Barcelona Summer Trip

We went to Barcelona last summer, a s a sort of birthday trip for me, as my birthday is in mid-August. One of my best friends, Jess, and I planned this mini shopping and eating trip before we were due to get our summer exam results. Our trip didn't exactly start on a good foot. We got very lost at the Barcelona airport, as we were told that our luggage had been moved to another building within the airport. When we got to the luggage conveyor belt, our bags were the only ones left there and the security staff next to them were holding in their laughs, as we were panting from having run all the way to this building, instead of taking a bus there. 
We stayed in a little hostel, very close to the town centre, which was perfect as we only had to take a short tube ride and we were in Ramblas, which is the most visited street in Barcelona.

This is the ‘Arc de Triomf’, where we had our picture taken with a camera from the 1920s (at the bottom of this post).

Apart from plenty of shopping, sightseeing and laying on the grass in beautiful parks, we did eat a lot, like a lot a lot.

On our first day we visited the Escribà bakery, by the famous pastry chef Christian Escribà.

On this day they had tens of flavours of macarons and quirky ice lollies. We had a waffle outside, on the terrace.

Finding an authentic Boba café in Barcelona was very exciting for us, as our favourite one in Palma de Mallorca (where I live) had closed down a couple of months ago. This little café called Pandacha was quite a walk away from the main streets, nevertheless we went there 2/3 times in our short stay. The boba tea was amazing and we also tried green tea matcha cakes and sesame seed mochis, all homemade.

On the second to last night, as we were mindlessly walking around Barcelona, we saw a very large LED light sign. It stood out because all of the shops next to it were completely closed and dark. It turned out that the tiny shop was Rocambolesc, an ice cream shop by the Roca brothers, two famous Spanish cooks. We were invited in and recommended some flavour combinations (I think mine was a mixture of pineapple coconut ice cream, with apple gelatine and almond topping, I think. The flavours change seasonally and weekly. What stood out was their ice lolly selection, they even had one shaped exactly like the nose of one of the Roca brothers, which is famously large. I can confidently say I have never had such an exciting and delightful experience with ice cream ever.

To conclude the post, here are some of the varieties of buns we found, and tasted, at Demasié. These were incredible and the whole bakery smelled of coffee and freshly baked buns. The last two pictures are of Jess. The first of the last restaurant we went to before coming back home, a small family owned Mexican. 

  The last is a scan of the picture we had taken on the camera from the 1920s, in front of the   ‘Arc de Triomf’

Let’s hope that this summer will be equally as great.

Lots of love,

Lucia x