Showing posts with label Barcelona. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barcelona. Show all posts

Friday, October 7, 2011

Spanish Food Coma

One can't go to Spain, and particularly the southern coast, and not try as many tapas as possible. It is simply and explosion of tastes in every dish. And when you go to the right ones, the ingredients are meticulously selected, and the menu incredibly varied over the food spectrum. Luckily, a funny Spanish guy working at the hostel, and food nut himself (he's Spanish...could be in his blood :) ), took us to one of his favorite local tapas restaurant for a proper deliciousness to price ratio, tucked nicely away from the more touristy tapas places.

While I couldn't try EVERYTHING as I would have preferred, my favorites remain the classic patatas bravas, Gambas (big ass shrimp!), and squid in whatever amazing sauce they serve it in. But, the type and variety of tapas in Spain is simply too narrow and restricting to reduce it to such a small list. Guess I gotta go back and try more!



These are probably the tastiest potatoes I have ever had my entire life. The sauce is a dream. I think I had to take oxygen breaks eating this:




Thursday, October 6, 2011

Gaudi

Well, I'm not exactly and architectural guru, but I guess Barcelona's Gaudi was pretty innovative even for today's standards:





Friday, September 23, 2011

Barcelona Beaches

I went to the beach in Barcelona with three Australians from the hostel. These two pictures pretty much sum up the hilarity of the beaches there. This is a place where you can get a mojito from a guy making it out of his backpack, beer from random guys selling it, and a 20 minute Thai leg massage for 5 euros (the latter which I capitalized on after a long day of walking around!)

Guy standing for at least 20 minutes in full suit and briefcase on cell phone before changing into his speedo:

Old guy air drying his trunks and looking like a statue for at least 30 minutes: