{"id":151,"date":"2007-12-07T14:30:01","date_gmt":"2007-12-07T14:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.applelanguages.com\/blog\/?p=151"},"modified":"2015-02-25T14:14:45","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T14:14:45","slug":"chocolate-and-culture-barcelonas-sweet-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.applelanguages.com\/blog\/locations\/spain\/chocolate-and-culture-barcelonas-sweet-side.php","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate and Culture \u2013 Barcelona\u2019s sweet side ;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pic-box size-full wp-image-1134 alignright\"  title=\"Barcelona\" src=\"https:\/\/www.applelanguages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/barcelona1_1_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/>As I mentioned before, I was expecting to get many visitors here during my \u2018exile\u2019 in Spain. And indeed they came, or at least some of them. My mother visited me some weeks ago. Although I had to work most of the time when she was here\u00a0 we tried to get the most out of our time together. I am not really into the touristy things but for my mum\u2019s sake I tagged along and now feel as if I have fulfilled my quota of cultural activities for this year.<\/p>\n<p>The first place we went to was the Parc Guell, which is quite close to the flat I live in. Being very famous it was absolutely packed on the particular day we choose to go, but I have to admit it was impressive. How impressive? Well my mum decided to finally find out how the camera on her mobile phone works (my mum has a better phone than me!) just so that she could take a few pictures including a fantastic view of the city. This is quite something, as my mum usually regards mobile phones and such as unnecessary technical gimmicks!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Apart from that we went up and down the Ramblas several times, went to the beach and visited two museums. As my mum was interested, we went to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.museupicasso.bcn.es\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Picasso Museum<\/a>. This is, according to the tourist information, the most visited of Barcelona\u2019s museums and I do believe it. Of course our timing wasn\u2019t the best; we went there on the first Sunday of a month when apparently several museums are free to enter, as did everyone else!<\/p>\n<p>Maybe less cultural but far more relaxing and at least for me more interesting was the <a href=\"http:\/\/pastisseria.cat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chocolate Museum<\/a>. Located near the Picasso museum and fairly quiet in comparison, it offers both a history of chocolate production and consumption as well as impressive statues made completely of chocolate. You can see the famous chariot race from Ben Hur for example. Also there is a very obvious smell of chocolate everywhere. I came out craving my chocolate fix.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile my mum has returned home and I am back to everyday routine in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.applelanguages.com\/en\/learn\/spanish\/spain\/barcelona.php\">Barcelona<\/a>. But don\u2019t worry I will soon be back with new stories about my life here.<\/p>\n<p><em>Katherine<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I mentioned before, I was expecting to get many visitors here during my \u2018exile\u2019 in Spain. And indeed they came, or at least some of them. My mother visited me some weeks ago. 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