More Modernisme

After the hospital we took an inadvertently long hike, in search of a restaurant that turned out to be non-existent, at Fodor's address anyway, but then found another, Cafe Bilbao, which was fine, and then spent the rest of the day walking back through the Eixample to our shuttle at Placa Catalonia.

Cafe Bilbao was really a more neighborhood place, I think;
quite busy, and evidently not accustomed to tourists; one
wall was covered with memorable art, much concerning the
restaurant itself

It was hearty fare, 3 courses and all you could
drink wine; the above, my favorite, the
appetizer, three eggs baked in cream with
cheese and chorizo; I could have stopped
there...

After which we walked slowly back to the
Place Catalonya and our bus, noting any
number of Modernista structures; here, one
of our favorites, the Casa Comalot

At the Hospital, Vicki had found a guidebook
on the Ruta de Modernistas, and it became
our chief guide to Barcelona in succeeding
days

More of the Casa Comalot

The back side wasn't bad either; could easily
have passed for a Gaudi

And here another favorite, the Casa Asia

Impressive grill work

Looking up the central stairwell; that's as far as we got; it's
a private residence