ice bar

Yesterday I told you about our Wednesday afternoon activities in Barcelona. I neglected to mention our nighttime fun.

When we returned from the abbey in the late afternoon we enjoyed Jamón ibérico, cheese, baguette, apples, grapes, and wine in our apartment.

My husband, Dave, has a client, Cliff, who lived in Barcelona for several months earlier this year. Cliff, made many friends while living here and told one of his friends, Kevin, to be sure to entertain us and treat us well when we came to town.

We tried to contact Kevin a few times early in the week, but were unsuccessful, mostly due to our incompetence in using international calling codes, or so we thought. Turns out the real reason was due to the fact that Kevin’s iPhone was stolen and was being replaced during that same time frame. Anyhow, we finally connected, right at the same time that we were eating our “stay in for the night” impromptu dinner of ham, cheese, and fruit. It was about 6:00 at the time and Kevin asked to meet us at 9:30 or 10:00 for drinks and dinner.  Yes, that is the normal dinner hour in Spain!

We met up at IceBarcelona, a super awesome and cool (COLD!) ice bar on the beach. There’s a steep price to drink at the ice bar. Fifteen euros each allows you entrance into the ice bar plus a heavy jacket and gloves to use and one drink.

Everyone looks sexy in the same big coat!

Gloves are needed since the glasses the drinks come in are made of … ICE.

After our one drink each, we strolled down the beach to CDLC also known as Carpe Diem Lounge Club.

Kevin treated the four of us to a delicious dinner and three bottles of fabulous wine. Kevin is a vineyard owner in Washington state and is currently negotiating for another vineyard in Spain.

All in all, a great evening, especially since we were prepared to spend the night in!

The restaurant was not very crowded when we arrived but when we left it was packed. Partiers were ready to dance and drink the night (and well into the next morning) away!