Today we toured the Joan Miró museum (see picture) and the Barcelona City History museum. The history museum was very cool as they take you down two floors and back two centuries in time to the old roman part of the city which is now buried. The base of the city wall is still present as are remnants of shops, wineries, baths and churches.
We walked down La Rambla which is the main tourist street in Barcelona. It is of course wall to wall people and lined with shops on either side selling just about anything. Of course there are the obligatory mimes on every corner (did I mention that I hate mimes?). There was one worth describing as I have no idea how they did it. It was a golden Indian elephant god with four moveable arms but the amazing part is that the mime was floating in air with absolutely no visible means of support.
Lunch in Barcelona is generally tapas. Today we went to a bar that had pintxos. Pintxos are basically small tapas with each having the same price and you serve yourself. Each has a large toothpick and at the end of the meal they count your toothpicks and charge you accordingly.
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