A visit to this place reveals one major difference I see between Spain and the United States. Generally speaking, when people are out and about in the U.S. it seems that they always have a purpose. Either they're going somewhere, or reading something, or playing jai alai, or whatever. However, in Spain it is easy to find people just sitting around doing nothing.* The volume of people who seem to enjoy being out just for the sake of being out is rather high. In the picture above, you can see quite a few people who are doing nothing more than just sitting outside enjoying the weather.**
One thing that is not different from the U.S., however, is the strange fascination people have with pigeons. They're dirty, disgusting animals but the plaza dwellers here seem to love them.
South of the plaza is the famed Rambla, which is full of shops and pickpockets and runs all the way to the sea. It can get pretty crowded at times, but it is also very beautiful.
My primary reason for heading to La Plaça Catalunya was to go shopping at El Corte Inglés, which is a ridiculously huge department store.
While down there, I was able to buy myself a pair of hip Euro shoes. Let the Eurification begin!
* This is where you can make a joke about Spain's unemployment rate.
** They could also be scoping out pickpocketing targets.
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