La Rambla, with it’s wide central area, stretches from the harbor from to the Parc de la Ciutadella and is one of the main places in the city to see and be seen.
On the waterfront end of La Rambla, just across the roundabout from the Columbus Monument is the Catalonian Army HQ. Oddly they have a wee public museum in the first floor. And a large contingent of special police outside.
And the roof is lined with these statues.
More foreigners. The medallion around the parakeet’s neck shows it has been tagged and released in a program to determine how widespread these noxious (so noisy and they make such a mess under their nests) invaders that were once pets whose noise forced owners to open both cage doors and windows.
With CP30 & Sup on the roof this wax museum looked interesting, but was unfortunately closed.
Street performer as Alien
And Don Quixote.
Are these pavers curved? Do some bow in and others bow up? Or an optical illusion and they are flat?
Frederic Soler i Hubert ( October 9th of 1839 , Barcelona – July 4 of 1895 ), better known as Serafí Pitarra was a poet, playwright and entrepreneur in theatrical Spanish.
And what is a sex museum without Marilyn on a balcony with a convenient fan?
La Boqueria is a famous market located in El Raval with an entrance to the market from La Rambla. It provides a wide variety of fresh fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds, sweets as well as meat, fish & cheese. After wandering through this lip-smacking market I decided that my next visit to Barcelona will require a room with a kitchen so as to partake in all that the market offered.
But since I had no kitchen, a liter of local beer and a plate of paella in an open air restaurant on Las Rambla was the next best thing. And the creamy butter/garlic spread on the fresh chewy bread was perfect.
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