Barcelona Tuesday, March 9 After a short plane ride from Rome to Barcelona, we land in Barcelona in time to check into our awesome boutique hotel. We cleaned up and walked around to get ourselves familiar with the area. The first thing that became apparent was that we needed to get to a store to buy ourselves warmer clothes. It was FREEZING in Barcelona. Of course the day before we got there they had the first blizzard they had in many, many years. I bought a sweater to wear under my coat and wore it pretty much everyday. We walked around the neighborhood to familarize ourselves with the area and decided on dinner. Had to be tapas. We went to a highly rated tapas bar and boy did we feast! Among the many dishes we ordered, we had a small bowl of olives, patatas bravas (potato croquettes), and chicken skewers with a garlicy aioli. It was delicious and I have to say...quite like San Chez at home. Although this place did not have sangria,...
Boy mom. Michigander. Food obsessed.