching brass music and circus people dancing with a bear. All these movements of very fine figures are performed by an elaborate wooden wheels, which is driven by the water of the creek. To complete the presentation of art continues, was here from Lorenz Rosenegger (renovated by Rochus Egedacher) and a small water-powered organ factory built, which drowned out even the noise of moving one or the other wooden figures.

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A crown being pushed up and down by a jet of water symbolizing the rise and fall of power

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Font màgica de Montjuïc

admin — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:19:24 +0000

A performance of Font màgica de Montjuïc (The Magic Fountain of Montjuic) in Barcelona, Spain. It is indeed such a beautiful show that captures the heart. This is my tenth time seeing this and decided to capture this video to share it with you. I think the only words left to be said in the presence of such a performance is, do you dream? Merely this and nothing more!

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Parc Güell & Camp Nou

admin — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:05:53 +0000

Back in Barcelona for a short break right before the summer. This time the focus of the trip was relaxing and taking it easy Parc Güell was high on the priority list and hence spent most of the time enjoying its beauty. Parc Güell is a UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of a complex of gardens built on a hill and designed by the ever famous Catalan Architect Antoni Gaudí. It definitely is a must see for any visitor to the city. Photos of a few other places of the city has been also included in this album.

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The next big thing on the trip was visiting Camp Nou, home to FCB. Futbol Club Barcelona is one of the most successful clubs in Spanish and European football. I won’t get into detail of their achievements but that can easily be checked out if you are interested to know It is worthy to note that it FCB has become a Catalan institution rather than just a club. This explains their motto “Més que un club” which translates to “More than a club”.

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Spring in Rogaland, Norway

admin — Sun, 16 May 2010 14:09:36 +0000

Now that spring has arrived in Rogaland, I figured it would be a good idea to go around the place and take some photos and video clips. There’s still a good quantity of snow around the mountains but the beauty of this place is simply breathtaking. If you are around in Norway and have some time to travel around, be sure to take some time to go around the mountains in Rogaland.

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Tablao Flamenco Cordobes

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:31:03 +0000

One of the things I enjoy in life is a good live performance. Flamenco shows have been very good entertainment over the last few years for me and this show I attended in Barcelona lately is by far the best I have seen yet. I took a couple of video clips and will leave you to enjoy them now

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Germany

admin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:06:23 +0000

A few shots I took during my many visits to Germany. Just thought I’d put them in a video. Hope you enjoy it

Spain

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:47:10 +0000

I have received lots of requests lately regarding a video for Spain, so here it is

Norway

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:22:14 +0000

I can’t find the right words to describe my love for the beauty and nature of Norway. I will leave you with the video

Budapest, Hungary

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:49:01 +0000

So I had this fantasy of visiting Budapest eversince I was a little kid. Surely enough, I had my piece of cake and I made my first video for Budapest after falling in love with it. I have been there many times since and chances are will always visit. Hope you enjoy it

France

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:28:49 +0000

This post is dedicated to the beautiful scenes I encountered in France. Hope you enjoy the video below

Again, if you feel the urge to drop by France for a few days and would like some guidance you can always contact me. Looking forward for your comments.

Italy

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:22:06 +0000

I thought I will start my first post by sharing a video I made of a place I like to visit when I need to get back in touch with history. Enjoy the video below

It would be great to hear your feedback on the video and if you are heading to Italy in the near future drop me a line and I might be able to help you with a walkthrough and a recommendation for places to visit. Good night/morning depending on where you are at this time.