Barcelona

Here are some pictures from my trip to Barcelona this past weekend. It was a delight:

A new restaurant, Big Fish, where we had wine.
It was really nice inside, particularly the restrooms.

Inside Santa Maria del Mar, Saturday.

Ew. Desigual.

The Boqueria, the market we finally got to visit.
Unfortunately all of the lunch counters were packed.

Particularly good street performers on the way to the beach in Barceloneta.
Note the weather. Gorgeous.

Another street performer, this one even better:
a Euro-hippie making bubbles from this string/stick apparatus.

More bubbles!

This one almost popped on Kara.

The beach and...

a mysterious bouquet and open bottle of champagne left unaccompanied.

Kara reliving her childhood.

Walking out onto the jetty with a sign that specifically said no people, no fishing,
and no something else. All said activities were taking place on the jetty.

A parallel jetty.

Happy hour. A brandy alexander (cheers, Phillip!) and a fruity bloody mary?

A store we've been into before, but I think the mannequins are funny and cool.

Dad, this is the olive products store where I bought your Ebro River salt.

I really liked the letters in the window.

The light blue cash register at the Champagnette (?).

An a-mazing dinner at Sikkim courtesy of Edgar (the best).

At the Crepes del Born.

A pretty bag for a sandwich.

Not pictured: the toddler that screamed the entire six hours of my bus ride to Barcelona. Also not pictured, the woman who decided it wasn't entirely inappropriate to yell at the toddler's mother and father multiple times and tell them that they were a bad parents, etc.

Also, while walking up La Rambla one of the days (it was Carnival weekend and many children were dressed up) we passed a little girl in a stroller wearing a white turban, black dress, white apron, and black face. Good one, Spain.