QUICK TIP: 1 EURO PINTXOS

La Tasqueta de Blai is always packed, no matter what time you arrive. Even at four in the afternoon, which is after lunch and far before dinner time (even for the Dutch), you have to fight for one of the few tables or a seat at the bar. The main reason for its popularity: 1 euro pintxos. And they are good!

TRIP TO VALENCIA: LAS FALLAS

So I added a new category to the top bar: Travel. I wasn’t quite sure if we would be able to go on holidays this year, but I guess any trip outside the city would count as travel. Last weekend, we were lucky to join an Erasmus trip to Valencia, for the incredible price of 25 euros – bus, entrance to a club and sangria included. It is hard to even find a one way ticket for that price, plus who says no to free sangria!? And even better, that weekend it was Las Fallas, the biggest and most famous festival of the city.

CARNAVAL IN VILANOVA AND SITGES

Last weekend, it was Carnaval time in Catalunya, like in many other parts of the world. Strangely, there wasn’t much happening in Barcelona city, but Vilanova and Sitges were only a short (and cheap!) train ride away. Two very different, but equally fun celebrations!

CALÇOTADA – LET’S EAT A BUNCH OF ONIONS

I never even heard of this Catalan tradition until I was invited to join a calçotada. Then I started seeing big heaps of calçots, basically long and thick spring onions, in every supermarket in the city. What on earth was this onion craze? And how was my first calçotada experience?