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Document of the “Mercats de Barcelona” (in Spanish), describing four different routes through the city, all with a different perspective, to enjoy the large variety of markets.

Though the document is in Spanish, you may still be able to distill the address details of the different markets and get a general idea of the story behind each of the routes

1. Route past the markets of the past – no longer existing yet still recognizable through architecture and other references.

2. Route past the iconic markets – all markets in Barcelona are important, yet some are more significant than others.

3. Route past the “nous mercats” – build during the 50′s of the 20th century

4. Route past the modernist markets – build around the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, in modernist style.

source: Mercats de Barcelona

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20000-dollar-menu

If you think spending a mere 5000 bucks on a burger and some fries is beneath you, you could consider going for the full monty, a 20.000 dollar three course meal, of course accompanied by a glass of wine with each dish. Some caviar, foie gras and lobster to start with, beef with more foie gras (yes, “filet Rossini), potatoe gratin and asparagus, scoop of sorbet with fruit-soup (that´s actually a bonus course, something matching the “spoom” course to refresh the palate, so probably served without wine), finished of with the chocolate course shown of the right. You could actually have the burger first, do a bit of gambling to earn your next meal and go back for the 20K feast without leaving the building, it´s all possible at the Fleur de Lys restaurant in the Mandalay bay casino in Las Vegas.

picture is courtesy of Fleur de Lys

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