Outside of Jose and Melissa´s, we saw a small car.
Small for Europe, even. Guess the name.



Yes, Microcar. Micro indeed.

So, back to dinner. We followed up Alkimia with a visit to the famous Cal Pep, where we had a lot of fried baby things: baby shrimp, baby minnows, (unfried) clams. We also had the best tortilla ever and huge shrimp from a town called Palamos, which I guess is sort of the Ipswich of the fresh shrimp world. There was more foam served for dessert.

The next night Leah and I made dinner, which required a trip to the market. We did not buy the wild boar here.



We did buy enormous salmon steaks that no one could finish. Intent on avoiding sightseeing as long as possible, we delayed our exploration of the neighborhood of Gracia by going out to brunch this morning at the Bar Pinotxo in La Boqueria.



More baby squid, but this time sauteed. Leah had cava and croquettes made of spinach, pine nuts, and raisins. A good start.

In Gracia, we did not see this building:


, the famous Pedrera, but that´s because we´ve already been there. Instead, we wandered around and looked at houses designed by Berenguer, Gaudi´s assistant and the man behind most of the buildings in Gracia. Who knew?

He did not design this place, but you can´t say it doesn´t look cool anyhow.



Next, news from Madrid (we´ll be there for the next two days).