Lazy Sunday

Yesterday we had the laziest Sunday so far in Barcelona. Up until now we spend every single minute we had unpacking, tidying up, cleaning, or whatever was needed at the time around the flat. And believe me, there was always loads to do around here.

On Saturday we did some work before watching "The prisoner of Azkaban" on tv (the one in which the Dementors looked like seaweed according to Patxi) and not much more.

But on Sunday we woke up late and had a wonderful, and unusual for us, breakfast: freshly homemade pancakes with Maple syrup. A colleague of "the husband" came to Barcelona in December and when we met he and his wife gave us a lovely glass of Maple syrup from Massachusetts. We've only seen it on tv, never tried before, so it was a total treat. And it's just delicious! Say what you want about the Americans, but their food do taste good.

For the first time since we're here we didn't have something that needed to be done so we were a bit bemused by that and didn't know what to do. Then P. suggested that we go to Coll Bato, which is a place with wonderful caves where he went with his class last year. It's something like the Cheddar's caves and it's also next to one of the most beautiful and most visited places in Catalunya: Montserrat, a Monastery built in the middle of the mountains around the 9th century and only just about half an hour from home.

After more lazing around off we went. But while on route we realised that we were hungry again, and as it was lunch time we stop at a restaurant to eat something, knowing that the food at Montserrat is overpriced and not really good (tourist's trap). This was the first Chinese restaurant we went here and the food was just great. For starters we had dim sum, which is one of my favourite foods and then a whole 3 courses menu. Of course by the time we finished eating we just wanted to sit down and have a siesta.

Just around the corner from the restaurant there was a bowling alley and P. really wanted to go and play. So we changed our plans and went bowling instead. Had a great family time there and by the time we finished, it was too late to go to Coll Bato or Montserrat, so we went back home instead and did nothing much. Brilliant!

Never mind. We have years ahead to visit Montserrat and it'll be probably one of the places where we'll take our visitor. Are you tempted?