Famous Street

These are some of the photos we took along the La Rambla. Rambla apparently came from Arabic word meaning dry stream. I won't dwell into how that word became to be used for this street. La Rambla is no doubt the most famous street in Barcelona. It is actually a wide walking pavement in the middle of the street, normally thronged by tourists and locals alike. It connects Plaza de Catalunya, the central park, with the harbour area. A walk along the street is a nice way of spending the afternoon whilst seeing and being entertained by lots of street entertainers.

There are all sort of them. Mostly are there to ask for a small change for the chance to take photo with them.

On this trip we were quite wary of pick pockets. A friend of mine has his bag stolen whilst arriving on the train here recently. Most of my office colleagues also warned that pick pocketing is rampant in the city. Things like this sometimes make you wonder whether you want to know about it. Now that you know, you tend to be over cautious and that sometimes are really spoiling the spirit of a holiday.

In any case we decided to travel light, I was not even carrying a wallet! Looking around, because most places are crowded, people can easily fall victims to pick pocket.