The Travels of Eric and Lorna

 The jamon store we visited. The different types of jamon available. Seriously, ham is an art form in Spain. It's importance to the culinary history of the country can scarcely be overstated. The Market we visited. This man may look like a worker, but let me assure you he is an artist, and his medium is cheese. If you are in Barcelona, just look it up and go. Amazing. The yellow ribbons were everywhere, and represent the desire to free the political prisoners arrested when the Spanish central government crushed the elections recently. This place was my favorite establishment I went to while in Barcelona and I am very sad I did not go back before I left for home. Seriously google it and go if you are there. The most old school bodega in the area. To go there is to see how life has been lived in the neighborhood for the last couple hundred years. Always on the lookout for great street art. Love this one a lot.

We flew to Barcelona from DFW on Monday April 15, arriving Tuesday morning at 9 right on time. We stayed at the excellent Aparthotel Silver in the Gracia neighborhood north of Barcelona. This area was a separate town from Barcelona until the Exiample was built in the nineteenth century. Our Hotel Down Carrer de Breton de los Herreros towards the Fontana Metro stop.  It's funny, really. Whenever we left the hotel we went this way. The market, subway stop, pizza place, and bakery were all this way within one minute of walking. We were always generally headed towards the subway or towards this street to walk down it. We both kept saying "We need to go down this other street," but we never did. One of the first things we did was to take a Gracia neighborhood food and market tour, which started in this square, which is considered the main square of the Gracia neighborhood. Here's a video of the square  The tour was run by Devour Barcelona, and was

Just got back from a trip to wonderful Barcelona. Pictures and stories coming soon.