Another late morning for everyone. This time Dylan stayed back with me, while Jenny, Liam and Ali headed out to the beach. Dylan and I did a little clean up, some web surfing and started packing. After the beachgoers returned and washed up around 2 pm, we all headed out for a little souvenier and gift shopping.
We walked from our neighborhood over the the Plaça de Catalunya, in and out of little gift shops, souvenier stores and even the big department store, El Corte Ingles. Everyone found what they were looking to bring back to the States.
Guess what came next? Late lunch at Txapela Euskal Taberna just north of the plaza. Good spot to have a drink, a little bite to eat and to watch the shoppers parade along the rambla before returning home to our aparment.
Jenny made a solo run to the cathedral, which we had passed on our way back to the apartment. While there she found the one souvenier she wanted: a “loose” baby Jesus. Not loose that way; loose in the sense of not being part of a complete nativity set. We’d somehow misplaced the one that was in our nativity set, so she was looking for a replacement. Yes, replacement baby Jesus. He’s actually more of a toddler Jesus. Look at our nativity set next Christmas and you’ll see what I mean.
With everyone back at the apartment by 6:30, we had some time to do a final cleanup before our proprietor Samuel came by to check out the place and, more importantly return our 200 Euro cash deposit.
After our meeting with Samuel, we relaxed for a while then headed out for our final dinner in Spain at 9 pm. We returned to Sagardi Euskal Taberna. Great way to end the trip - 27 toothpicks.
Ali and Dylan made a final stop at Tomo II for a crepe and then it was home to bed.
