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| Standing on La Rambla |
This morning, we arrived in
Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia. This is the place where great football,
architecture and art come together. After a nice breakfast in the Veranda Grill
on Deck 9, we were allowed to disembark from our cruise ship, the
As both my
mother and I had been in Barcelona before, albeit on different occasions, we
decided to limit ourselves to walking around the famous boulevard known as La
Rambla this time. The place is full of vibrancy with little
streets either side leading off to a warren of interesting lanes and alleyways.
In my opinion, if you can’t love La Rambla in Barcelona, you can’t love life!
The indoor
market
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| The indoor market |
One of the
highlights of our morning walk was a visit to the indoor market. This is a very
traditional Catalonian market where fresh fruit and vegetables,
prehistoric-looking monkfish, and skinned sheep heads (with eyes still in place)
are all found under the same roof. This colourful aromatic spectacle is in
sharp contrast to the sanitized packaged supermarket experience that I have
become used to in my daily life. We eventually ended up spending a good 20
minutes meandering through this wonderful hall of commerce.
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| A telescopic monopod |
A
new gadget is owned
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| That perfect shot |
We had a lot of fun practicing with the one we got although none of the first pictures were very good at all. However, after a lot of unsuccessful attempts we finally managed to find a local called Pablo who was patient enough to pose with us until we got that perfect shot.
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