Originally Posted by feline fanatic

Elle, thank you again! Your wonderful pictures brought all my lovely memories of Barcelona right back to the forefront! We were only there one day, it was a stop on the cruise we took. The market was so wonderful and I remember all the human statues. I tossed a Euro to the demon one just because I wanted to take his picture. They get quite upset if they catch you taking their picture without paying. We witnessed one yelling at a tourist for taking a pic w/o tossing a coin or two in his can. Anyway, I just wanted to take his picture not pose with him but he made me come over and wrapped those wings around me! Quite creepy but fascinating to get a look at those costumes they are on a par with Broadway performance costumes. Did you see all the live animal vendors on the main street? I think it was called Embarcadero? They sold birds and rabbits and all kinds of things. It was amazing.