Erasing Identities

My archives are gone, likewise to how I feel that identities have been consumed previously. Forget the five hundred odd posts, those unwise ramblings, there was something that came to me this morning and that compelled to me that I had do something, to make everything feel a little less aggravating.

The other night we were playing a game with plenty of namesakes and it confused me right through and I knew from the start I would end up a fuzzy mental blank as we progressed though. What do you know, it takes me a decade of decayed silence for me to mutter a coherent reply "... hippopotamus" and the moments where I didn't even bother, she said laughingly and I knew what was coming that

"You don't even try" and I laughed and I smiled because I don't. Well, not enough anyway.

I didn't win that game.

Anyway, I decided one of the best places to eat in the world is Spain.

And not only because I get to drink Strawberry juice for 2€!

We were staying in Catalunya during my trip to Barcelona, and my dad says we should all head to La Boqueria - which I found out afterwards and it was deemed to be 'coolest market in the world' - for something to eat because we were inordinately hungry from the 2 hours flight from Rome. So straight after we landed and dragged our Samsonite bags walking a fair distance of 15 minutes to our hotel (we got lost several times, too) and then head out scavenging for food.

La Boqueria's entrance



I wanted so much to try all of them! Sigh there were so many nice ones: mango, orange, apple, papaya, kiwi!!!



Cure meat is famous in Europe





A candy store selling so many different types of sweet stuff!

One thing you cannot afford to miss while you're in Spain is tapas. It's small portions of appetizers to go before the meal and it's yummy! We ended up ordering 20+ different ones and I think the table next to us reckons we're crazy.

tapas galore

One particular tapas restaurant we had the chance to go to was Txapela on Passeig de Gràcia, 8 if anyone so happens to visit Barcelona in the near future ;) They serve an excellent range of tapas and for the whole time I was there, I was stuffing all sorts of food I didn't know the name of into my mouth and they tasted delicious.

another meal of tapas at La Boqueria on day 2 in Barcelona

This time, we headed back to La Boqueria and mangaed to grab a spot in this unnamed restaurant (but still filled to the brim with dozens of people!) and started talking whatever so we could make them understand us. They didn't really, so we just pointed at what the other locals were having and hoping that the food served will turn out good. And it was!

And the last thing before leaving Barcelona? SEAFOOD PAELLA. Scrumptious, mouth watering paella. One I attempted to recreate 2 weeks ago with not-so-bad results! - surprisingly edible as well.

It's tomato based and you get the plummy sweet-sour taste of the tomatoes which is then even enriched with the seafood and that's what makes it an amazing dish ;) Oh, and it's rice btw and not the usual ok-come-dinnertime-rice but sort of a risotto-like rice which is heavenly to the taste buds. Makes you satiated as well.

It's just sad that we only stayed for 2 days but at least we got to try some good stuff! Oh and Barcelona was where I got the Hard Rock Cafe "guitar" for Eugene. Harharhar

ok it's about three now and I get cranky during this hour so I will stop but I promise more Europe photos in the near future!

btw, happy 17th to Marlie whose birthday was on the 23rd yesterday :)

The lunch we couldn't finish.