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| Casa Mila |
40 degrees, blazing sun
We started the day with another great hotel breakfast. Today’s
plan was no tour or anything particularly organized. The one thing on my
Barcelona to-do list was to visit the Joan Miró museum. Because this was
our third time here we have seen the major sights. This takes a bit of the
sightseeing pressure off and
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| Miro museum |
we can take our time to see particular things we
are interested in…for me it was Joan Miró museum.
This place was a bit of a hike from the hotel…technically
only 3.5k, but it is at the top of a hill and in this heat, we said NO to the
walk. The hill is enough of a hill that it is accessed by funicular. We decided
to take the subway and then
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enormous
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the funicular. The funicular is a normal part of
the Barcelona transit system – the hill must be big. I always like taking
transit in a foreign city…makes me fell like I’ve accomplished something.
Anyone can call up a cab (now that they are working again) but figuring out how
to get there via transit…an accomplishment. Plus, on the way to the subway
station we passed one of Barcelona’s iconic buildings by Antioni Gaudí Casa Milà.
It is interesting that this building is just in the middle of the city
The museum was a nice break from the heat and wasn’t
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| museum sculptures |
particularly busy, so not busy that we were alone in some of the rooms. We
decided to splurge on the audio guide, which is always a good decision. When we
were done, we had a beer in the museum courtyard and were again on our way.
Back down the funicular and on to the subway.
We decided to get off the subway near the Sagrada Familia
church. We visited the inside this church on a previous visit, so didn’t need
to go inside. It was interesting just to wander around the outside.
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| another sculpture |
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| sculpture |
For dinner we found a local, typical Barcelona place where
we sat inside – this is rare for us. There really wasn’t anywhere outside and
really, outside, while interesting to see the world go by, is a bit exhausting…hot
and
smoky. We opted for tapas. The waitress recommended padron peppers, which
were very good. They are small green peppers that aren’t at all hot. We did a
bit of research before they arrived and read that they can be hot depending on
how they are cultivated, but the waitress said none were hot and she was right.
They seem
to be eaten a bit like edamame…
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| Sagrada Familia |
hot with salt and eaten with fingers.
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| dinner...see the peppers?? |
Tried some 'aperitivo' chips today, not sure what 'aperitivo' means for a flavour...salt and vinegar is what they taste like.
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