Barcelona is a popular place to start and/or end a Mediterranean cruise. Make sure to give yourself a few extra days to enjoy this vibrant place. And when you do, be sure to eat local style — tapas! This video gives a look at a Basque-style tapas bar, where all the delights are yours to sample on the honors system. Each little item is the same price (€1.80). When you’re ready to pay, just count the toothpicks to figure out how many tapas you ate.
If you can’t see the video below, watch it on YouTube.
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We really enjoyed the Tapa’s lunch and dinner. And we found one place that had the best Sangria I have ever had. It was on a back street some where. We probably could not find it again. But on the last day we were so Tapa’s out, that we found a Chinese restaurant on the Ramblas and it was great. We always try to find Chinese in every country we travel to in Europe. It is kind of a fun thing we do. And believe me we have had some great stuff.
‘s is used as a singlur possessive, not used as a plural. Not to be a stickler for grammar or spelling but it DOES matter. Has anyone else noticed the constant narcissism of, ahem, certain bloggers?
I always enjoy reading Rick’s posts, but it’s discouraging to read a few of the comments. Really, what’s the point in ripping what other people write? I just don’t get the negativity. Yes, I realize that my own comment may be construed as negative, but I just couldn’t hold my tongue anymore. Geez, just be nice to each other!!!
That is fine, if other bloggers don’t like to exchange their experiences, then I guess I don’t really understand blogging. It doesn’t break my heart not participating in this process. Because this is the only blog that I have ever participated in I have been very sad at how very nasty this whole thing becomes. The negativity of a blog that represents the fun of travel is very surprising. There must be a blog out there for unhappy nasty people. I guess it is time to move on.
I’ll second Murphy’s comments. Some of the readers of this blog are just never happy. They don’t like the politics, they don’t like the cruising, the videos make them dizzy, and now the grammar police have arrived. Good Grief!
Love the idea of getting Tapas and using toothpicks to figure out how much you’ve eaten!
Pam
My father in law is home bound with a terminal illness. We visit him as much as possible and my wife is constantly arranging for other family/friends to spend time with him. That said, he still has a large amount of time alone and has turned to the internet to make connections with people. He mainly frequents the forums of another popular travel site because he used to be an avid traveler. Now he finds a measure of happiness in reading and communicating with others about their trips. The other way he deals with things is to be overly positive. This comes across when speaking with him and when reading his forum posts (and yes, he has been attacked for this online). To those not knowing what he struggles with, this can be viewed as annoying to the point of narcissism or brown-nosing. I read the comments on Rick’s blog entries and see how certain posters comments could be misconstrued as self-aggrandizing but I don’t know this person, what their life is like, or how they deal with things. But maybe they are just a happy person who loves to share their joy with others. What’s wrong with that? Life is too short to spend being the spelling/grammar police of internet forums or wasting time having circular arguments with anonymous people online. If you can get out and offline more, then do it. If not, enjoy life the best way you can and don’t let the bottom-feeders bring you down to their level.
Besides, jd, I think Judy meant ” ‘d “.
Judy ignore jd. I enjoy reading your comments as do others I’m sure. You are the bigger person no need to even respond to comments like that.
Thanks IO you are right!
HI Judy—Loved what you wrote about finding good Chinese food in every country. It reminded me of one of the best dinners my husband and I had in Austria—sushi! We were, for lack of a better expression, “sausaged-out” after travelling through Germany and Austria, so eating something totally different was a nice change of pace. PS–I like your positive attitude. Happy travels!
Rick—it appears as though you’re travelling solo. Do people ever react strangely to the guy who’s walking around with his camcorder, talking to himself? Anyhow, I love these unscripted, spontaneous video clips! I can’t tell if, in this one, you were tipsy, jet-lagged, or just giddy about being in Barcelona. All of the above? Cheers!
That festive scene reminds me of the time I spent at a tapas bar in Sevilla…Bodega Santa Cruz, it was (a.k.a. Las Columnas, recommended in your Spain 2008 guidie). I had a ball!!
Judy: As my father has often preached from the pulpit, the devil can only win when you let him steal your joy…your comments are always worthy of reading–please don’t stop.