Today was a big day. We had to pack up and leave the hostel and meet my parents at their hotel. Luckily, everything worked out great, and we walked to the hotel just after they arrived. Perfect timing. On the way out of the hostel, I told them that we would be back for a tour with the parents.
We went right up to their room, reorganized, and headed out for a walk to La Rambla. We saw it yesterday, so a tour was in order by us.
It was hot by this time of day for sure. Once again, we came across Casa Batllo.
On the way to La Rambla, we took my parents for a tour of the Sant Jordi Hostel. Since they had never been in a hostel, they were pretty impressed. We saw lots of travelers inside. The top level pool was active and people were making food in the kitchen. I even found a bedroom that was open to show them the bunk bed situation. Each has it's own light and power plug! Then we headed towards La Rambla.
La Rambla at this time was densely packed with tourists. We only made it a little way before an ice cream break was needed. There was a cool place we found with a seating area in the basement to let us rest up. Nice! My mom and dad were also interested in seeing the Marcat de la Boqueria. I took them right to the sheep's heads. Yeah!
Whew! We made it to the end with the Columbus monument at the water. The metro stop was right there to take us back to the the hotel.
A nap was in order at the hotel. It was brief, but needed. My parents had been up for many hours and the plan was to head out in the evening for tapas. We would need to have our game on.
We found a cool restaurant called Cerveseria Catalana to try. We ordered several plates off of the menu of the day. Since it was in Catalan, we were not entirely sure what we were ordering, but everything was great. We tried everything from baby squid to garlic prawns to tender beef. It was amazing eating! Tapas are not traditionally eaten as a full meal, but as tourists, we munched away!
Taters and egg omelette called a tostada de patata.
Baby squids!
Shrimps!!!!
Monk fish! This is one ugly fish, but on the table it was presented nicely and tasted great.
Risotto.
A pile of mushrooms of many types with black pig slices.
Sirloin mounts.
The menu that Katherine deciphered on the internet with help from the hotspot we were using.
Catalonian creme brûlée. Yummy!
Coming back we ran across.... Yes, another demonstration and rally. At the end was the riot police. This makes 3 on our travels.
Back on the 8th floor, we chilled out to end the night with a view of the Sagrada Familia. We will check out that cathedral in the works tomorrow. Good night!
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