Weather was cool, but still reasonably pleasant.
The park was nice, but unfortunately they had a very large section of it closed off, so there were a lot of things we were unable to see. We did do a loop walk outside the edge of the park, which was quite pleasant (especially the views from the top):
Headed home after that. Lunch at "Milk", a local restaurant that had gotten rave reviews in the rental place binder. It was decent, buta little too Americanized for our tastes. At that point: rain! We did quiet stuff in the apartment for the first bit of the afternoon, then got our raincoats and umbrella and headed out for a walk in spite of the precipitation. By retracing our steps from the previous day, we were able to locate a cafe that sold cups of hot chocolate "Suisse", a local speciality.
In Barcelona, "Suisse" means a cup of very thick (almost pudding-like), very dark hot chocolate topped with a huge mound of whipped cream. Major indulgence! It was amazingly good. We also had some churros (donut-like snacks) to go along with:
After that we walked around the old city again for a while. Lots of nice window shopping; we saw any number of interesting things that we would have liked to buy (had the shops been open). Back to the apartment after that, since people were getting wet. Dinner: roast chicken, salad, rice & pasta, accompanied by a very tasty bottle of white wine ("Castillo Perelada Blanc Pescador"). We skipped dessert (in spite of howling protests from the kids) as a result of our previous chocolate orgy at the cafe.
