So after a great third day, our fourth day in Barcelona was spent just chilling in the room and checking out a few restaurants, because my brother was feverish and he didn’t want to go anywhere. Me and Nam, didn’t want to stay in the room whole day, so we decided to go to Zara, which is quite close to where we were staying…
On the way picked up an empanada from one of the kiosks on Las Ramblas
Stopped at a quaint place for coffee…
And took a window selfie…
Barrel tables…
Around lunch time we reached Casalolea, a restaurant Marc (@igmam71), recommended, Vinod met us here.
These were the specials, and that first one, pasta risotto with black truffle was so amazing…
we ordered it twice.
Something my brother had… looks like white wine.
Cold cuts and cheese…
The first time I was tasting Sangria…
And absolutely loved it…
Casalolea decor…
Lolea…
A lot of sides… octopus, fish and some other things. I’m not big on seafood, but my brother loves them…
These potatoes (patatas bravas) were pretty awesome…
The typical Catalan dessert, Mel i matò’ with honey and fruits… loved every molecule of this. As desserts go, this is pretty healthy and there’s a palpitating freshness in every bite.
After lunch we just strolled along the quaint lanes of Barcelona…
Pretty balconies…
More beautiful lanes…
A pretty entrance…
We walked to Born, saw the Arch of Barcelona…
Walked these pretty streets
With pretty locations…
Amazing architecture everywhere…
Walked into this coffee shop, just because it was so eclectic…
I forgot the name of this coffee shop…
More lanes…
With cozy courtyards…
And a church here and there…
School/College kids doing their work…
Walked towards the port and there was a flea market…
compasses…
pretty collection…
Brass stuff…
vintage wall decor…
victorian stuff…
Walked back home, towards our apartment and went to our favourite place for snacks.
The fairytale-ish, El Bosc de les Fades
Coffee…
Some croquettes and an empanda…
And I of course, ordered the cake… which was really good.
Then we went back to the room, there was some demonstration on the way…
The beautiful book shop…
It was our last night in Barcelona and my brother had a fever, and we could have called it a night after walking around so much during the day… but the energy of Barcelona is pretty infectious and we ventured out again pretty late to just roam around the little streets and get lost in the maze of the Gothic quarter.
And we stumbled upon can culleretes for dinner… I ordered some cannolini, and they were rather amazing.
One of the siblings had this…
The other had this seafood platter….
Can Culleretes is one of the oldest restaurants in Barcelona…
And the photographs prove it…
Had some dessert…
I think this is the Mel i matò’…
The floor pattern in the oldest establishment in Barcelona…
Reached the apartment, packed and went to sleep. We had to be up by 3am, and catch a cab by 4am to reach the airport.
And at 4 am this was the scene on Las Ramblas, still buzzing with people and police. The people, who were mostly in their twenties, were just sitting around drinking and swaying drunkenly; partying all through the night. It was pretty amazing to find the place still active when we were leaving, felt like Barcelona was subtly telling us to live it up too… wherever we find ourselves. Unbelievable… these four days in Barcelona was just that, beauty, energy, love and good food everywhere.