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In my August travel story I wrote about Barcelona’s open air museum Poble Espanyol. To continue with my Barcelona city exploration, in this story I am writing about another museum housed in a grand building which in itself is a work of art. It is the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya or National Art Museum of Catalonia. It is also known as the MNAC in short. The MNAC is one of the largest museums in Spain. It houses arts and artefacts mainly from Catalonia region and also from other parts of Spain. It is located on the Montjuic hill which is just a short walk fromRead More →

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While thinking about the which place to write my next travel story, I sat down one rainy afternoon and with a nice pot of tea gathered a few of my albums; yes I do have the wonderful travel memories printed and arranged in albums. It is quite relaxing to sit back and flip through a proper album and not scroll through a phone or laptop. As I started looking through them, I started recollecting the days of normal travel and how we all enjoyed travelling around the world freely. While we wait for such days to be back, we can also use the time nowRead More →

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In the spring of 2014, I visited Spain for the first time. I chose to fly to Barcelona for a weekend trip as I had has read a lot of this vibrant city, it’s culture and architecture and also it’s museums. On the day I reached, I had no fixed plan so I chose to take a public bus and go around the city and ended up near the National Museum of Art. As I was walking past it, I was drawn towards a beautiful gate and enquired about the place. I was told it is an open-air architectural museum. I bought a ticket andRead More →