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As honey said, as we ate our FABULOUS first meal in Barcelona here:

But let me start at the beginning:

We arrived around 10am Barcelona time, which is 4am for our bodies. And after barely sleeping on the flight, we were understandably a little groggy, but still excited! After getting super-confused by the train schedule, we finally made it on the way to center city.

Getting off and finding our hotel was an adventure, as we decided to just wing it. Who could complain when our walk looked like this:

We unloaded at the hotel, I took the most amazing shower, and by then we were ready to explore some alleyways (what’s with the super-clean alleys in Barcelona, anyway?)…

…and take the Metro to the beach where we would have some lunch! And again, we got a little lost:

But again… who could complain?

But we got there just on time (you know, lunch is only served 2-4 and dinner only 8-10 at the good places, but there’s plenty of tapas bars and cafes for all the time in between). And got the full treatment, with olives and pa amb tomaquet which I devoured:

A bottle of cava, the Catalan sparking wine (yes, I said a bottle. Europeans know how to drink. There was one small set of like 8 wines you could get by the glass, and then about 6 pages of wines and cavas you could get by the bottle!)

And then, of course, the seafood paella:

Which I believe was the point when PJ said… “This city isn’t fair.”

After lunch, we walked right onto the beach…

Then toward Port Vell and the Museum of Catalan History

Where we proceeded (I blame the bottle of cava) to make out in corners and giggle at the students and pay absolute no attention to the museum itself. When in Spain, right?

Speaking of… great city + great food + great cava + great company  is the perfect recipe for the sex-and-siesta after lunch break!

We woke up past dinner time but strolled La Rambla and grabbed un cafe and a beer, some tapas and a pizza with octopus and an order of sangria (which is a pitcher) and the classiest minutemaid I’ve ever seen:

And then of course… great city + great food + great sangria + great company + european soft porn on TV = well… you can only guess.

But now, honey is awake, so it’s time for day #2!!!!