Barcelona
Last day today. Spent the time ambling around the city, and in particular along narrow lanes leading off the main streets. Once away from La Rambla, there are interesting sights to see and far less tourists. Also down to the wharf and the World Trade Centre.
There are many more things for sale along La Rambla than we first thought. Live lizards, birds, tortoises, ferrets, dogs, cats, flowers and plants, etc. One large beautiful bird for sale (I think it was a Macaw) cost 2,800 Euro (about $A4,500) - we couldn´t help but wonder from where it had been smuggled!
We have tried to attach some photos to the entries, but without any luck. Don´t know why.
After packing and organising our ¨things¨, we catch a high-speed train in the morning for Alicante where we will stay for two nights before collecting the hire car and making our own way for the remainder of the time. Train journey is about 5 hours. Alicante appears to be a pretty city, located on the coast. Will post our impressions when we find another Internet cafe.
Last night we had our first taste of Lobster Paella for dinner, which was delicious.
There seem to be very few English-speaking tourists, except for the occasional Americans.