Day 1 in Barcelona

Day 5 - there weren't that many pictures taken.
We spent half the day travelling from St. Petersburg to Barcelona and then getting to our hostel.

After settling down in the hostel, we just decided to venture to the nearby area.
When we got out of the hostel, we saw a HUGE parade.

It was the time of the Euro 2008 and Barcelona was in the finals.
We thought that the parade was most probably related to the football game and decided to take a closer look.

This is what we first saw.

Wondering what it is about? Well, we couldn't read it either. But they don't really seem like football fans, right?

Aah..now I see a word I understand. After more analyzing, this was the conclusion we came up to - A Gay and Lesbian Parade.
We had no idea what they were parading about.
But the were guys (?girls) and girls (?guys) topless, and non-topless walking along the street.

Now, my parents, there are not really the 'kampung' kind of people, but then they are still Malaysians and it was their first time getting out like this. They were kind of shocked (I think) to see what they saw. But they stood there, as we watched the parade go by.
We got quite bored after a while, and decided to walk on towards the main street - La Ramblas.

La Ramblas was quite a happening place - lots of souvenir shops (what me and Puspha loved) and lost of people just strolling. There were many people standing like statues (don't know what they are called) trying to make a living. Here is one of me and Puspha with Jack (he even posed with us!).

After that, we passed by a museum - Museu Erotica.
Just for the fun of it, knowing that back home there will never be a chance to go to such a museum, we decided to go in.
Truthfully, it was rather boring.
Nothing much to see.
Just walked around a little , took a couple of 'courtesy' photos since we were already there - nothing worth uploading though.

We left after a while, bought KFC for dinner and decided to sleep early, to prepare for a long day the next day.

This picture was taken from the Museu Erotica - the parade was passing through La Ramblas.
Just look at the crowd!!

Today, I learnt that Malaysian Tourism lacks in certain ways..