A Taste of Travel: Ice Ice Baby...

Last night we explored La Rambla and Placa de Cataluyna at night! There were so many tourists street performers, and people selling things! Scott suckered Jara into getting him a light-up flying object. That entertained Scott for longer than it should have. He almost injured about five kids with his cheap thrill.

Street Performers

Every day on our way to the beach, we pass a bocadillo shop that always has a LONG line at the take-away window. We figured that this place must be delicious if people are willing to wait, so today was our day to wait in line with the rest of the crowd. I'm SO glad we did! It was AMAZING. The best way to describe this bocadillo is that it is similar to Chiptole but better and in a bread roll. You pick your raw meat and then they grill it in front of you. I chose chicken. Then you pick your sauce. I got Tzatziki sauce. Finally, you pick from a wide variety of vegetables. I got them all except onions.

Then Jara wanted to soak up the sun for one more day on the beach, while Scott and I opted out. We decided to rent bikes and ride down the beach instead. We rode for about 2 hours down the whole beach and Port Vell. It was beautiful.

While on our bike ride, we ran into Tony Hawk and friends. They made a stop in Barcelona for the European Skate Tour. Monster Energy Drink was handing out free Monsters, so Scott was thrilled! Also, the popular beer here, San Miguel, was sampling their new flavors, apple and lemon beer. I hate beer, so I wasn't interested. But Scott tried it, and told me it didn't taste a thing like beer. So I tried the apple beer, and I loved it. Why? Because it didn't taste a thing like beer, but like carbonated apple juice!

Today was also a museum day! Our first of Barcelona! Scott and I traveled to the famous Pablo Picasso Museum. The museum entrance was in an alley and the museum was a Spanish style architecture (go figure). Scott proceeded to read every last informational wall blurb, and then repeat them back to me. I didn't realize that Picasso did so much normal (non cubist) work when he was younger. But overall, Scott and I weren't too impressed with Picasso's work. But maybe that is because we can't understand his genius.

Picasso Museum

For dinner tonight, we went back to the place where I discovered the greatness that is paella and sangria. We couldn't pass up their bargains or great tasting food. I got another sangria and paella. Then to top it off...ice cream (toffee and coconut with chocolate chunks) from the place that I have been eyeing all week!

Our dinner hangout

Tonight was our ice bar experience! We went to the only ice bar in the world on the beach! It was -5 degrees Celsius in there! The room was small but so cool! Everything was made from ice...the walls, chairs, glasses, tables, decor, and bar. They had ice sculptures galore! Even one of the Sagrada Familia! It was definitely an unique experience! Our cover got us into the ice bar and also a very cold cocktail. We had to put on gloves and a huge jacket before entering. I didn't have any closed toed shoes, so I had to go in with sandals. Brrrr! My camera's battery died inside the ice bar :( But luckily, Jara has more pictures. Scott tried to get his tongue stuck to something, but he didn't have any luck.