Eye on Barcelona

From Barcelona Miro

In November I had the opportunity to go to Barcelona, Spain on business. My sister and her husband were able to fly down from their home in the UK to Barcelona to celebrate their 7th wedding anniversary and hang out with me a few days prior to my meeting. The one sad part about the trip was that my wife, Melissa, and my son, Gavin, were not going to be able to make the trip over to Spain. Despite this, Susanne, Kristian, and I had a great time touring Barcelona.

A highlight of the trip for Susanne and I was that Joan Miró, the famous Catalan-Spanish artist is not only from Barcelona, but has a muesum in the city. Susanne and I grew up in Wichita, Kansas and spent our formative years hanging around the campus of Wichita State University, where our Dad worked at the time. Wichita State has one of the largest outdoor sculpture gardens in the United States on its campus. It was recently "named one of the Top Ten campus art collections in the United States by Public Art Review magazine, spring 2006". One of the more famous pieces of art on the campus is a mosaic by Joan Miro! There is also a Miro sculpture on campus as well.

We were both excited to not only be able to experience the city of Barcelona, but also to visit the Miro museum. The museum certainly did not disappoint!

Check out these fun pictures taken at the Miro museum in Barcelona. Click on the picture to be taken to the Picassa Web album.

Barcelona Miro