barcelona

after coffee and xapates catalana (pronounced ‘ch,’) essentially pepperoni type sandwich, made our way to museo picasso. his mastery of portraiture evident from picture of his mother. no wonder he quickly got bored. nothing from the development of cubism period, probably too expensive. lunch at placa reial’s les quinze nits. had tomato soup and roast lamb from the shoulder (though i ordered duck) which was very good, if too much of it.
wanted to try taxidermista but no menu del dia today, mains more than €10.
discovered to our disappointment that palau guell was closed from 12-21 march. damnit! made way to parc guell instead. wandered about for a while before finding the gaudi stuff, which was clustered around the main entrance. wonder what he would have done had he finished the park. whimsy given free reign, lovely mosaics by jujol.
wanted to get a pastry as they looked so delectable, ended up getting the entire metre-long(?) apple pie pastry. good thing it was only €6.61. nicely packaged though, with strings tied for one to carry it. back to pensione to rest/sleep. wy went out about 11 plus to buy pizza (RG). very good. apple pastry not bad either.
headed out to eh clubs. first one, satanassa, had erotic murals, though hermaphrodites were not my thing. 40% of the music in english, fun and easy to dance to: one more time, can’t get u out of my head, it’s raining men etc. mixed crowd with strong lesbian presence. really smoky though, stung eyes as usual. at about 2, statuesque drag queen came on stage and mimed to spanish version of abba’s thank you for the music. on to vip sala dandy, again mixed crowd, including a twinky couple sucking face, heavier dance music. left about 4.30am. cab back to pensione €3.20.