The Mercat de la Boqueria is a large covered food market off La Rambla, the long pedestrian way leading down to the ocean. Sweets, chocolates, pastries, fruit and vegetables meats, hams and poultry were on sale but especially seafood which we could smell before we saw it. It was wonderful to walk around the lanes admiring the variety, colours and aromas of the wares. A minor disaster was averted when I discovered my camera left at the flat but Sharon came to the rescue with hers.
A stroll through the Barri Gotic, an old area of the city eventually led us to the Barcelona Museum. On the way, we came across a photo shoot of a slender girl in a wispy black dress leaning on a bicycle. I would have liked to have stayed and watched the technique of the three photographer’s but the others had disappeared down a narrow lane and around a corner.
The highlight of the museum was an impressive courtyard which was a cool retreat from the afternoon sun. I remember a fountain, rills leading water away across the paths and four ancient grape vines planted in 1857 in each corner of the courtyard. How can I make one of them at home?