Try the Bus Turistik
by goglobe
If you don't want to mingle with the locals in a metro car, by all means take the open-top double decker called Bus Turistik for a 30-minute round trip of the city. It has two roundabout routes, blue and red which you can hop in and out anytime, that take you to the Olympic Stadium in the high hills of Montjuic, the Columbus column, the Gaudi buildings including the Sagrada Familia and also Parc Guell, which like all visitors, you have to climb some gradient to get to. Not a bad idea if you run out of time for some in-depth visits of the sights.
Language use
by dlandt
Outside the tourist areas, it didn't seem that Barcelonians spoke more than Spanish and Catalan. I found some minimal knowledge of English and German but found it easier to speak what Spanish I knew and fill in the gaps with Italian. When I spoke pure Italian, people seemed to get kind of the gist of what I was saying, but corrected me in Spanish each time, which helped me improve but also kept my ego in check.
In tourist areas or areas of interest, it seemed that facilities catered to speakers of French or Spanish, Catalan of course. English, Italian, or German? "If you must". Beyond that, very little effort was made to present things in minor, Central or East European languages. No effort at all was made for speakers of Asian languages that I could see.
Sun protection
by morganna
Some northern people come to Spain looking for our sun. I understand it, but please take a high protection cream for your skin, nowadays sun is really dangerous, even for us. Get a tan, not a burn!
Art in Rambla Catalunya
by Elisabcn
People who in those days (May-July 2007) walk along Rambla Catalunya will find a nice open air exposition. Igor Mitoraj, a polish sculptor, has lent to the city of Barcelona some of his great bronze sculptures about man and his past. You can learn more about this artist going to Caixa Forum where you'll find nice exposition about his work and creative process.
I find it a nice idea, the sculptures look very well in Rambla Catalunya, it seems they are part of the urban furniture!
Pelayo street
by Marionbcn about shoe shops
Among the pelayo street theres plenty of shoe shops, its the main street to go and get new shoes, spain is one of the countries that produces more shoes in the world ( specially in the Alicante area), so shoes here are cheap and with high quality. All kind of shoes, from sleepers, to snickers, to eegant shoes to go out at night. depends, but most of the prices are so low knwoing they are high quality.
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Las Ramblas.
Arc de Triomf
Plaça del Diamant
Geese in the cloisters of the Cathedral
