One really great advantage to posting our pictures on FB and Insta is that every once in a while someone sees a post and gives us a shout out. First in Canada it was JR. Now in Barcelona it is Moy. Both were my former students at U-School and we got a chance to meet up with each of them. First we did some more Barcelona street strolling. We walked along the "Block of Discord" where four buildings of different styles by different modernist architects sit side by side. We kept on walking passing a couple more Gaudi buildings until we reached our dinner spot. We chose Kibuka Goya since it is just a stones throw away from our main goal "Bobby Gin". The Sushi and tempura were very good but the wide ranging conversation with Moy was the best part of dinner. This guy has traveled! We talked about Japan, Egypt, China, NYC and much more. It was heartwarming to hear that my attempt at teaching Computer Science was good enough to inspire him to choose C.S. as his major. We had two drinks each, plus a sip or two of different gins before we called it a night. The last train is at 10:30 and we took the 10:15 train back to Montgat. There was a group of 6 young men that were all together and quite obviously high as kites. Then there were three young women sitting together and mixing some rum drinks right on the train! One of the guys tried to sit next to them but was rebuffed! Instead he sat next to us, not nearly as exciting for him.
We were serenaded on the train by this guy on guitar
Let the "megandering" begin
The tiles on the street
Gaudi sighting #1
We look upon it in amazement
The top of the tower could be a water tower or a hot tub
Even the street lights ate ornate
Casa Balto
Casa Amatller is next door
The crowds across the street are a continuous thing
The Red flowers are a nice touch
Very fancy
A bit of modern post-modernism
Casa Mila also a Gaudi building
We saw this sculpture from the bus
The fence at the top of the roof
Such complex railings on the balconies
Big head filled with big ideas
A new look for me?
Towers of flowers
Time for a smooch and a "no look" photo!
A sneaky art wall
Lounging around in marble
Another grand building
Bar but what? I would love to add three periods to this sign...
The streets are getting tiny in this district
A plaza!
El Gato on the prowl
Hey Moy!
Sharing some dumplings and conversation
We are 5 minutes too early for Bobby Gin
It my not be large but it makes up for it in quality
We stand next-door as we wait to be the first folks in the bar
Here here!
The gate is up so we can enter
We got to try five new gins. G'vine is one of the new ones. It is made from grapes and uses grape blossoms for flavor
Our guide in the gin odyssey was Ricardo from Chile
Perfecto indeed
We got a sample of this gin. It is made in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland and has a bit of Sweet Kelp
Big ice in our big goblets
So many gins to try
I was discussing "Navy Strength" with the bartender and he offered Miller's which is "Westbourne Strength". Westbourne Strength is a notch below Navy Strength, so I passed
So he offered up a Blackwoods, a gin that has 60% alcohol,
More staff arrived, more customers too!
The square is now empty
The detritus of some sort of celebration in front of the church
We say our goodbyes
Jump into a taxi to the train station. We made the next to last train and had much entertainment watching the boys watch the girls drink their rum
We got some swag
