Mein Barcelona_Juli_2017

100 my home _ BARCELONA
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Her dad is from Sweden,
her mum is Sri Lankan
and Emelie Lindmark
grew up in Gothenburg.
She met photographer
Oscar Miño on holiday.
They became an item
and built up the fashion
blog Emitaz together.
More than half a million
people now follow
@emitaz on Instagram
and her Youtube
channel has 100,000
subscribers.
it's topped with. But it involves mixed
vegetables, nuts and goat cheese. The
restaurant is on the quiet Carrer de la
Reina Cristina.
15:00 Just looking
After lunch I stroll around the streets of
El Born. It’s just so typical of Barcelona.
It has lots of small local shops, from
butchers' to chocolate makers', as well as
local jewellers and designers.
16:30 Beach break
Barceloneta is the district immediately
south of El Born and has the main city
beach. It’s so close, you can bring your
coffee from Lulu’s and drink it there.
That’s what’s great about Barcelona:
shopping, a beach and a good lunch are
never far away. In the summer I go to the
beach two or three times a week but my
favourite beach isn't in Barcelona itself.
Platja de Castelldefels is just south of the
city, but it's easy to get to by train. Hop on
at Passeig de Gràcia station and you’ll
be there in about half an hour. A return
ticket is just a few euros. It’s busy but it's
still less crowded than Barceloneta and
it’s where all the locals go. You can get
good tapas and all the young people hang
out at the chiringuitos – the beach bars.
19:00 Time for tapas
By 9pm the wait for a table or bar stool at
tapas restaurant Cervesería Catalana, on
Carrer de Mallorca just north of El Born,
can be up to an hour long. So it's always
a good idea to get there early. Their pan
con tomate is great. It’s thick slices of
toasted bread rubbed with tomato and
drizzled with olive oil. I tried to recreate
it back in Sweden, but couldn’t match it.
They must use special tomatoes. I’m not
a beer drinker but a clara, a beer mixed
with lemonade, is very refreshing on a hot
summer evening.
21:00 Sunset with a view
One of my favourite spots in the city is the
Bunkers del Carmel, on the Rovira hill.
You can take a bus almost up to the top,
where you'll have amazing views of the
whole of Barcelona. My favourite time to be
there is at sunset, but you have to get there
early because it can get very crowded.
23:00 Mojito, extra strong
When I first moved here I was shocked at
how late people go out at night. Nightclubs
in Sweden close at 3am but most clubs
in Barcelona don’t even really get started
until 2am. Nuba is a lounge bar in uptown
Barcelona – a place where you go before
you head to the club or, in my case, home
to bed. I’m not big into partying. They
play good R’n’B. Hervas, the bar manager,
is a friend of mine. I always have a quick
chat with him when I go. Beware: the
mojitos are extra strong and extra large
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