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	<description>The DestinationBCN Blog is your source for news and views on Barcelona, designed to help you feel at home. Whether you're a fleeting visitor or here to stay, we're here to help you get a real feel for Barcelona. Benvinguts!</description>
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		<title>Bread &amp; Butter Barcelona (the real thing!)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bread is a controversial topic in Barcelona these days. In fact, considering bread is a staple in most European countries, the controversy is not particularly city-specific: the mass production of bread and the disappearance of the local baker now evokes the same level of dismay as intensive farming or overfishing. However, in a country where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.destinationbcn.com/2009/12/08/bread-butter-barcelona-the-real-thing/</link>
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		<title>Guests of Honour, MNAC.  Dec. 2, 2009 &#8211; Apr. 11, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been 75 years since the inauguration of the stunning Museu d’Art de Catalunya in Montjuic, and the museum is celebrating it’s birthday in style by bringing together 75 masterpieces of Catalan art from private collections, Catalan, European and American museums, and ecclesiastic patrimony. The show takes us on a journey through Catalan art from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.destinationbcn.com/2009/11/14/guests-of-honour-december-2-2009-april-11-2010/</link>
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		<title>The Anarchy of Silence. Untill January 10, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;He&#8217;s not a composer, but an inventor of genius&#8221;. – said Arnold Schönberg of his pupil, John Cage. You can judge for yourself this winter as the MACBA presents the largest exhibition devoted to the composer since his death. The Anarchy of Silence – John Cage and Experimental Art is also the first exhibition to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.destinationbcn.com/2009/10/29/the-anarchy-of-silence-untill-january-10-2010/</link>
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		<title>Becoming a Boletaire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ask your average urbanite if they know where to find some mushrooms and they&#8217;ll direct you to their personal travel agent for the trip of a lifetime. Ask a local in Barcelona and they&#8217;ll check the nearest location of recent rainfall and pinpoint a field on a map. Hunting for wild mushrooms (sepas in Spanish, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.destinationbcn.com/2009/10/16/becoming-a-boletaire/</link>
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		<title>Menú del Día in Barcelona</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The menú del día is like the secret password to Spanish existence. Whisper &#8216;aai-min-oe&#8217; to the patron and you&#8217;ll be given a knowing nod and your expensive a la carte menu quickly whipped away to be replaced by a single sheet in Spanish, probably with regional terms. Think of it as a lucky dip. Chances [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.destinationbcn.com/2009/10/14/menu-del-dia-restaurants-in-barcelona/</link>
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		<title>It’s All Coming Together: Barcelona Meeting Point 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BMP: October 27th – November 1st 2009 Barcelona Meeting Point is Spain’s one and only international and professional real estate exhibition and takes place each autumn. Now in its 12th year, the expo is divided into three parts. The Professional Exhibition, where visitors get a peek at the latest projects and services from a wide [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.destinationbcn.com/2009/10/12/barcelona-meeting-point-2009/</link>
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		<title>Barcelona’s experimental music events</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sònar Sònar started out as something very different to the festival that folk who flock to it today consider it to be. For years it’s been considered the leading avant-garde and experimental festival in Europe and one of the best in the world. Forget the crowds and the techno attached to it. The truth is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.destinationbcn.com/2009/07/06/experimental-music-events-in-barcelona/</link>
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		<title>Tapas the way the locals like it &#8211; Bar Celta</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tucked between the Gothic Quarter and the seafront, Bar Celta is famous for its lip-smackingly good Galician Tapas. Hot, freshly fried calamares are a firm favourite, and the house specialties: melt-in-the mouth paprika-dusted octopus, patatas bravas, home-made ham and potato croquets and pork-skewers also feature among the symphony of flavours at this down-to-earth, hospitable grazing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.destinationbcn.com/2009/06/24/tapas-bar-celta-in-barcelona/</link>
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		<title>Flash-bang: it’s San Juan… June 24, 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barcelona would like to invite you to a party the scale of which you ain’t never seen before… On 24th of June, the entire city and surrounding towns will erupt into a blaze of light. The origins of the celebration can be traced back to the pagan sun worship rituals and the witching night. When [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.destinationbcn.com/2009/06/18/sant-joan-barcelona/</link>
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		<title>The Brandery Barcelona: Post-Fashion Circus. July 7-9, 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Brandery hails a new concept in contemporary urban fashion trade shows, where the Brand, creativity and innovation come together in an unconventional space at the Fira in Barcelona. July sees the first edition of this twice-yearly trade fair, where 250 national and international fashion exhibiters will unite with an anticipated 10,000 top international industry [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.destinationbcn.com/2009/06/15/the-brandery-barcelona-post-fashion-circus-july-7-9-2009/</link>
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