Nothing says "Icon of Barcelona" like a McDonalds!
I did not go inside to verify the missing donuts, but I assume they are not served here.
La Boqueria Mercada
The market was initially a travelling market, but as Las Ramblas became an important pedestrian lane, it settled in the best location to attract large numbers of tourists, passers-by, and locals. It is nuts in there!
I don't even know what these are!
Blackberry coconut smoothie...delicious!
Still twitching.
A cute cartoon snail to tell you exactly what is in that bag.
Back on La Rambla...
Placa de Cataluyna
Why does this statue have a red nose?
Canaletes Fountain
In 1888, the Barcelona city council agreed to build water fountains around the city for the World Fair. This fountain is a reference point, a meeting place, a drinking fountain (it even has a little side fountain for dogs) and it is said that if you drink from it's waters you will fall even more in love with Barcelona and no matter how far you travel you will always return.
I stopped and ate lunch at a little pizzaria on La Rambla. I ordered the barbeque chicken, and true to the description the chicken was barbequed, but the sauce was still marinara. Weird, but delicious.
eta: I forgot to mention that the menu at this place was full of rockets. Rockets listed as ingredients or toppings for pizza. I could not figure out what the rockets actually were. Nowhere did it include information other than "rockets". I even asked a few native Spanish speakers what it was and when they didn't know I chalked it up to another translation fail. Turns out: (salad) rocket = arugula. Go forth with that knowledge and order all the rockets you care to eat!
