Some photos

Here's a shot of an incredible mansion we stumbled upon while wandering on Saturday. Also- a nice old poster in front of nice old building.

Yesterday- ate Pan Tomat at a cute bar in La Ribera with anchovy olives and a small torta.

Last night- watched Spanish TV and realized we could understand next to nothing. Then realized it was because most of the channels are in Catalan, which we understand not at all. Occasionally when someone is speaking Catalan there are words that jump out that I recognize, because of its relationship to Italian and Spanish, but overall I can't even get the gist of what people are saying. Tried watching the Simpsons in Catalan which was an exercise in confusion.

There were a few shows in Spanish, but they speak so quickly here I get lost! But we did find a show in which people being interviewed were from Latin America and right away both Michael and I understood almost every word they were saying. Hmm. Apparently they speak more slowly in Latin America-- and of course we're also more used to that accent.

Yesterday, at the Bar in La Ribera, the waitress walked up and began speaking rapid Catalan to us. When we stared at her blankly, she told us in English, "Oh. I thought you were Catalan." Which we took as a compliment, of course. But we spoke back to her in Spanish, just to confuse things even more.