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Thursday's Quiz: What is the Name of this City?

Jayden Blog Last Activity 8 years ago 618 views 11 comments


Good morning from Vietnam. Just dropping by to ask some details and important history about the city in this picture. I'm sure that you can all name more things of it than I ever learned to know but I'm still asking. That's called Quiz on GBT! Happy Thursday to all members and good luck! Cheers:)))

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Jayden
8 years ago

Yes, it's Barcelona and Jericho is living in the middle of this picture, the house has orange-red rooftop. Easy to find. Sam is the winner this time, should be newcastelad22 but he has disappeared...? Soon a new Quiz is waiting, thanks and cheers boys!

RobbietheRobot
8 years ago

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Bento_de_luxe.jpg/330px-Bento_de_luxe.jpg ~~ Bento (弁当 bentō?)[1] is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento holds rice, fish or meat, with pickled or cooked vegetables, usually in a box-shaped container. Containers range from disposable mass produced to hand crafted lacquerware. Bentos are readily available in many places throughout Japan, including convenience stores, bento shops (弁当屋 bentō-ya?), railway stations, and department stores. However, Japanese homemakers often spend time and energy on a carefully prepared lunch box for their spouse, child, or themselves.

Bentos can be elaborately arranged in a style called "kyaraben" ("character bento"). Kyaraben are typically decorated to look like popular characters from Japanese cartoons (anime), comic books (manga), or video games. Another popular bento style is "oekakiben" or "picture bento". This is decorated to look like people, animals, buildings and monuments, or items such as flowers and plants. Contests are often held where bento arrangers compete for the most aesthetically pleasing arrangements.

There are similar forms of boxed lunches in Asian countries including the Philippines (Baon), Korea (Dosirak), Taiwan (Biandang), and India (Tiffin). Also, Hawaiian culture has adopted localized versions of bento featuring local tastes after over a century of Japanese influence in the islands.

Jayden
8 years ago

I think 1 very big star of GBT is living in that city... not sure but check this video out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omrp4QR_Rpo . I'm sure I saw him around the pool somewhere.
Sorry Jericho dear of my peeping Tom habbits sometimes, but they come alive especially a Barcelona. Gracias y Abrazoooooos:)

8 years ago

A great place to visit

8 years ago

sorry for the grammatical errors in the text...

8 years ago

Barcelona is Spain's second city in terms of population and activities, the eleventh most populous city in the European Union and the sixth including its suburbs: More than 5 million people live in the Barcelona metropolitan area. The majority of adjacent municipalities are also gathered in the Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona. Population 1,604,555 inhabitants. (2015). Barcelona is one of the oldest cities of Spain. According to mythology, it was Hercules who had founded. More seriously, it is unclear if Barcelona was inhabited before the Roman period, but it is assumed that a camp was established around 230 BC. BC by the Carthaginian Hamilcar Barca (Hannibal's famous dad) on the hill of Montjuïc. It was him who gave its name to the Romans founded town.The anyway a city around Mount Taber in the first century BC. AD: the remains of the wall and columns in the current Barri Gotic, show that this colony, which was called Barcino, was quite important. The city was prosperous, drawing its income from fishing and agricultural production. About the picture above ... It's L'Eixample ..L'Eixample is a district of Barcelona linking the Old town and the district of Gracia. Due to its size, it is the rule and the old quarters the exception ....
modern neighborhood built from 1859 it is a trendsetter urban experience to discover along the modernist works therein: Sagrada Familia and Casa Batllo in particular. Construction of this area will continue until the early twentieth century. Employees architectures will be a true reflection of the time modes, including one-time presence, but significant modernism (modernism), Catalan branch of Art Nouveau. Antoni Gaudí will realize a large part of his works, including the Sagrada Familia, Casa Mila and Casa Batllo. Losts to say about this historical city but would need all week..

8 years ago

Barcelona, spain.

RobbietheRobot
8 years ago

Looks yummy ;))

swiftjohn
8 years ago

A place I would not want to live.

8 years ago

Looks more like Orangeville.