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Jeff, Sophie, and Max arrive; we meet them in an organic grocery store for a quick dinner.
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The next day, we meet up for another trip to the Boqueria, where else?
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The Boqueria, Sophie and Max
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Technically, Bryan was on this trip to attend a conference.
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Plaza España, site of Bryan's conference
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Max was happy to receive his direct-from-America puffy O snacks.
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Sophie and Max
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Jeff and Bryan
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We became very attuned to the location of playgrounds.
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Another component of our hotel room view: the roof of a school where the children participated in the Spanish equivalent of PE.
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afternoon snack
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We made good use of Barcelona's excellent metro system.
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Leslie and Max enjoy some gin cocktails before dinner.
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Sophie keeps the little one entertained.
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Max sidles up to his first (presumably) bar.
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Jeff and Sophie help Max enjoy one of his favorite activities: sliding.
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Jeff, Sophie, and Max (indirectly) enjoy a fabulous tapas spread at the restaurant formerly known as Inopia (now Lolita).
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A burrata dish that is the only one Leslie has the presence of mind to photograph.
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seafood counter
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another one
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interesting fish
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hanging game
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Sophie, Max and Jeff, ready for lunch
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pulpo gallego y beberechos
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His hands full, Jeff accepts an assist on enjoying a slice of octopus. This may also be photographic evidence of cold-germ transferral.
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J/S/M retire for Max's nap, and Bryan and Leslie press on to a Barcelona history museum that features supercool subterranean Roman ruins. Such glamorous facilities as laundromats, fish sauce (garum) factories, and wineries are featured.
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The hollow vats here are amphoras that stored wine while aging.
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Leslie next to some old stuff
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A Visgoth church was built on top of the older Roman commerical buildings, so a few steps up netted slightly different ruins.