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sea snails! - IMG_0105
chocolate with salt and olive oil - IMG_0106
On our way to a flamenco show, we stumble into a bar that actually serves decent beer. - IMG_0115
The English versions of menus in Spain are a lot like Chinese menus in the US. Crunchy balls yogurts and honey, anyone? Actually sounds pretty good. - IMG_0116
Leslie was a big fan of the decorating scheme in Cata 1.81, particularly the thumb tacks in a black wall featured here behind Bryan. - IMG_0118
Restaurants typically open for dinner at 8:30, by which point we're ravenous, so we had a lot of places to ourselves. - IMG_0119
wine bottle in a cage. so sad. - IMG_0122
This independent ham contractor shaved us our first really excellent jamon iberico. - IMG_0126
So many croquettes, we ate. - IMG_0136
landscape out the window - IMG_0137
Leslie uses the downtime to research and plan our next moves. - IMG_0139
Out the window, it starts to get mountainous. - IMG_0142
some Pyrenees action - IMG_0146
Bryan and his favorite street-sweeper - IMG_0147
We retreat to a well-reviewed restaurant underground for an excellent dinner. - IMG_0148
Wine and sparkling water, beverages of choice. - IMG_0149
We ordered the tasting menu. - IMG_0150
Bryan and a stuffed tomato - IMG_0151
Leslie and a thumb - IMG_0152
roasted lamb - IMG_0153
Dessert number one was something like french toast with ice cream. - IMG_0154
dessert number 2 - IMG_0156
view of the street from our little balcony vent - IMG_0160
Our meal consisted of toast spread with various pates and a blue goat cheese blended with some of the sidra that was astringent and delicious. - IMG_2305
Monday morning, our first non-zombified day in Spain! We rounded the corner from our hotel (AC Diplomatic) to a nice little restaurant (Tapas Tapas--a chain, but who cares) where we ended up eating breakfast every day while in Barcelona. - IMG_2306
How could we go elsewhere? Their cafe con leche and half-flauta with tortilla is perhaps the best breakfast in the world. 2.25 euros. - IMG_2307
All the eggs in Spain had these amazing orange yolks. I don't understand: we buy the most expensive, hippiest eggs out there in the US and don't get yolks like this. - IMG_2308
Bryan didn't need to show for his conference until Tuesday, so we got to bob around the city a bit. Here's Leslie in front of...probably part of the cathedral. - IMG_2309
our first of many arm-out shots - IMG_2310
the cathedral