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Barcelona Apartments: Vacation Apartments in Barcelona. Apartamentos Barcelona | Habitaciones Barcelona | Alojamiento Barcelona - Barcelona-Home. Ordering at a Restaurant in Spanish. 4 of 12 in Series: The Essentials of Going Out on the Town in Spanish-Speaking Countries When you’re eating out at a Spanish-speaking restaurant, knowing some basic Spanish vocabulary can make the ordering process a little easier. Placing your order basically consists of two parts: ordering a beverage and ordering food. But first you need to get the attention of your server. Calling a waiter over to your table If your waiter is a man, the appropriate way to address him depends on where you are. A waiter in Argentina is a mozo (moh-soh) or “young man.” When a woman is serving you, call her simply señorita (seh-nyoh-ree-tah), meaning “Miss,” no matter where you are.

Ordering a beverage Credit: PhotoDisc, Inc. Many people like to order an aperitif, or cocktail, before dinner. Agua (ah-gooah) in Mexico can mean “water,” which is its exact translation, but it can also be a beverage made with water, fruit, and sugar. Escoger un vino (ehs-koh-Hehr oon bvee-noh) (choose a wine) ¡Salud! Adjective 1. Lonely Planet Barcelona. Artisan Candy: Papabubble Caramels Artesans in Barcelona | Degustinations. You can easily mistake it for a glass or jewellery shop in Murano, were it not for its location in Barcelona’s Barri Gòtic quarter.

Papabubble Caramels Artesans is a candy shop set to fire up the imagination. Walk past the quiet street and your senses are assailed by the sweet and sugary aromas emanating from the shop. Step through the doors, and you can watch artisans at work, stretching, manipulating, rolling and cutting the kaleidoscopic candy into unusual shapes forming edible art. Papbubble was started by two Australians from Melbourne, Christopher King and Nigel Chouri who relocated to Barcelona and opened up the store in 2004.

Since then, they have stretched their sugary empire to New York City, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Seoul, Taipei and Lisbon. Watching the candy being sculpted into shapes such as lollipops and rings is sure to release your inner child. Papabubble Caramels Artesans at Carrer Ample, 28 Barcelona Spain [Photo: Nerea Marta ] Explorer - Barcelona’s Hidden Courtyards, Legacy of an Urban Visionary.