Friday was my parents' last day in Spain. We were back in Barcelona and toured the Palau de la Musica Catalana late morning. What a spectacular building! Although Gaudi is by far the most famous architect in Barcelona, the Palau's architect, Muntaner, is a pretty impressive modernista architect himself. We had to restrict our photo-taking to the outside once again. However, that proved to be challenging since the Music Palace is on a narrow street and the tight angles do not allow for viewing the grandiosity of the building very well! I plan to come back to see a concert here...perhaps another Flamenco show.
After that tour, we tried to go to the City History Museum...but because of the holiday (Good Friday), it was closing early. Bummer. So we walked down to Barceloneta once again for some paella at Can Manel. We ended up getting something entirely different. It was called Arroz Negro (black rice with octopus sauce). It was delicious! A little messy, but it was quite good. Dad made a friend with a little girl who was about 1 1/2 years old. Dad taught her "peek-a-boo"...and she kept trying to play with him throughout our meals! Very cute.
We ended their visit with the best meal of the week at Con Gracia. This restaurant is in the Gracia neighborhood and was worth the wait for our 10:30 pm reservations. The menu is entirely a "tasting menu" and we opted for the "surprise tasting"...which meant that we had no idea what was coming next. We had tuna sashimi, hake, and the best lamp chops ever. One of the desserts was quite interesting. We had to start by eating a small bit of a Chinese flower that "stimulated" our tongue. Then we ate a celery granita with meringue. Once the Chinese flower started to activate, it was like "electricity" in our mouths! Quite good!
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| Palau de la Musica Catalana |
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| Enjoying some coffee in the Palau Cafe... |
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| Palau de la Musica Catalana |
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| Palau de la Musica Catalana |
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| Palau de la Musica Catalana |
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| Palau de la Musica Catalana |
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| Palau de la Musica Catalana |
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| Palau de la Musica Catalana |
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| Ticket Window |
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| Near the Palau de la Musica |
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| Lunch at Can Manel |
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| Cheers! |
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| Arroz Negro |
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| Dad's "goth"lips! |
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| So yummy! |
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| So messy, too! |
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| Trying to play "peek-a-boo" with Dad! |
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| She was just adorable... |
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| Placa d'Catalunya |
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| Placa d'Catalunya |
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| Placa d'Catalunya |
1 comment:
I just made it through the entire trip with your parents (vicariously of course). You saw some fabulous architecture and ate some delectable treats! So nice that you were able to share your adventure with them. they both looks so great!
I do have one question...what is the significance of the bear and the strawberry tree? I am unfamiliar with this...guess I could google it.
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