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On Tuesday we continued our Barcelona adventure by going to Park Guell, then the Born area near the Cathedral. We ate lunch at Petra, which was as tasty as ever. We also encountered the "place setting charge" that would come back to haunt us later (restaurants charging you to sit down at their tables). At Petra we all shared cous cous salad with mango and raisins, cold carrot and grapefruit soup, pork leg in a caramelized sauce with potatoes, a beef patty with vegetables, and chicken coconut curry with rice. 

After Petra we walked around the Santa Maria del Mar church but could not really figure out how to get in, so we left. We did some souvenir shopping in Born and I finally went in to Happy Pills (a cool candy store). We walked to the Cathedral and under the bridge thing with a skull underneath. We walked through the Boqueria and saw giant animal tongues and sheep heads and penises. 

We walked from the Boqueria to Barceloneta and had drinks on the beach. The sun was setting so it was a little more chilly than I would have preferred, but it was very nice anyway.

We then went to Espai Sucre, the famous gourmet dessert-only restaurant. We got there at 8:30, but it did not open till 9:00, so we went next door for drinks. That place, called Firo, charged us a 1.50 euro place setting charge and the waiter had a very rude attitude. It was weird because they were almost empty and if we weren't sitting there drinking wine they wouldn't have gotten any money. 

But anyway, we finally made our way to Espai Sucre. The meal was so deluxe and long and involved that I will have a separate post about it. When we got back to our apartment the other ladies played Hearts, but I was too tired and fell asleep.

Wednesday we got up a little on the late side, so we went to the Bagel Shop for breakfast again, and then to Sagrada Familia. After hearing my spiel about Gaudi, we headed for Montjuic. Once at the top we walked through a sculpture garden and admired the views, but no on was that enthusiastic about Joan Miro and we just sat and had diet coke and tortilla for a while.

From there we went to the Museu Picasso and did some more souvenir shopping afterward. We went back to the apartment, ate some cheese and bread, and went to Travel Bar. I wasn't sure what time the kitchen closed (turns out it is 9:00) but luckily we got there at 8:45, so we got some burgers to share. We did pretty well in Trivia considering my expectations for our success. (We got 26 points/4th place...should have studied up on our current music.) 

Today is Thursday, their last day here. More updates later...