Monday June 24

After the late night last night, it should come as no surprise that we woke up late.  Nikki also happened to take a double siesta today, but we still had time to run down to Las Ramblas to see some of the markets, though we will have to go on a different day to see La Boquetaria since it was closed for the holiday.  In theory, by going on the holiday we could avoid most of the major crowds.  This theory proved accurate.  Unfortunately, by avoiding the crowds we also avoided many of the attractions and markets which are usually there.  This means that we will just have to go back on another day to see it all again! 

A few cool things we did see were some human statues, among them a golden angel, an old green man, a bronze Columbus, a gargoyle, a greek philosopher, a weird alien lady, and a knight.  We both agreed that the angel and Columbus were the best!  My personal favorite was the art section of the Ramblas.  Most were doing caricatures and portraits, but one man was doing landscapes and I though his work was phenomenal!  The one he was working on was a black and white painting of a mountain range fronted by a lake, with a waterfall and some foliage in the foreground, plus a massive moon in the background.  (It kind of looked like a landscape from the fourth moon of the planet Yavin when you look back at the planet).  I was quite impressed by both the quality as well as the speed with which he was able to complete the painting.  After a final walk around one of the beachside parks by the marina we came home for dinner and to call it a night.