"Do Over" Day in Barcelona

Spending  a week in Barcelona is a gift on many levels. Aside from basking in seven days and nights of magic, we don't feel rushed to get around or to see everything, and we can revisit sights we love.

So today, we decided to "re-do" Wednesday's beach and biking day, with a quick jaunt into the Barri Gotic for churros and chocolate at another famous xocolateria. To make it a little more interesting, we took a trip on the funicular up to Montjuic first, then cabbed it to the beach.

On the funicular (cable car) at Montjuic

Can you tell which of us doesn't like heights?

Marlowe loved the great views of Barcelona

At Bogatell Beach

At this place, the churros were better than the first churreria,
but the chocolate wasn't as thick and pudding-ish

A real horchata (made from the chufa nut, not rice),
which tastes like a sweet almond milk

Food Porn, Barcelona Edition

As you may know, I tend to eat very clean, organic, mostly vegetarian or vegan food at home in California. I love kale. I love green smoothies. I know my way around a Whole Foods. I'm the kind of girl who asks, "Do you have almond milk?" at a coffee joint, then proceeds to inquire about whether it's organic, unsweetened, local, grown on a happy farm, etc. 

You know my type, don't you?

Anyway, Barcelona challenges all of my food limitations. Rather than wax poetic about the fiesta of food we've been consuming, I'll show you a photojournal of my gastronomic journey. 

chocolate and churros

postres

zumos naturales - fresh juices

a store dedicated to iberica ham... not vegan...

toasty bread rubbed with tomatoes

fried brie on an arugula salad with balsamic vinegar

tapas