On one of our marathon eating days in Barcelona during the early evening, we ended up at to have early dinner (or second lunch). Guidebooks say they have excellent pulpo or octopus. The sign said it was a “Pulperia” which I always assumed meant something like “Octopus Eating City”, but according to research can also [...]
Entries Tagged as '2010 Barcelona'
XXXocolat
April 27th, 2010 · No Comments · 2010 Barcelona, Food and drink, travel
More Barcelona stuff in no particular order. On the last full day in Barcelona we decided to make a chocolate excursion. We had already seen the Museum of Chocolate but didn’t go further than the gift shop and peeking into the windows there to catch free glimpses of chocolate houses, statues and other things (but [...]
Tags: barcelona·Food and drink·travel·wonka
Absinthe
April 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments · 2010 Barcelona, travel
I’ve always been intrigued by absinthe. Not sure when I first heard of it but I think I saw it in some old movie and was fascinated by the whole ritual of drinking it and the fact that it drove people bat shit crazy. It was just probably due to the fact that it was [...]
Mario Batali is Banned from BCN
March 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · 2010 Barcelona, travel
Posting stuff out of order now. But non-linear stories are cool like Pulp Fiction and James Brown interviews. On that flat escalator people mover thing at the airport, there was this helpful sign: From Top to bottom: No Crocs (should be a rule everywhere) No Segways (! You can’t even bring a regular size tube [...]
Tags: barcelona·funny signs·mario batali
All of my pictures (in tiny form)
March 21st, 2010 · No Comments · 2010 Barcelona, travel
Before the warm fuzzy feeling of the trip wears off and I eventually fall behind in posting, here are ALL of MY pics (I wlll have to get pics from my fellow travellers to fill in some gaps later). Clicky to embiggen.