The morning of May 8th I had the best Avocado toast I have ever had in my entire life. To get it, I had to figure out how to order it in Catalan (torades alvocat), and it was well worth the brief mental gymnastics of speaking a language that is vaguely similar to a language that I speak poorly. Alongside the avocado toast I had an amazing cafe con leche, but nothing compared to that avocado toast. I think about that avocado toast a lot, and frankly don’t think that I’ll ever be able to recover from the fact that I was only able to get it once (when I went back to the coffee shop, the worker was unable to make it because he was the only person working).
After the toast, I went to check out a skate spot that one of the skaters recommended – a DIY spot in a larger park – Parc Joan Miro. The spot itself was very cool – the DIY spots, for the uninformed, are small skate parks that local skaters assemble. Overtime they add features, whether they’re rails, boxes, or ramps. These parks are littered throughout Barcelona, and the city encourages it. I skated at a lot of cool spots, but personally liked the DIY spots more than the traditional skate parks.
Then we had the Tapas cooking class. The class itself was informative, but the real highlight, for me, was that the instructor, Johan, was a skater. Johan gave a wonderful interview and additionally gave me many spots to check out.