This is why we went to Barcelona. Green onion like vegetables called Calcots unique to Catalunya. Kinda like their version of the Vidalia Onion festival for those of you Georgians. Andreu and Susana, our old neighbors, graciously invited us to a calcotada (Onion BBQ) with their families. And I mean BBQ in the charred sense of the word. These things are literally grilled until they are black with ashes falling off of them. There is an art of peeling away the outer layers of the onion to reveal a perfectly golden inner core that you dip into some amazing sauce and slowly lower into your mouth like you would with those shoestring twizzlers. How cool are the Spanish? Really.
We loved everything about Barcelona from the boxed sangria to the pigeons in Plaza Catalunya. Thank you, Andreu and Susana for being the best tour guides! Hope you enjoy the pictures (click on the calcots to view).
2 comments:
I love the pics!! Looks like you all had some fun in the sun! Reminds me of our trip to Spain! Miss you! :-)
Ahhh...palomas en la plaza and panties at the bulevard (3 por 1000Bs)Brings me back to some good old memories in Maracay, jeje!! Besos!
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