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Jamon and Tapas
... range of queso to keep the most discerning cheese-lover happy, I'm presented with a small plate of jamon Iberico to taste. This is the good stuff!
My very poor Catalan is good enough to explain that I don't speak Catalan, and the shopkeeper manages enough English to explain just why this stuff is so good, where the different cuts are from etc etc He also knows that I have absolutely ...
Sleep All Day, Party All Night
... Barcelona does not wake up until at least 12 in the afternoon. Literally around 11 am they just started cleaning the streets from the night before. Anyway, on the tour we saw one of the oldest restaurants, tons of churches, and were Christopher Columbus brought the first Americans in Europe. Sitting on the stairs that the first American's visted we learned that Barcelona turned down the Eiffel Tower. I bet they ...
Governmental mishap
Day 4: Barcelona/Sabadell
** Disclaimer: The first day in Barcelona, while talking to Wayne and Joel about Madrid, we were told that the "hobo universe", as Alex put it, in the Plaza de Sol in Madrid was actually not homeless people at all, they were actually educated young adults turned disgruntled protesters that were trying to make a statement to the government about the economic issues and current governmental policies. From what we were told, ...
My god, Barcelona
... just like my Grover, but with Monaco license plates). The beaches looked like they stretched on toward France – they weren’t the nicest looking beaches in the world, but better than what I was expecting for a big European city beach. They were pretty crowded, but the water did look oh so inviting. Weird about the naked guys just causally wandering around though – we saw that a few times in Barcelona.
We stopped for a very nice bottle of ...
Day 283 - 287 : Celebrating Catalonian Style
... mini-markts to re-stock our Sangria supplies, chatting with the crazy locals, and of course feasting on tapas all night long. Before the clock struck 12, we were out on the streets singing and dancing, watching the atmosphere build until it was time…to eat 12 grapes. A local tradition of disputed origin, for every chime of the clock at midnight you eat a whole grape in one swallow. Good luck for those who manage it, not ...