May 4th, First full day!.

Breakfast coffee at the Barcelona Cathedral plaza.

Began my first day with a cup of coffee in front of the Cathedral above. There was music included.

Music with my breakfast coffee.

I decided to look for the Picasso museum but alison the way after a four minute stroll I found myself in front of the Mercator de Santa Caterina.

It’s the roof that caught my eye!

Where I was seduced by the most beautiful displays of food and vegetables. I selected a tiny paper cone with a few small slices of serano ham and savored each morsel. It was 11:30 and all the restaurants in the Market were packed so I headed to the Museum another four minute stroll.

The museum which thankfully did not permit any photography was mostly early work which has never been my favorite but did show a masters hand at the ripe old age of 13!!

They did have 58 paintings Picasso did of his interpretation of La Melina’s by Velazquez that I will see in Madrid. All together in one space! I had seen them all in books but didn’t remember they were here in Barcelona. I almost started crying I was so excited by the exhibition.

Las Meninas Painting by Pablo Picasso.

There wa also a small temporary exhibition of portraits by him that were outstanding examples of his work especially those of Dora Marr and Jaqueline.

After three hours of art I went back to the market and had a gorgeous bowl of fish stew and a beer.

Fish stew in the Market

After a coffee outside I wandered back to the cathedral and went inside. Quite a good example of Gothic architecture and the.

Always wanted a halo.

Wandered the back streets behind the cathedral and stumbled upon some public art. Well its big, and I guess a great use of all those wire hangers you have cluttering up your closet.

That’s a lot of wire hangers!!!!

From there it was a short walk home and a lay down!