Definitely having Sangria...
by flipinflix
Definitely having Sangria along Las Ramblas and watch the day and the people go by was fantastic. I highly recommend the Picasso Museum as well, which house some the most spectacular pieces- namely my favorite, 'Guernica'.
La Place de Catalogne
by Klod5
La Place de Catalogne à Barcelone ou "Plaça Catalunya" en Catalan , vaste place née de la démolition des remparts en 1854 est un point central de la ville et naturellement le centre névralgique du quartier fait de banques, d’hôtels et magasins réputés..
The Place of Catalogne in Barcelona or "Placa Catalunya" in Catalan, vast place been born of the demolition of the battlements in 1854 is a central point of the city and naturally the neuralgic center of the district makes banks, of hotels and well-known stores..
Crema Catalana
by Danalia
1 litre of milk
6 egg yolks
1 lemon untreated
1 cinnamon bar
250g of sugar
Butter 1 piece
Caramel sauce
Peel lemon. Bring the milk with half lemon peel and cinnamon stick to a slow boiling. When the milk boils, remove the cinnamon stick from the milk and let them cold.
In the meantime, put the yolks and 200g sugar in a bowl, mix up a mass and clumps free.
Enter the cooled milk, and heat on low flame slowly stirring in one direction. Do not stop to stir when the mass become viscous.
Make sure that the mass does not begin to boil otherwise the cream could curdle.
Then add some caramel sauce in small tins then add the cream and allow to cool.
Enter the rest of the sugar into a pan with a piece of butter and let it caramelise. You may caramelise the sugar for not too long a period and not too hot a temperature in the pan, because it burns very quickly. The caramelised sugar now goes onto the cream.
The Catalans are using a special kitchen device to caramelise the sugar directly on the cream. This looks like an electric immersion, with only a shallow heating spiral and costs of about € 18-20. There is also a variant with a gas flame. This device to caramelise the sugar is operated with gas stove and costs around € 20-25.
Golondrinas
by andal13
You can sail by the port in a swallow... "Swallow" (golondrina) is the name of a ship you can find at Por Vell (in front of Columbus Monument). The trip lates an hour, and lets you see the port.
Puedes recorrer el puerto en golondrina... "Golondrina" es el nombre de una embarcación que parte del Port Vell (frente al monumento a Colón). El viaje dura una hora, y te permite conocer el puerto.
fashion and art near las Ramblas
by michelle30 about LA GAUCHE DIVINE
I was walking around in Barrio Gotico and I found an incredible boutique. The decoration of the shop is wonderful, pink walls, sculptures and paintings all around and furniture from well known designers, such as Mies van der Rohe or Sarinen.
The clothes are also special, they have the best spanish designers and some german and french designers too. My boy friend and I bought a lot of clothes for both of us and they invited us to a coffee.
The owners of the shop are very kind and they speak almost every european language so we did not have any problems to make us understand. I was surprised with the courreges dresses I found there. I haven't found this models anywhere else.
The expo they had when we were there was also great and the prices were correct. between 30 and 600 I would say. This is the range of prices I saw in the shop.