CNY @ Gardens by the Bay

 For 2015, "Asian Tales" is the Chinese New Year theme for Gardens by the Bay commencing from 16 January 2015.  Entitled "Asian Tales", this floral showcase draws inspiration from the scenic landscape of mountains and valleys often depicted in Chinese brush paintings. 

 Gold coins to welcome the year of the goat

 Pat soaking in the festive mood

 Chinese Crackers red and loud

 May 2015 be a year of luck, fortune and good health for all of us

  Be greeted by the different zodiac signs

 Soak in the beauty of flowers

 Be enchanted by the Goats and the beautiful landscape

 Stealing the limelight from the goat

Happy Goat Year

Santuari de la Mare de Déu del Carme

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is one of the comparatively newer churches in Barcelona, as it was built in the early 20th century at a key location along the Avenguda Diagonal.

 Located at Diagonal 422, the church is founded in 1909.

This particular church and the convent attached to it were originally founded by Archbishop Laguarda to serve as a home for a community of Carmelite nuns, although they left the parish during the Civil War. 

 It is one of the few examples of the Neo-Byzantine style in Barcelona.

Catalans tend to prefer pointy buildings to domed ones, for one thing, and there are comparatively few domed churches in Barcelona. The juxtaposition of this church close by the Casa de les Punxes – a Gothic Revival turreted fantasy of an apartment building – shows how cosmopolitan Barcelona’s architects were in the late 19th and early 20th century as they explored many types of building styles

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  We were certainly impressed by the richness of the mosaics and the darkness of their interiors.

Breakfast in Barcelona

Greeted by the cold morning breeze, both of us are set to explore Barcelona. Having breakfast in one of the cafes.

 Peach Pastry

 Breakfast Time

 Coffee with Milk

Tapa Tapa

 Tapa Tapa was the first restaurant we visited for our visit to Barcelona. This chain of restaurants is commonly seen around Barcelona. Affordable and delicious food.

 Dinner Time

 A mixture of Tapas comprising of meat, egg and seafood

 Spanish salad

 A taste of Spanish Food

 Mushroom and Meat

 Spanish Omelette 

Streets of Barcelona

Here we are in Barcelona after landed close to 15 hours of flight from Singapore. We had a transit stop at Paris Airport before reaching to Barcelona. Having checked in our luggage, Anthony and I proceeded to explore the streets of Barcelona. It was around 10 degree that late afternoon.

 Lovely designs

 Each building has its beauty in architecture

Shopping area

Tempo Doeloe

For a taste of Indonesian Food, head to Tempo Doeloe, located at Jalan Sunset Road, Kuta Bali.

 Chilling to ice cold Drinks

2 different kinds of fish - the fried fish and the grilled fish

Delicious

 Gado Gado ( different taste from the ones we have in Singapore)

Pat & Janice relaxing

Dinner Treat from Andrea ( Thank you)