MACBA
We spent Saturday afternoon at the Contemporary Art Museum in Barcelona (MACBA). We mainly went to see the “The Killing Machine” exhibit from Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, but it was also our first time there so we ploughed through the other exhibits as well. The Killing Machine exhibits were great - a lot of fun and some interaction - I won’t spoil it for anyone be going through details, but do make sure that you take the time to visit all the exhibits - there’s one that you will most likely have to queue for as it’s for one person ata time, but all very enjoyable. There was also an exhibit of photographs taken by Manolo Laguillo - interesting from the perspective of showing how much the city has changed and improved since the 1970s. Principally from investment for the Olympic Games of 1992. I doubt if the London Olympics in 2012 will have the same impact on the city as the olympic area is concentrated in just the East of London.
After MACBA we headed to the “Scottish cheese shop” La Formatgeria in C/Dageuria near Plaza San Jaume. This is a beautiful little shop specializing in a small range of excellent Spanish cheeses produced on small farms, but it’s run by a Scottish woman. Strangely, we ended up speaking in Castellano rather than in English. We bought some El Cascarral sheep cheese - it’s a bit like Manchego but a bit less waxy and at Katherine’s insistance we also tried several different varieties of cheese ice cream. As she said, people either love it or simply nod and say “interesante”.
Today we went to watch the Barcelon Marathon. Great, sunny weather (22 degrees); we followed the trail of runners backwards down Ausiás Marc, Paseo de San Juan, Arco de Triunfo, Luis Companys and into the Parque de la Ciutadela. It was great to see so many people of all ages enjoying the run - inspiration for us for next year?? We’ll wait and see! We walked down to Barceloneta and the beach and then headed back from Puerto Olympico arriving home with some slight (Isabel says I’m a langostino cocido) sunburn. What a great weekend.
