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DFW

(60,452 posts) Tue May 7, 2013, 07:40 AM May 2013

If you're ever in Barcelona

Even if you don't speak Catalan, if you have the time, eat at the restaurant Senyor de Parellada across the Via Laietana from Plaça del Angel. Tell them LLuis's friend, the guy from Texas who speaks Catalan, sent you.

Unbelievably good, reasonable, and they even have menus in English, if sometimes "liberally" translated!

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If you're ever in Barcelona (Original Post) DFW May 2013 OP

Thanks! locks May 2013 #1

Barcelona has been somewhat of an exception DFW May 2013 #2

I plan to go again next spring with my granddaughter. Then on to Valencia. Have you been there? CTyankee Jul 2013 #3

On a class trip, we once spent the night in Valencia, but I have no recollection of the city DFW Jul 2013 #4

evidently, Valencia wanted to get more tourists at other times than during Fallas so they asked CTyankee Jul 2013 #5

Spectacular! And I notice all names are in Catalan. Bravo! DFW Jul 2013 #6

locks

(2,012 posts)

1. Thanks!

Reply to DFW (Original post)

Thu May 9, 2013, 06:10 PM

May 2013

I loved Spain, especially Barcelona. Hope a lot of DUer's will get to see it. Sad they, and so much of Europe have had such bad economics times.

DFW

(60,452 posts)

2. Barcelona has been somewhat of an exception

Reply to locks (Reply #1)

Thu May 9, 2013, 07:03 PM

May 2013

Catalunya has always been the economic envy of the Iberian peninsula, the place where people came to look for work when times were bad elsewhere. It's still the case. I lived there for a while as a teenager, and learned to speak Catalan. I still run down there every two months or so, and never get tired of the city.

CTyankee

(68,491 posts)

3. I plan to go again next spring with my granddaughter. Then on to Valencia. Have you been there?

Reply to DFW (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 11, 2013, 04:14 PM

Jul 2013

I haven't but she is a budding marine biologist and I wan to take her to the City of Arts and Sciences there...it has the largest aquarium in Europe...also we'll be there during Las Fallas which ought to be fun...

DFW

(60,452 posts)

4. On a class trip, we once spent the night in Valencia, but I have no recollection of the city

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 12, 2013, 12:47 AM

Jul 2013

We were on a bus on the way back to Barcelona from Sevilla and Granada, where we spent more time, and which left lasting impressions. This is 1968 I'm talking about.

CTyankee

(68,491 posts)

5. evidently, Valencia wanted to get more tourists at other times than during Fallas so they asked

Reply to DFW (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 12, 2013, 08:03 AM

Jul 2013

architect Santiago Calatrava to design/build something to rival Bilbao's stunning Guggenheim Museum. Calatrava designed this jaw-dropping futuristic "City" with an opera house, sculpture garden and "Oceanografic."

Here's some pics of this fabulous place: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciutat_de_les_Arts_i_les_Ci%C3%A8ncies

DFW

(60,452 posts)

6. Spectacular! And I notice all names are in Catalan. Bravo!

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #5)

Sun Jul 14, 2013, 08:58 AM

Jul 2013

Under the Franco dictatorship, official propaganda had it that Valencia was not a Catalan-speaking province (it is, of course). But the Wikipedia page has all the buildings listed with their Catalan names.

As one who spent time in Catalunya during the Fascist era and speaks Catalan, this is very gratifying to see.

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