02-May-2022

First official tour day but no activity until the meet and greet at 5pm. Our guide for this tour is a retired American Spanish teacher from Seattle. He's been a Rick Steve's guide for about 15 years but not working for the last 2 years.  He's having fun reconnecting with all his friends and fellow guides in Spain. 

First full day in Spain, time to ramble around.  What better spot than La Rambla. When Spaniards in Barcelona go for a walk they end up on La Rambla, a wide street with a lot of restaurants and cafes along the  way. All of the places on La Rambla are rip-offs serving watered down drinks for $15 but if you move off the main drag and go to the side streets there are many nice places to be found.  Of course there are some unusual places also, like this one.

Dinner was at a family restaurant where we were introduced to some Spanish specialties and of course good wines.