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It used to be really hard to find gluten free food anywhere, especially baked goods. And I have come to realize that I'm a bread-aholic... Good sourdough and sweet baked treats are the way to my heart . Lucky for me, the array of gluten-free bakeries around Barcelona is amazing. It's so fun to just stumble across one as John and I are wandering around the city. Here's a list of my favorites. I'm sure I'm missing some - I can't wait to keep finding them and trying their tasty wares!  My local favorite is  chök  -  about two and a half blocks from our apartment. I've only allowed myself to go there once a month because everything is SO GOOD. They make cinnamon rolls, cookies, mini-cakes, cheesecakes, cookies, brownies, and what they call "rookies" -- a rotating selection of cookie or brownie batter poured over the center of a cinnamon roll and baked. It's as delicious as it sounds! There's a chocolate brownie one (see pic -->) ,  a carame...

At the end of March, after all of our other adventures, John had a birthday. I figured we should go somewhere nice for dinner, since we were both feeling good, so we went to El Nacional. Jae went there with mom and dad at the end of our trip in 2016, but John and I missed it that time. It's a giant (fancy) warehouse-like building with bars in the corners serving a variety of food. In the back corner there's a seafood restaurant called La Llotja (the fish market). We had a lovely dinner (one of the more expensive meals we've had in town). Tuna tartare and pan con tomate (fresh homemade bread!) and then I had monkfish and John had tuna. Delicious... although we were way too full to try the desserts. Instead, we came home and I made quick little individual chocolate puddle cakes . (thanks, Smittenkitchen...)   We really enjoyed the Royal Film Concert Orchestra 's John Williams/Hans Zimmer and Ennio Morricone movie-themed nights, so I got us tickets to attend their Video G...