Gothic Quarter/Old Town - Barcelona

February 25, 2014 - After a morning at Zoo Barcelona we headed out to explore the old town area of Barcelona.  In an attempt to creative a positive attitude toward exploring we stopped in this beautiful coffee shop, Demasie, with a window brilliantly filled with a variety of cookies.  The cookies and coffee were perfect.  The light blue walls included dark panels written on by hundreds of customers.  It was fun to spot the places we know.  The owner(?) was very friendly and let the girls add their writing to the walls.... I finally had to pull them out to continue on our way. 

demasie.es, Carrer de la Princesa 28, 08003 Barcelona, +34 932 69 11 80

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Audra's addition

 I had promised Gabby no museums, so we wandered up and down as many old narrow streets as the girls would allow.  Luckily they have no idea where we were so I used that to my advantage... however, Audra and Sofia do have a good sense of direction and always knew which direction 'home' was. 

walking past the Picasso Museum

Esglesia de Santa Maria del Mar

sculpture by a park bench

biggest paella pans ever!

The girls came alive when we discovered the candy store, Happy Pills, you would think they are deprived of candy.  Easy concept with bright packaging:  pick a container, fill it (plastic gloves provided), pick a label, get a lid, pay and you're on your way.

happypills.es, Carrer dels Arcs 6, 08002 Barcelona

Homenatge als Castelle - Antoni Llena - 30 meters high, location - Placa de Sant Miquel

this wonderful sculpture that Gabby declared 'looks like nothing', was a lot of fun for the girls to run and play under

as soon as I had stated there are no Starbucks in Barcelona, we ran across one

Casa Bruno Quadros on Las Ramblas - popular photo op!

I threw the girls a bone last night and took them to eat at the American style restaurant we found walking around the Gothic Quarter.  They happily ate hot dogs, chicken fingers, fries, fried mozzarella sticks... apparently this fried food is okay with Gabby. 

happy girls having dinner at Bernie's Diner, Via Layetana 20, 08003 Barcelona, +34 931 85 77 35