Barcelona Photoblog

March 11, 2008

Catalan Food: White Sausages and Spring BBQs

Catalan Food: White Sausages and Spring BBQs [enlarge]

This boiled white sausage ristra I captured with my camera a long time ago but now that Spring is coming and people in Catalonia tend to set out for countryside barbecues, it looks relevant. The sausages or butifarras in this story were cooked during a matanza (pig slaughter) that took place in Lleida, one of Catalonia's provinces. Some more pictures and comments about traditional Catalan cuisine were published here in the past: Blood Sausage and Catalan Sausage

March 10, 2008

Fast Food in Barcelona: KFC at Las Ramblas

Fast Food in Barcelona: KFC at Las Ramblas [enlarge]

As if in some sort of trance or abduction, this man sits over his yummy KFC dinner while he enjoys the view over Las Ramblas, Barcelona. The ubiquitous, almost spooky light reminds me of some painting, you know that one at the late-night diner - Edward Hopper's Nighthawks - I know, it is a hideous comparison. I never was too fond of fast food not even for the Disney presents, that always seemed to me like a kind of blackmail.

March 09, 2008

High Heels - Dancers in Barcelona Streets

High Heels - Dancers in Barcelona Streets [enlarge]

Barcelona carnival was over last month but I still have some dancers in stock. Not knowing how to entitled this post I ended up choosing the obvious, those elegant high heels the girl balanced with latin grace.

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