Another View on Tuesday

Tonight we went to the oldest restaurant in Barcelona,Can Culleretes {1786},run by the same family.We loved this place.Johnnyhad the goose with pears and I had the duck with prunes. This was a “Galli-recommended” place.Who’d a thunk that the salad would have had iceberg lettuce! It was delicious with egg ,white asparagus, pickled tomatoes,olives and that delicious Spanish ham. What was great about this place was that it reminded me of Bacall’s in College Hill. People with kids wearing Barcelona soccer jerseys,elderly people out with their friends,young people out on a date,all casually dressed as though they were eating in a chili parlor instead of one of the oldest restaurants in the world,made this a fun place.

The Sagrada Familia Basilica was truly wonderful.We have seen a lot of churches, but we have seen nothing like this. They are still building it. If you are like me and love going to hardware stores, then you would it fascinating watching the workmen creating one of the most interesting structures in the world. It is like watching the construction of a grand public art project, all on a scale which it seems no one does anymore. Gaudi based his design on nature. The pillars, ceiling and roof are intended to mimic a canopy of trees and “to provide protection from the rain and sunlight”. The sparkling light that shines into the interior truly does remind one of the light you see shining through the trees.Gaudi’s Parc Guell was great fun.If this was in Cincinnati, we would go there all the time.Although there were lots of tourists, the place is so large there are lots of individual secluded spots where you can sit and be by yourself. It must be the case that in some countries,people get a huge tax deduction for taking a thousand photos per day of vacation.There is really is no other explanation for the phenomenon of frenzied picture taking that you see at all the famous places.