Any notion of a cool and hip Barcelona usually takes a serious dent after a stroll through the main passage ways of Barrio Gótico at night: rowdy and dirty, drunk students crowding the streets, stag and hen parties wandering aimlessly around, locals peddling beer, roses or both.
Find refuge in this former bodega on a small, quiet street running parallel to Avinyo. Sink into a leather couch and enjoy the retro-classic interior over a few cocktails surrounded by a relatively mature and laid-back crowd.
It was to be expected. After years of gay boys spilling out of Gayxample to stake out new territory in Heteroland, the tide is turning: Gayxample is going straight.
Pánico en el Paralelo! ¡Uuhhh!, ¡que miedo! Volvió A Los Huevos Tuyos returned with some who could sing, some who couldn't but who could put on a show, and then some who should just have stayed at home. But, as always, a fabulous time.
