La Rambla

Today was a day full of walking.  My friend and I took the bus into Barcelona once again to check out La Rambla.  La Rambla is one of Barcelona’s most popular streets, stretching over a mile of decadent shops, museums, markets, cafes, and churches.  We stopped to check out the Picasso art museum and the museu de la xocolata (chocolate museum).  The ticket into the museu de la xocolata was a chocolate bar – it can’t really get much better than that!  As pictured below the chocolate sculptures were amazing.  I have no idea how someone could sculpt something so beautiful out of chocolate.

For lunch we stopped at an outdoor café to have paella, a traditional Spanish dish.  It was very good except for the little lobsters that had their entire bodies intact… eyeballs and all. Eww.

After lunch we explored Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter.  It was really neat to see all of the old buildings (some date back to medieval times) and the remains of the historic Roman Wall.  There were also many beautiful churches randomly located down side streets.

While walking back to the bus we decided to check out The Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria, which I later found out to be one of the city’s most famous markets.  They had tons of fresh fruits and vegetables laid out everywhere.  One thing I found rather odd was the meat selection.  All of the meat is hanging by the leg, outside in the heat, yet still manages to stay good…

After getting back to Sitges we decided to take quick swim in Maria’s pool.  Tomorrow is our last full day in Spain, so time to get some rest!