The first day we arrived Barcelona, we went to this boulevard called La Rambla.
La Rambla - meaning the dried-up bed of a seasonal river. It used to be a river if I'm not mistaken. It is a busy street in central Barcelona, popular with tourists.
When walking down La Rambla, we visited its many small shops and enjoy watching the various performances by street artists/entertainers.
Personally, I think they are far more professional from those in Dublin; and they are really REALISTIC!
If they caught you trying to snap a picture on them without tipping them, they would cover their face and use their leg to kick on his/her "money bowl"
And we passed by the popular fresh market. Fruits are so fresh. I could not believe when I saw the fruits at the stalls; they look so unreal to my eyes.
I've never tried FRESH cherry before until my visit to Barcelona. Shame on me. I have only tried the canned one -_-''
It was selling at 12euro a kg. Kher Xin had a hard time when she was trying to tell the seller she only wants 500g.
Witnessing Kher Xin's difficulty, hubby tried to challenge me to buy the cherry from the fruit seller. He doubted that I could get what I want.
Ta - da !!! I got the cherries.
The power of money! I told the fruit seller I want SIX EURO of cherries. He got it immediately.
Money breaks all communication barrier!
Travelling to a non-english speaking country could be challenging. Most of them speaks, of course Spanish, what else? We had a little hard time when trying to ask for direction.
One of the good examples was when we were trying to buy train tickets to a place (could not remember what's the name of the place now).
Us : Which is the station nearest to XXX?
Ticket Seller : . . . . . *silence*
Then we were trying to point at the place on the map. She finally understood where we wanna go. However, we could not understand a single word when she was showing us the way!!!
She did not even know how to tell left or right. In the end, we had to figure the direction by ourselves.
After that,
We asked : How much is the fare?
Ticket Seller : . . . . . *silence*
We have to use sign language. Showing our fingers to let her knows, 1, 2 or 3???
Ticket Seller : Uno (One in Spanish)
Us : Ok. Give us FOUR tickets, please.
Ticket Seller : ??? Uno? Dos? Tres? (1,2, 3 in Spanish)
We then showing her four by sign language again.
We spent a good 20mins just to get the tickets. *Phew*
However, it was a great experience to us. We had so much fun in Barcelona.
After the trip, there is an urge in me that prompts me to learn Spanish. After all, Spanish is the 4th most spoken language in the world.
