We were out the door by 10 am after a not so great breakfast at our hotel (going to be a long one with a breakfast of bread and butter every morning.) Not making it far without a good coffee we stopped at the Starbucks on the corner. Did I mention their "talls" are gigantic here? Serious, I'm calling bigger than a Canadian grande!
Anyways, first thing we were off to the Museo de Xocolate. That's right... the museum of CHOCOLATE! I figured why fight the theme of this vaca! It was an interesting and small museum which explained how chocolate was made and displayed some intricate sculptures made of chocolate. I think the most interesting thing was learning that Barcelona was the entry place for chocolate into Europe. Also the museum ticket was wrapped around a really good chocolate bar!
From the chocolate museum we headed to the cathedral where every Sunday they have
traditional Sardana dances. Usually people can participate but there was a competition going on (probably to coincide with the festival, which we discovered was the festival that celebrates the Patron Saint of Barcelona.) I hate to talk badly about other traditional dancing but after two songs we realized that it is really just people lightly and slowly bobbing up and down while holding hands in a circle. It was like watching those Survivor competitions where people stand on a pole... only they edit that for TV. So we self-edited and headed out.
We made our way to the Museu d'Art Contemporari de Barcelona (MACBA) which in the books claim to house art by a few artists we like i.e. Basquait , Calder, etc. Yeah, no such luck on that one... either they didn't have it or we couldn't find it (not sure... there were no maps provided.) The installations they had were interesting but nothing show stopping... I particularly liked this inset table with attached inset chairs.
This day continues and yes, there are fireworks at the end but a whole day of walking has left me ridiculously exhausted... As Anna says I'm not being graded on or paid for this so it can wait until tomorrow...
1 comment:
Oh my gosh I can't wait to hear the end of the story! I guess I will have to wait until tomorrow!
Love, Mom
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