Barcelona
Excerpt from my project– and a glimpse of Barcelona at Night
On the street, their footfalls echoed quietly on the cobblestones, but as soon as they left their narrow side street the tranquility exploded into the light, colour and confusion of Barcelona at five minutes to midnight on a Saturday night. Cafe terraces were packed, with extra people hovering anxiously to dash for any table [...]
Cafes con leche in Barcelona
I moved to Spain, or Catalunya, originally for a month, armed with no Catalan and very little Spanish besides the extremely useful “un café con leche, por favor.” I stayed almost a year, and returned for another summer later, and in the course of that learned considerably more Spanish, and some Catalan. Nonetheless, [...]
On the Beach
It’s almost February, and the winter stretches ahead many unappetizing and uncompromising months. It’s sunny but cold. What better moment to stop and reflect on summer days on the beach in Barcelona?
The sand. The sand is so strange in Barcelona. It isn’t real, it’s imported from somewhere, and it’s so [...]
A bicycle-bound view of Barcelona
My poor clanking, clattering, perpetually missing-a-brake bicycle! Bought with handlebars so low you had to bend double to ride it off an Argentine couple who couldn’t believe my lack of Spanish, fixed by a friends flatmate, dragged home on the metro and up and unbelievable amount of stairs going through the Passeig de Gracia [...]
Chocolate con Churros
I knew chocolate con churros as a winter-day’s treat in Barcelona. After a day of shopping in the gothic quarter, or simply wandering the streets of all the old neighbourhoods to drink in the atmosphere, it is often necessary to warm yourself with a truly decadent treat. So it’s straight to the Xocolaterías, [...]
Cinc Sentits
A lovely restaurant in Barcelona, which has recently received its first Michelin star. The chef, Jordi Artal, is Catalan-Canadian and his menu is, for the most part, a reivention of Catalan classics, some virtually unrecognizable, but all delicious.
There were a few different menus, most offering a variety of small plates; the [...]
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