This time last year, we were in Barcelona to spend Reyes – the Festival of the Three Kings, and traditionally a bigger deal than Christmas (Presents! From the kings!) – with Emily’s Catalan family. Here we are outside what’s considered the best grocer’s shop in town, all gussied up for festive shopping.
If you think I’ve muddled up my photos: well, the shop window did that, by reflecting the street scene as well as allowing us to see the goods on offer.

Isn’t it interesting looking back a year, we had no idea what was coming did we? Did you buy anything indulgent at the grocers?
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We did: just a couple of little treats – I can no longer remember what.
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Gussied up is a new one on me!
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It was part of my family’s vocabulary when I was a child.
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Ah!
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And mine, naturally 🙂 🙂
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My mother, too, talked about getting gussied up.
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So it’s a word that’s crossed continents!
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My mother was US Louisiana Cajun–so French Acadian language heritage.
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What an interesting background!
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The pictures are certainly very confusing to my eyes, thanks for the explanation.
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I know! They make me think I must have been drinking.
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uplifting indeed, what a lovely set of squares and happy memories 😀
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Yes. Memories from another life 😦
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It will return, just a bit later than all of us hoped. it will return though xx
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You have made me think how wonderful it must be to shop in that fabulous market in Barcelona. I don’t think I even noticed any other shops.
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Every community has its own market. La Boqueria is wonderful, but so crowded that I go local these days – it’s cheaper anyway!
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I love muddled up pictures – there’s so much to find in them!
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Oh yes. Keep looking 😉
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😀
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It looks very inviting. 🙂
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I know. Take your credit card with you.
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Sounds like another century! But we will be alright again, just later than we hoped!
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*sigh* Yes. And this shop does ooze olde worlde charm.
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Wonderful capture!
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Thanks. A wonderful shop too.
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I love Barcelona! Thanks for the reminder. 🙂
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It’s a great city, and we’ve been lucky enough to get to know it properly. Still lots to see though!
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“Never enough” says it for me. Cheers to our joy for this wonderful city.
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I miss Barcelona at this time of year too – in any year that school holidays overlapped with 5 January we’d be out there for the parades.
Sadly I haven’t discovered this shop (must put that right) though I know the street well – it’s my driving route out of town to “home”
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After all this time, we still can’t drive northwards out of Barcelona with aplomb. We’re hopeless!
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Nice combination with the reflections!
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It’s quite fun, isn’t it?
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It was irresistibly joyous to see.
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You have stated the year on a fun note. Delightful windows with showing both inside and out. Hope that the rest of the year will be as enjoyable! Thank you!
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We’ll have to work on it, won’t we? It’s not begun well 😦
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Did you buy anything fancy there? I love the reflections in your photos 😀
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We did, but I can no longer remember what. We were window shoppers really 😉
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You’re not missing much, Margaret. No Kings parades this year, though if you’re in the know I expect there’ll be a little something going on somewhere. Most places, but not all, still have their Nativity scenes. Reminds me, we need to go and see our local bombeiros one. 🙂 🙂
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I know. It will have left a big hole in the lives of those who spend the whole year planning for the next one.
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Apologies for the vid! Hope you like it 🙂 🙂
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I love it! And I was pleased to understand it too – so like both Spanish and Catalan – it’s put a spring in my step. Thank you!
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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Love your window pictures – and ‘gussied up’!
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It was just a part of my family’s vocabulary. And Jo commented above and agrees!
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It is a familiar word, although not one I hear or read very often.
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Can’t beat a good reflection or three. There’s so much to notice.
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Yes. I should have made it into a competition, with the winner noticing the most.
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I love the photos – so nicely done. In a year from now hopefully you will be visiting there again!
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I’ve given up planning … but I hope so.
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Love the reflections! Like seeing the souls of a street — its people & buildings unguarded! Wonderful
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Thank you. It was quite fun exploring that window at the time too.
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Looks fabulous and in these times rather exotic.
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It is rather. Go with a full wallet.
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