Thursday, June 24, 2010

Monday 6/14/10 Barcelona/Sigüenza

Stuart visiting Camp Nou, FC Barcelona's stadium


And of course, the FC Barcelona shop
Whoops. We ordered pigs' ears at the tapas bar (Racion de Oreja)
Frances digging in before she knew what it was
Looks pretty good
Eating breakfast at the parador in Sigüenza

A street

Frances in front of the parador in Sigüenza

Stuart and Tom toured the FC Barcelona stadium, Camp Nou, while the rest of the famiy did some shopping. It is the largest stadium in Europe, seating over 98,000 people. They went through the whole stadium and a museum including F.C. Barcelona history.

We then drove almost to Madrid, our last night before we catch our plane home. We stayed in a parador in Sigüenza outside of Madrid. It was a tiny town with the castle (now hotel) on the hill. We went on a dirt road for a while to find it. We went out to dinner at a local tapas place. We ordered off the bar without seeing the menu and ordered something that looked like calamari in tomato sauce. When we started to eat it, Frances noticed hairs, and then we noticed a very unusual chewy texture (cartilage). We finally realized we were eating ears! And sure enough, once we received the bill, we could read that it was indeed pig ears.

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