Walk around Born

Today was another field trip with my Spanish class. We walked around the neighborhood called Born. It was an area of shops and commerce. Many of the streets still have the names of the merchandise sold there in days gone by. There was much more Spanish speaking today. It was a combination of both beginner and intermediate Spanish classes.

A famous 13th century cathedral. St Marie de Mar. I believe this is one of the cathedrals built to honor Mary and her assistance in getting rid of a variety of plagues and bad things.

Below is a bar where you can get champagne or rather cava. But you can get beer there too, note the sign. We have fresh beer from the barrel.lol

A street in Born. There is a Mercado at the end of the street that I thought would come out better. It's really a beautiful building.

Below is a couple of buildings that I thought were pretty. The facades of buildings here are very artistic. It's hard to see the detail in this picture. You're just going to have to come to see it in person.

The next two pictures are of signs. The first street sign is for Carrer dels Sombrerers. This is the street they made and sold hats en la passada...in the past.lol

Back before the masses had the ability to read they had signs too. This head is a sign that signifies that ladies of the night could be found on this street. Also, en la passada...ahora, no.

I love my Spanish class. We have a great group of women. Our two instructors are very personable. They both have different teaching styles. We learn the foundations from Laura and Jorge helps us to use it. They made the walk very interesting and made us use our Spanish when we asked questions. I'm actually getting pretty good at this Spanish. Yo soy donde esta....I know where that is... at least I think that is what it says.

On the way home we passed the Happy Pills store. It was open. They sell Jelly beans.lol I also stopped at the one and only bagel shop. Yay for bagels in the morning.

Life is good.