Earlier this year I visited Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. Join me in reliving the trip, recapping the very best parts, and the things I'd do differently if I ever visit again. This is the final of four posts about Barcelona. First was Barcelona {Overview}, second was Barcelona {The Sights}, third was Barcelona {Via Gaudí}, and today I give you my favorite of them all, Barcelona {The Food}. I hope this will serve as your own little getaway to Barcelona and a useful guide if you'll soon be visiting there. I arrived in Barcelona ready to eat. Before visiting I'd read this article about the Traditional Foods to eat there. We'd booked a Tapas, Tavernas, and History tour for a for some formal exploration and I was curious to learn about jamón, Spain's famed and expensive meat, and discover what tapas really was. While you relive this culinary adventure with me, keep these three traditional foods in mind: crema Catalana, churros con chocolate, and tomatoes. Let's do this! The short list of Barcelona {The Food} contains:
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Earlier this year I visited Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. Join me in reliving the trip, recapping the very best parts, and the things I'd do differently if I ever visit again. We're now on the third of four posts about Barcelona. First was Barcelona {Overview}, second was Barcelona {The Sights}. Now we're seeing Barcelona {Via Gaudí} and next week we'll finish with Barcelona {The Food}. I hope this will serve as your own little getaway to Barcelona and a useful guide if you'll soon be visiting there. This post is all about Antoni Gaudí and his works around Barcelona. Typically they'd be included in {The Sights} but his work is so unique and there are so, so many photos that Gaudí deserved a post all of his own.
Antoni Gaudí is an amazing architect, a creative genius, and an all around interesting man. Before I visited Barcelona I'd only heard of his life's work, the Sagrada Familia, but never his name. Once there I fell in love with him and became determined to see as much of his work around the city as I could. Gaudí is like The Godfather of Barcelona, guiding you all around the city to the most colorful, creative, stunning places that he's created. The Gaudí spots we visited were:
Earlier this year I visited Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. Join me in reliving the trip, recapping the very best parts, and the things I'd do differently if I ever visit again. This post, Barcelona {The Sights}, is the second in a series of four. Get started with the Barcelona {Overview} and don't miss Barcelona {via Gaudi}, and finish your reading with Barcelona {The Food}. I hope this will serve as a mini getaway for you and a useful guide if you'll soon be visiting Barcelona. Barcelona had been a mysterious place to me. It was a destination where college kids who could afford to study abroad all gathered and never let anyone forget it! Was I bitter? Yes. Did I fall in love with quirky, historic, lovely Barcelona regardless? Also yes. The sights from our visit to Barcelona include:
Earlier this year I visited Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. Join me in reliving the trip, recapping the very best parts, and how I'd do things differently if I ever visit again. This Barcelona {Overview} is the first in a series of four posts. Related posts include Barcelona {The Sights}, Barcelona {via Gaudi}, and Barcelona {The Food}. I hope these posts will serve as a mini getaway for you and a useful guide if you'll soon be visiting Barcelona. Barcelona BasicsBarcelona is a huge city in Spain and a very popular tourist destination. While technically located in Spain, Barcelona is loyal to Catalonia. Catalonia was once separate from Spain and Barcelona was its capitol and largest city. While Catalonia and Barcelona are both folded into Spain now, you'll see signs of loyalty to Catalonia all over the city in the form of yellow ribbons. There are separate flags for Catalonia and Spain which often fly next to one another. I'm reminded most of Sicily where residents don't focus on being part of the larger Italian community.
That all being said, I was warned that Catalan is the primary language and that folks in Barcelona prefer to speak it over Spanish. Since I don't speak either, I was relieved that nearly everyone we encountered in Barcelona spoke or understood English to some extent. Barcelona is located on the water and has all of the charm of an old European city. It underwent a major makeover in advance of the 1992 Olympics which were held there. We learned that the sand and palm trees at the Barceloneta beach were all brought in from Egypt and other various locations around the world! I didn't know much about Barcelona before this trip except that it's got a famous and expensive cured ham called jamon iberico and that the masterpiece of the city is "the church of our generation" called Sagrada Familia that's been under construction for decades and is still not finished! It was thrilling and satisfying to explore and get to know a place that was never before on my radar. Come along with me to Barcelona! |
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