Yesterday was another gorgeous spring day in Barcelona, so I decided to put on my very U.S.-looking running shoes (sea foam green and orange) and head out to see some sights. So, I packed my lunch with some llonganissa slices (excellent cured meat - hard salami like), manchego and an apple that I purchased from …
Continue reading Being a tourist or being “local”? Hard to tell
The last few days I have been trying to figure out different neighborhoods in Barcelona. They're not neighborhoods like I'm used to in San Fran, that are usually known for something. Some are, like around the hospital clinic metro stop, there's a medical school and hospital, and around the universitat metro, there's a university. But, …
Continue reading A trip to Sant Celoni yesterday and to my Spanish “disneyland” today
Where to begin? Well, it seems that I have adopted a very Barelona life-style already.... eating dinner at 9:00 p.m., having an after dinner drink at midnight, clubbing from 2-4:30 a.m. Okay the clubbing was only 1 night. It was extremely fun, as we VIP'd it with some of Carnet's colleagues, which meant the best …
Yesterday I said I would start with tapas from last night, so I will. We went to this cute tapas place in an ally that we randomly walked down. It was called El Bixto. No more than 20 seats total, including the ones that weren't really seats but a piece of plywood covered with material …
It has been a whirlwind 4 days. United lost Mark's luggage and Mr. Angry was a little worried (as I would be if they had lost mine). My husband followed the day after we arrived and we wandered aimlessly around La Rambla the first 2 nights, eating at random tapas bars. Night 1, Mark and …
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