Sun-day

After a full day of rain, the sun came out to play! With a light sweater and scarf, I was set for an afternoon outside with Maddie. The two of us met up in the Gracia neighborhood to explore and find some food. Reverse the order - our priority was the food. After looking at several menus, we stopped at Suiss where we ordered gofres (waffles) y te chai. We nibbled on our food and sipped down the warm tea while sitting at a table by the window. Perfect for people watching! Once we paid, we walked back out into the sun and down more side streets to come upon a block party! Or, what looked like a block party. An alleyway was closed off, grills were going, people were standing around talking and eating. Maddie and I wanted to crash, but knew we'd stick out like sore thumbs as American trespassers. Our walking made us crave something salty because the waffles only satisfied our sweet tooth. Well, we realized that it was later than we had thought due to day light savings so our best bet was to head back to Passeig de Gracia where restaurants would still be serving food. We were in luck! Tapa Tapa had a table open on the terrace and it was right in the sun. Just what we wanted! We did the european thing, which is to sit on the same side of the table in order to people watch better. As we enjoyed our claras and patatas frijeres, we basked in the Spanish sun just as the spaniards would. It was a great Sunday in the sun and I can only hope there are many more to come!