La Sagrada Familia is probably one of my favorite piece of architecture ever.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Bits of Barcelona...pt. 3
La Sagrada Familia is probably one of my favorite piece of architecture ever.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Bits of Barcelona...pt. 2
The food in Barcelona was delicious and I spent 70% of my time tasting everything i could, so i believe it deserves it's own post.
My main mission was to eat paella, I had never had it and I've always wanted to try. The second day I was there we took a bus down to the beach and ate lunch near the shore and we ordered a big pan for 6 people. The seafood was soo fresh and washing it down with sangria was the perfect combination for a spring time lunch at the beach
It was also the first time I ate a crawfish and although it took a little more than effort, it was worth the saffron stained fingers. I'm in the process of looking for a good paella recipe so I'm sure within a few months I'll blog about attempting to make my own paella.
In addition to the delicious paella, Barcelona has the very fresh and inexpensive produce and since we stayed in an apartment I was able to make guacamole for everyone a few nights. We couldn't find tortilla chips so we ended up eating guacamole with anything else we could find. The bread in Barcelona was such an upgrade from the bread in Italy and so we improvised and used bread instead of chips. on our last day we had to use up the rest of our food and made breakfast...seriously, guac makes any meal better...especially breakfast
Across the street from our apartment was a little hotdog place named "The Dog is Hot". I am not a big fan of hot dogs, the last time i had one was probably 4 years ago and that was only because I was at Pink's in LA. This place, however, was great! I tried the PinaDog and the SampaDog. The PinaDog consisted of pineapple salsa, fried onions, peppers,cheese and tiny french fries. The SampaDog was peppers, corn, fried onions, mashed potatoes(which is genius), cheese and tiny french fries. 2 heart attacks on a bun...
My main mission was to eat paella, I had never had it and I've always wanted to try. The second day I was there we took a bus down to the beach and ate lunch near the shore and we ordered a big pan for 6 people. The seafood was soo fresh and washing it down with sangria was the perfect combination for a spring time lunch at the beach
It was also the first time I ate a crawfish and although it took a little more than effort, it was worth the saffron stained fingers. I'm in the process of looking for a good paella recipe so I'm sure within a few months I'll blog about attempting to make my own paella.
In addition to the delicious paella, Barcelona has the very fresh and inexpensive produce and since we stayed in an apartment I was able to make guacamole for everyone a few nights. We couldn't find tortilla chips so we ended up eating guacamole with anything else we could find. The bread in Barcelona was such an upgrade from the bread in Italy and so we improvised and used bread instead of chips. on our last day we had to use up the rest of our food and made breakfast...seriously, guac makes any meal better...especially breakfast Across the street from our apartment was a little hotdog place named "The Dog is Hot". I am not a big fan of hot dogs, the last time i had one was probably 4 years ago and that was only because I was at Pink's in LA. This place, however, was great! I tried the PinaDog and the SampaDog. The PinaDog consisted of pineapple salsa, fried onions, peppers,cheese and tiny french fries. The SampaDog was peppers, corn, fried onions, mashed potatoes(which is genius), cheese and tiny french fries. 2 heart attacks on a bun...
Monday, April 5, 2010
Bits of Barcelona...pt. 1
After a looong and labor intensive month and a half in Milano I went to Barcelona for spring break, we spent most of the first day roaming around the city...
We decided that the best way to spend 5 days in Barcelona was by renting a small apartment where we could cook our own meals and fit 4-8 people...these are the stairs up to our apartment...there was no elevator
the address said that it was on the third floor and in European buildings that means the 4th floor but we were actually on the 5th floor...avoiding loose tiles while carrying a full suitcase was definitely a workout
First Starbucks in MONTHS! The Italian coffee culture, although very rich, refuses to incorporate "coffee-to-go" which is one of my favorite parts of the American coffee-culture. As professor Dipak Pant put it: "Americans like BIG soup coffee", so being able to have a 20 oz. latte to last an hour as opposed to a shot-sized macchiato to be finished in 5 minutes was nothing less than nostalgic.
Barcelona had some of the best graffiti i've ever seen this was across the street from a nearby grocery store. This one, in particular, felt very Tim Burton to me and I had to snap a a picture...
We decided that the best way to spend 5 days in Barcelona was by renting a small apartment where we could cook our own meals and fit 4-8 people...these are the stairs up to our apartment...there was no elevator the address said that it was on the third floor and in European buildings that means the 4th floor but we were actually on the 5th floor...avoiding loose tiles while carrying a full suitcase was definitely a workout
First Starbucks in MONTHS! The Italian coffee culture, although very rich, refuses to incorporate "coffee-to-go" which is one of my favorite parts of the American coffee-culture. As professor Dipak Pant put it: "Americans like BIG soup coffee", so being able to have a 20 oz. latte to last an hour as opposed to a shot-sized macchiato to be finished in 5 minutes was nothing less than nostalgic.Barcelona had some of the best graffiti i've ever seen this was across the street from a nearby grocery store. This one, in particular, felt very Tim Burton to me and I had to snap a a picture...
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