Third day 04.10.05
We planned on visiting the other side of Las Ramblas (El Raval) and Montjuic. We started our day by having some breakfast at one of the pastry shops of the family Escriba on Las Ramblas. According the guidebooks, Escriba was the pastry/chocolate master of BCN, when he was still alive. I just had to taste their products. The shop has very lovely art-nouveau facades. On the Las Ramblas side, it has ‘Antigua Casa Figueras’ written on top of the entrance. I am not sure what the sign means and what it has to do with the pastry shop/family Escriba. May be the place was originally used for something other than a pastry shop? Anyway, the coffee was great, the pastry was wonderful too. I noticed that some other guests (locals) drank some kind of wine with their breakfast. I was tempted to get the same too, so that I could experience true local cuture/habit. But I decided that I didn’t want to risk an upset stomach during my holiday. It was still around 9.30 – 10 a.m., waaayy too early for me to have some alcoholic drink!
Charming shop and drawing….looks like you are having a lovely time!
Evy,
Oh, this is by far my favorite piece so far!!! Just the right amount of detail. I will email you about it later on this week.