Barcelona
Today was a beautiful day in Barcelona (KWS rating: 2.5). Other friends of Steve's sister (Shaiy) picked us up after class and took us for lunch, followed by some touring. Lunch was at Moncho's, a very nice restaurant in the Olympic district (created when Barcelona hosted the Summer Games in 1992). We had a very nice meal starting with calamares a la romana, salmonetes - a type of small pinkish fish which were very good, and alcarchofas - artichokes which were sauteeed until crispy - yum! As our main course we had paella con mariscos, our first paella in Spain. The meal did satisfy one of Susan's only wishes for Barcelona - to eat seafood by the sea. (This was her first proper look at the Mediterranean.)
We then spent the afternoon with Pepe and Christa (Shaiy's friends) as our guides - first to Montjuïc, which has wonderful vistas of the entire city of Barcelona. It was quite interesting in contrast to our visit to Tibidabo on Sunday (see earlier report), which overlooks the city from a different direction.
Then, they took us to Poble Espanyol, which is fascinating place showing the archictecture from all over Spain in a single setting. Reproductions (small) of real buildings from across the country are arranged as a small city - it was quite educational (at least, for us).
We then spent the afternoon with Pepe and Christa (Shaiy's friends) as our guides - first to Montjuïc, which has wonderful vistas of the entire city of Barcelona. It was quite interesting in contrast to our visit to Tibidabo on Sunday (see earlier report), which overlooks the city from a different direction.
Then, they took us to Poble Espanyol, which is fascinating place showing the archictecture from all over Spain in a single setting. Reproductions (small) of real buildings from across the country are arranged as a small city - it was quite educational (at least, for us).
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