M, M & M = Mercat, MACBA & Mies

After so much walking yesterday, this day was a rest day before our weekend in France. Each person did what they needed to do to restore themselves. For Jesse it was sleep; for Russell it was watching the Olympics; for Sarah it was laundry; for Rob it was Mies van der Rohe.  All in all a quiet day.

Russell went to the local barber for a haircut.
Jesse took the metro into town and got out to find his way to MACBA - the contemporary art museum.
Rob and Sarah went to the Mercat de Clot, our local market full of fresh meats, vegetables and fish, and after a long afternoon doing not-much-at-all, we watched the sun set on the Barcelona Pavilion. It seemed necessary to see the light change upon those surfaces.

We walked through the Parc de Joan Miro, which was a strange and wondrous world of vertical tree trunks set in sand -- pines and palms.

Dinner was a home made ratatouille of fresh eggplant, zucchini, onion, tomato, olive, garlic, olive oil and herbs de provence. The boys also had fresh sausage from the market, and we complemented the whole thing with cucumber-chick pea salad. No problems in sight. Only organizing our clothing for tomorrow's plane trip to Lyon, and making sure we have our passports.

Not sure we'll have any internet where we will be in France, so we may not post til we return.