La Boqueria Market

La Boqueria Market has its origins from year 1200, as an open market, and enclosed today as shown in the photo taken at 1:30 pm.

Today, many pesky tourists and local inhabitants buy and eat the luscious vegetables, sweet (and I mean SWEET) fruits, familiar and strange looking fish that lurk at you and *bocadillos with jamon and queso. (Yum Yum).

And, when you've finished eating paellas at the many cafes that surround the perimeter of the market, at the entrance is a Dunkin Donut shop, to satisfy your craving for sugar.

Truly, it's a great place to see history, taste great food and I ask you to be nice, if you're a visitor. Like I said, many locals inhabit the market and on days when you're there shooting pictures, they can't get to the counters to buy their food and the vendors can't make a living.

*bocadillos --- sandwiches of crusty bread, made with various hams of your choice and cheese with an optional tomato

Not ALL roads lead to and from Rome!

As you can see from the map, all roads in the center of the city lead to and from the Plaça de Catalunya, the heart of Barcelona to other neighborhoods and provinces that you’ve dreamt of visiting.


The photo below was taken with a wide angle lens. However, the plaça is very LARGE, that I was only able to do it one-quarter-justice.

Ahem!

Moving right along.

Plaça de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2006

But, no matter, I believe you can get a sense of how immense the area is. No?

In and around the plaça you will find many different types of locals, street performers, the Hard Rock Café, McDonalds, Burger King, many, many cafés, restaurants, shops, department stores, etc.

Plaça de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2006

And, of course,

Wild and Pesky Tourist, Barcelona, 2006

those wild and pesky tourists.

Enjoy!!

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Me, watching THEM, watching YOU!

Ever feel like your being watched?

Well, sometimes, it isn’t me.

IT’S THEM!!

Who? You might ask.

Those pesky tourists, that’s who.

Passeig de Gràcia, Barcelona, 2006

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These vacationers are taking a time out after being watched. Now they're doing the watching!

But I say this to the locals.

Don’t worry, I’ll bewachen* them, for ya!!

*bewachen … german word for: to watch.

I don’t speak German but I thought it would be fun to use this word.

Enjoy!!

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