Feliz día de Sant Jordi!

Cronuts and Hot Chocolate Date 

Today was a very special day in Barcelona, it was Día de Sant Jordi (St. George’s Day) aka Valentine’s Day. There's a popular legend, all over Catalonia that says, once upon a time, there was a dragon attacking a kingdom, and to satisfy its hunger, the residents would feed it two lambs every day to prevent the dragon from attacking the village, until they ran out of lambs. Afterwards, chosen by a drawing, a person would be sent to satisfy the dragon's hunger. Unfortunately, one day, the princess’s name was chosen by the drawing lots. On her way to the dragon’s cave, she runs into a knight by the name of Jorge and he saves her by stabbing the dragon, and from the puddle of dragon blood, rises a red rose, in which the knight gives to the princess. Therefore, every year on April 23rd, in all of Catalonia, guys give red roses to their women for exchange of a book. Michelle and I wanted to have a little fun with today, so we were each other’s “valentine”. She bought me a blue rose, since blue is my favorite color and I bought her a red rose. We also went to a place called “Chök, The Chocolate Kitchen,” off Las Ramblas to have some cronuts and hot chocolate. The streets of Barcelona were supper crowed, but it was nice to see everybody out with their loved ones, enjoying Sant Jordi.

a crowed Las Ramblas