Thursday, November 26, 2009

Exploring Barcelona

Poor Randy. His knee is really bothering him. Still, he insists on walking, walking, walking all over Barcelona. With several rest stops, we had an enjoyable day, although I'll admit it didn't start for me until nearly noon. I slept. All this walking tires me, even if he's brave in the face of pain.

We started with the Museu D'Historia De Barcelona. It's one of the loveliest history musems I've ever seen, built in and around ancient Roman ruins and early historical buildings. Fascinating and beautiful.

After which we had a tapas (tostas, actually, to be precise) lunch at Evinia. I took photos of the tapas there yesterday, they're so attractive, so I was delighted to be able to lunch there today.

After that we walked. And walked. And walked. Stumbled on a huge shop selling made-in-Spain (and Portugal) dishes where we purchased 6 little tapas plates. Our souveneir of the trip. (Later note: that would be Art Escudellers at www.escudellers-art.com.) And then we walked. And walked. Explored 2 large fresh fruit/vegetable/meat/cheese/seafood markets. And walked. And walked. And stopped for coffee. And walked. And walked. And went back to our room for a rest because it was still too early to eat dinner.

Dinner was a Catalonian Alice Waters locavore delight. The restaurant is called "Origens." Check them out at www.lallavordelsorigens.com. They specialize in local seasonal ingredients and regional cuisine. Their menu is an entire magazine describing and educating the customer in all manner of food and related topics, including marvelous fractured-English descriptions of their offerings. The young wait staff is lots of fun. The food is good, if not great, and the entire experience was perhaps the best we've had here, especially since it tied right into my own explorations of locavore food and cooking. We may well eat dinner there tomorrow night, too.

So, Happy Thanksgiving to you all! And to all, a good night!

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