I started celebrating too early. The owner of what I thought was my dream apartment is asking for a 2,000 Euros bank guaranty!!! Nevertheless, and since I know I will live in an even better place, I decided to go out in style and celebrate anyways... after all, my just recovered will needs a Cosmopolitan desperately!!
Right now I am at Boadas, the oldest cocktail bar in Barcelona. Established by Miguel Boadas in 1933, the place has remained practically the same since. All thanks to the continued tradition in the hands of his daughter now, who's approximately around 80 years old!!! The business of making people "happy"... literally!
As I write these lines, I am sipping a Cosmo, my favorite drink. I have to say, it isn't at all what I expected, but it isn't bad either. I guess it is a Spanish style Cosmo!. A little bit sweeter than the ones you get in the States, a little bit tangier too, with a subtle orange whiff to it. Different, yes... but not bad, not bad at all.
Mahogany is all over the place. Mahogany is the main characteristic of this picturesque place! It is a very small room, and they told me it used to be even smaller. I don't think it can hold more than 30 patrons at a time, and 25 of them standing up. Aside from the bar, there is a mahogany sill all around the room, for the purpose of putting your drink down. Above it, the room is full of photographs, cartoon likenesses and oil paintings of the founder and his daughter.
Miguel was a man with a very pleasant completion. An oil painting of him catches my attention, a broad smile dominates not only his face, or the portrait, it really dominates the whole room.
Sitting at the curb in the end of the bar, you get the feeling time has stood still. Even the bartenders ware uniforms more appropriate for 1930's fashion than today's. I feel like a time traveler... and right now I am at a place in time where I could see Hemingway walking any minute in and through that door... and we all know how fond was he of alcohol!
It is a farewell to the nights in Barcelona. A "Spanish style" Cosmo farewell!
Tomorrow I will continue my journey in search of the perfect home!
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