Spent our last day in Zaragoza exploring more of the back streets of the city before visiting the Goya museum. The museum was a bit different to what we expected. Only a small part of it was dedicated to Goya himself. The rest of the space was allocated to artists who were "influenced" by Goya. Still fairly interesting but not what we expected.
The exhibits of Goyas works highlighted a few things about Goya as a person:

• Goya was a political satirist
• Goya was a social commentator
• Goya had a rather twisted view of the world

A lot of the Goya examples were of his lithographs depicting his view of the world.

Right, done with the museum, time to try out one of the tapas bars. Walked back down to the Basilica area to try a bar we had spotted before, the El Real bar and restaurant. Encountered a slight language barrier trying to order something, but a few hand gestures and a couple of chosen words in Spanish and we were soon sorted. A glass of beer for moi, a coffee for Julie and half a dozen plates of tasty morsels consisting of grilled peppers and egg plant, grilled ham, pastry filled with tuna mousse. Quite delicious. Tapas bar conquered.

Went out later on for some supper.. Which isn't as easy as it sounds. Most restaurants in Spain are not restaurants at all - they are Tapas bars with a few side dishes thrown in. So finding a real "restaurant" can be a bit hit and miss. Then when you do find one, most of them don't open until after 8pm, or even 9pm. Spotted a restaurant sign down a side street, investigated, found it was a real restaurant, but didn't open until 8pm. So, 45mins to kill. Found a bar to have a quiet drink. Quiet? Not a chance. There are thousands of people out and about. All the bars are full - young people, old people, families. They're all there. Some drinking coffee, some beer and wine. The noise level is high, seems like the natiional past time is talking as loud as possible. Found a table anyway, sat down, ordered,a couple of drinks, and proceeded to watch the world go by.

Made our our way down to our chosen restaurant. Only one person in there when we arrived, not a good look. A very charming young woman showed us to,a table (couldn't speak a word of English, but we couldn't speak a word of Spanish, so alls fair). Picked out a couple of dishes each (at least we got to sample a paella dish), a couple of drinks and all was right with the world.

Food was outstanding, simple and full of flavour. A most excellent way to finish the day, and our visit to Zaragoza. It's a marvellous city to visit. Full of great architecture, historical sights and museums.

Tomorrow we are off to Barcelona for a couple dsys. Looking forward to it. Adios for now.