Barcelona Day 4

After last night today was a fairly laid back day. We headed off to the centre of Barcelona to have lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe. It's the first one I've been to and I was very impressed; the place in general is awesome, the food is great, the service is brilliant, the music has a decent variety (including, surprisingly, Amy MacDonald t one point), and the collections of memorabilia are awe-inspiring. The only downside really is that the prices most certainly reflect this quality. However I had no complaints on leaving and can happily say "been there, done that, got the t-shirt". Right next to the Cafe is La Ramblas, the long street famous for culture and pickpockets. Luckily we only experienced the former, with living statues and similar oddities. Taking a tour of the other end of Barcelona we saw the Olympic venues of 1992 and went to Barri Gotic, the gothic quarter. It was really nice here and even though it was getting late there was still a lot of activity. After having dinner we went back to La Ramblas and with it now being nearly 11pm it was buzzing with activity. Not in the Scottish sense of drunkards shouting at passers by, but people of all ages milling around looking at the different attractions which had multiplied by many times since the afternoon. A massive crowd was drawn to breakdancers, there was a greater array of mimes and living statues, and various crafts were being sold. All of these were clearly random people who had decided to try and make a few Euros which made it really cool. It was a great last evening, topped off by returning to our hotel to find a group of Americans discussing Manowar. Speaking to them, we discovered they were Holyhell's road crew. We nearly fainted on the spot from the possibility of the ridiculously attractive singer being present in the building but the band are staying elsewhere. Still cool though.