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5:00pm - back at the airbnb for a rest after a fun day trip to nearby Tarragona. We set off around 8 and got churros and chocolate from Xurreria San Roman and they were better than the ones from the other day - fresher. Caught the metro at Jaume I and went to Passeig de Gracia where I realized a stop on a line closer to us would have been more convenient - whoops!
Caught the 9:26 regional train to Tarragona that got us there just after 10:30. We found the ancient Roman amphitheatre built almost right on the water but it appeared to be closed for some special event. Instead, we went to the historical museum, which was less museum and more empty ancient ruins. After that, we started wandering around the cute little old town and into the cathedral, which hilariously had wifi. We were having trouble finding an open interesting-looking restaurant and on the church wifi I yelped called Espaivi. It was a couple minutes away and we had an awesone lunch on a cute little square of steak, incredible burrata, and the traditional bread with tomatoes, except they provided all the ingredients (bread, whole tomatoes, a clove of garlic, salt, and olive oil), and you make it yourself.
Meandered back down through the old town where I bought a little handmade mug and saucer set and made it back to the train station where we caught a 2:55pm train back to Barcelona, then the more convenient subway line back to the airbnb (which is good because it was drizzling) but not before a stop at Rocambolsec, a gelato shop owned by a famous pastry chef in Catalonia!
10:45pm: back at the airbnb after a multi-stop evening adventure. Before we went out for dinner there was some kind of police raid either in this building or in a nearby building. Wandered the ramblas and into the Raval neighborhood a bit.- that is apparently the “rough” and “colorful” part of town and we maybe were not at the right part, but it was not exciting. Made it to the bottom of the Ramblas and found Tasca Corral, a northern spanish tapas bar, where we had flaming chorizo and manchego cheese. We then wandered around looking for a little more food. A couple places were busy and we stumbled upon Rasoterra and thought, hey this looks different! We go in to find out it is a slow-food, all local, vegetarian restaurant. We had olives and homemade pasta with saffron and tomatoes, and artichokes stuffed with nuts, and they gave us little glasses of almond gazpacho as a little starter. Finally went to a craft beer place and I had a lambic sangria, which was also delicious, before making it back to the airbnb.
Tomorrow is the last day in Barcelona and lots of wandering, eating, and shopping is planned!
Today’s walking totals: 20,071 steps and 7.98 miles
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