Doorway to Valhalla
Valhalla, Hall of the Slain, in Norse mythology is the hall presided over by Odin. This vast hall has five hundred and forty doors. The rafters are spears, the hall is roofed with shields and...
View ArticleFesta Major de Gracia 2011
This week, like every year, the highlight of the summer: the Festa Major de Gracia, or the big street festival in the hip Gracia area. 15 or 20 streets, decorated with mostly recycled stuff,...
View ArticleSkywatch Friday
Having a drink on top of the hotel next door… Nice. Skywatch Friday, here!
View ArticleUn tallat
The time has come back for having a coffee on a terrace in the sun. This is a tallat, or cortado in Spanish, I had last night, around 6. Yes the sun was still shining, 16 degrees. A catalan tallat is a...
View ArticleSpring?
We’re still not quite there yet. It was much warmer one year ago, but we’re getting there: it’s gonna get WARM soon! And these chairs and tables wont be empty anymore.
View ArticleSucs naturals
Heat wave. It is very hot, despite of a small breeze coming from the sea. So, let’s have a drink on the Rambla.
View ArticleLet the juices flow!
A short lesson on how to make something delicious out of sugar cane. Press the canes Drink! Our world on Tuesday.
View ArticlePati Manning
One of the many nice and quiet places in the city center where to have a drink or two. It is the Pati (patio) Manning, a former seminary built during the 18th century in baroque style, and named after...
View ArticleTheme day continued…A panorama, aka post 1400
Some more cafe tables, busy ones, on Plaza Real, our very own royal square. Post 1400!!!
View ArticlePride. Catalunya. Cheers.
You might recognize the bat… You can find it on every bottle of Bacardi rum. Well… It is a cuban-catalan drink, as the guy who invented it, Facundo Bacardí Massó, was a child from Sitges, 30 km south...
View ArticleEl bar rojo
A 5 years old Jpeg photo, from a non-DSLR, 3 MP camera. The so-called red bar, just behind the city hall. Nothing that a few tweakings can’t save from Jpeg hell, with the help of Saint Lightroom and...
View ArticleCafe at Gaudi’s
A nice place to a coffee, is the little bar at Casa Batllo, on Passeig de Gracia
View ArticleNice weather!
It might be winter, but the weather is often nice enough to have a warm drink in the sun.
View ArticleSoon…
…it will be xiringuito season, aka the best time of the year: SUMMERTIME, YEAH!!! A xiringuito, or guingueta, spanish chiringuito, is a beach bar, serving mostly drinks and snacks. Usually, some of...
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