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David

A bit of everything

We saw and did a little bit of everything on Friday. Kate and I started with some wandering around El Born, recreating a photo from just over a year ago.

My dad was feeling a bit under the weather, so he stayed back while Denny, Kate & I toured old town. Obviously we stopped for some craft beer.

Add to that some rooftop Cava, the Boqueria Market, and even a couple conference calls… we stayed busy.

Sidebar: Getting around was tricky–the International Women’s Day March had both a daytime and evening version. Barcelonans love a good protest, so they went all-out! Other than forcing my poor dad to huff it across town for our evening activity (closed roads & gridlock), it was fun to see.

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Our evening Paella cooking class was epic. Along with some new friends from Dallas & Denver, we cooked four versions–Cava flowing freely the whole time! And it even tasted pretty good.

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After dropping off our dads at the apartment, Kate and I snuck back out for one last pitcher of sangria.

It was a good day.

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Kate

Tapas!

After a long but relatively straightforward day of travel we found our apartments in the middle of town. After a quick freshening up we hit the streets in search of our first local flavor. El Born (our neighborhood) did not disappoint. Since it was just our first of many tapas meals we went with the tried and true – croquettas, Jamón y queso…among a few other things. Oh, and not one but TWO pitchers of sangria. Toasted a safe arrival and whatever lies ahead. Dropped the dad’s back off at the apartment before David and I set off to have dinner with a professor of David’s from UNC! It’s now nearly 2:00am and we are just getting settled. I even walked quietly on the stairs as we passed my dad’s door – didn’t want to get in trouble coming in after curfew!

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