La Ramblas

After a morning in Barri Gotic and Ciutat Vella, Scott's ankle was still feeling OK, so we walked down La Ramblas to the port.

Along the way we saw the Barcelona opera house, Teatre del Liceu.  Our timing is bad... a new production opens right after we leave next week.  No opera for us in Barcelona!

One of the things we remembered from previous trips were the human "statues" along the walkway.  Before, they were people who would remain motionless -- or choose a moment to surprise someone by suddenly shifting.  Today, there were fewer, and poor quality ones.  These tended to be guys posing for pictures with the tourists instead of the more creative ones from before. 

At the foot of La Ramblas is the Columbus monument.  Columbus points west. 


Around the base of the monument are statues and bas reliefs of elements in Columbus' efforts to convince the Spanish Court to fund his voyages to the new world and in his presentation to the court of his findings. 



trying to explain the world is round

one of the Indians he returned with

We lingered a bit at the port, watching a sailboat circle until the pedestrian bridge could be opened to let him get to the marina. 

We walked back to the apartment -- a real accomplishment since it was about a mile each way.  That's the farthest we've walked.  The pain patches that Scott's niece provided seem to be helping.  The ankle was stiff, but there was less pain.