Here are a few ideas:
- Palm Sunday. First of all, you need to get yourself a palm (well, to be strict your godmother should buy it for you). The best palm markets are in front of the Sagrada Familia church and in the Rambla Catalunya. Boys get long palms called "palmó", and girls get palms with tricky lacery work ("palma"), and they decorate them with laces and candy that they won't be allowed to eat until the mass is over. Adults usually carry laurel branches, although women (specially the elderly) might prefer a miniature palma. Palm blessing is performed at 11am at the Cathedral in the Gothic Quarter and at 11:45am in front of the Passion Façade of the Sagrada Familia church. Or if you prefer a very local experience, head for the Caputxins de Sarrià (2 Cardenal Vives i Tutó st., 5 minutes walk from Maria Cristina (L3 Metro) and Reina Elisenda (L6 Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat).
- Via Crucis. The procession of the Holy Cross on Easter Friday. At the Sagrada Familia in front of the Passion Façade at 9am and 10pm, and at the Cathedral at 6.30pm.
- Mona for your godchildren. On Easter Monday godchildren are given a mona by their godfather. They used to be a cake decorated with one hard-boiled egg per each children the kid is old. However, nowadays the tradition has evolved and most monas are now amazing chocolate figures that can be bought in most pastry shops. So organize a family lunch, and eat your mona for desert!
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