Review for the first day 2 :)

Ok, so after we took some photo op opportunities next to the monument of columbus, we made our way off of Las Ramblas to the left of the monument and down the spanish coastline. By the way, inside of the monument there is an elevator that can lift people up to the top of the monument where there is a sort of observation platform that the tourists can go to to see the stretch of Las Ramblas and the water directly behind the monument. Guess what this is similar to in the US... the empire states building! Its basically the same principle but on a much smaller scale! Another fun fact for you is that the promenade of Las Ramblas 200 years ago or maybe earlier than that was  a kind of canal that went from the Plaza Catalunia, at one end of the Ramblas, to the other end, which dumps into the see. They had to fill in the canal due to needed roads and the major expansion during that time. As we walked down the coast, we walked by the old spanish port, which was at the main spanish port during that time. This old port has now turned into a prime yaht (if that is how you spell it) club! as we walked down the coastline, we walked past out door discotecas, which until a few years ago, were lively night clubs for raving and the night lifers :) We also walked by a couple of giant sculptures, one was a lobster, which was the mascot for the 1992 olympic games that were held here in Barcelona, and a more modernist sculpture using the same tiles that were frequently used by Antony Gaudi, the renowned architect during that time. After all this walking, we went to dinner! And thats were the next post comes in!