Hola Barcelona!
Le Cordon Bleu gave us 4 lovely days off from school this last week so of course I had to plan a quick trip to the beach....it was a toss up between Sicily and Barcelona......we went with Barcelona since it's just a quick 1 hour flight away. Shayda, one of my new "3 amigos" (what I call my new cooking school friends-Shayda and Ranida) joined me on this 3 day adventure. We decided to book our tickets through edreams (first mistake) woke up to find out that our flight to Barcelona was confirmed but the flight back was not. Long story short, we had to book a ticket back to Paris 3 times, I am not kidding. If you ever travel within Europe, I highly advise you to NOT use Ryanair.....they would not let us board our flight then cancelled our other ticket. The positive is we made it back after purchasing our 3rd ticket and I was not "patted down and searched" on the 3rd trip through the security line, unlike the first 2 times.
Barcelona is a foodies dream come true
The food was absolutely outstanding in Barcelona, what a gorgeous city. Here are a few photos from this phenomenal trip:
The best part of Barcelona-the Boqueria market on La Rambla street. We were 2 happy girls in this place, spent hours looking at all of the gorgeous fruits, veggies and fresh fish.
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| Entrance to the Boqueria market. |
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| Fresh fruit juice at the market. |
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| These shellfish are named "Vieira" close to my last name. |
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| Beautiful fresh fish. |
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| A photo for my Texas friends (popsicles made of fresh fruit) who are making it through our typical hot Texas summer. |
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| We were fortunate to grab a table at the famous Tapas spot called Bar Pinotxo, met the owner who made us an amazing cappuccino. |
Beach bums in Sitges, Spain
We took a train 40 minutes outside of Barcelona to a beautiful beach called Sitges. Spent the day on the beach and enjoyed some fresh seafood and people watching at a local cafe.
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| Sitges Beach, Spain |
Tour Bus Trip in Barcelona
We gave in and took a tour bus tour around the city on our last day, the city is the second largest in Spain and it truly was the best way to get a lay of the land (we spent 6 hours on the bus-made a trip around the city twice to get our money's worth (-: Barcelona's population within city limits is about 1.6 million and about 40 square miles and if you include the urban areas its population is 4.5 million with about 310 square miles around.
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| View of the city from the top of the Placa d' Espanya. |
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| Shayda and I at the MNAC. |
Fruitcakes and Madeleines:
This week at Le Cordon Blue we were graded on our candied fruit (little known fact..... it takes about 4 weeks of cooking/prepping to candy fruit) and madeleine cakes. I never liked fruit cake until we made this recipe and the madeleines (although they need some aesthetic work) were still delicious.
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