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My favorites, Picasso and Catalunya
Post by Ella Grubb is doing separate posts on the Museum Picasso and the Catalunya museum Here are a few of my favorites.
Ambling for discordant art
Post by Ella We made a pact that we weren’t going to push it here in Barcelona. The city is rich in art and architecture, food and drink, and like any big city, full of contrasting cultures. We thought, just relax. Walk. Look. Smell. We’d booked advance tickets for the Picasso Museum today at 3:00…
Lunch at Soma, Barcelona
Post by Ella A small restaurant serving small dishes. All divine. Cured anchovies and bread with tomato Crunchy risotto biscuits with olives, aioli, kale and honey Sautéed mushrooms with chestnuts and topinambur cream Roasted eggplant with burrata, sun-dried tomato and almond pesto Croaker in coconut and dill jus
Barcelona first photos
Post by Ella Yesterday, after arrival and check in, we headed for the Gothic Quarter which abuts a bay on the Balearic Sea. We are staying in the neighborhood Eixample. Straight down our boulevard to La Rambla where we joined mobs headed towards Rambla de Mar. I was unrealistically hoping that the crowds had died…
The BlaBlaBus to Barcelona
Post by Ella Our journey started in the dark, frozen air. It was 1°C which is about 34°F. I’d made a deal with our talkative Tesla Uber driver, Dominique, to give us a ride to our bus stop. At 5:45am, we were trundling our luggage down cobblestone steps to the dirt path that followed the…
Gargoyles
Post by Ella Carcassonne has the Bastid (old city) and the Cité, the medieval village). We are staying within the ramparts of the Cité but it is an easy walk down off the hill and across an old bridge into the bastid. We spied the Cathedral Saint Michel from the ramparts of the Cité. And…
Taking a poll
Post by Ella Grubb says “hey look, another carousel” “You’re kidding, right?” No, he wasn’t. I say NO. What do you say? And how about this? Reindeer going on a track, like a train? Grubb says yes, I say no.
Another cosy French meal
Post by Ella Dinner last night (Thursday) was cassoulet. It’s a big thing here in Carcassonne. Every restaurant menu has at least one cassoulet on its menu. I might have mentioned before, a cassoulet is a rich, slow cooked stew. A medley of meats (sausage, mutton, pork and goose are the classic combo) and haricot…
Avignon to Carcassonne with a stop in Nimes
Post by Ella We are now in the old city of Carcassonne , staying in a house within the ramparts. I am working on a glass of red from Carsac. A gift from our host. So I’m relaxed…now. But earlier…. Driving from Avignon to NImes, well, first of all, we had a few misfires getting out…