Thanks for writing it up - nice report!
Do I get an even bigger prize for finding you in a different picture?
Brought back nice memories from my trip a few years ago. Man, we loved Maccabi (and didn't have waiter issues). It's also interesting how we only strolled La Ramblas once and didn't see the water at the end nor the zoo or the nice parks you've mentioned. I guess that's the difference when you plan activities vs. not. We were running around from the Jewish tour to Park Guell to seeing Gaudi architecture that we didn't explore things that may not have hit DDF Wiki / TripAdvisor top 10 lists. Will keep that in mind for future trips.