Stop thief!

Hemos visto algunos carteristas. That is "we saw some pickpockets" at work today in Barcelona. But let's start at the beginning. We all decided to get up early today but we didn't have to set an alarm. We went to sleep "early" last night around 11:30pm or midnight. Ginny didn't sleep at all and I got up around 6am. Bill, Linda and I went out for a pastry and coffee while ginny tried to go to sleep around 8am. After breakfast I went off to rent a cicycle and Bill and Linda took a walk. If you saw the "trapped in an elevator video from Wednesday night" you will appreciate what it took for me to get myself and the bicycle into that little elevator. I didn't dare leave the bike locked up outside because I was advised that without a lock a bike will be stolen in less than 10 seconds but with a good lock it would take maybe an hour or more before someone took off with it.

In the afternoon we all hopped in a cab and went over to the harbor for a 1 1/2 hour cruise which went out of the harbor and into the Mediteranean Ocean. That was sort of fun but Linda got mareado (seasick). When we arrived safely back on shore, Ginny and I went up Las Ramblas (supposedly a very historic area of town). It seemed a bit more touristic than historic. As we sat and had some tapas, I finally spotted what I thought was a pickpocket. We observed him and sure enough he was wandering through the crowd, meeting up with some other unsavories and then they would go back into the crowd trolling. I got a few pictures of a couple of them but we never actually got pictures of one of them doing the deed. They were always in thick crowds when they were working.

So much for the excitement. Ginny and I took a cab home and we were all getting ready to go out for the evening when it started pouring rain. Ginny and Bill are trying to drain the awning on the deck as I write. I'll update this if one of them gets struck by lighting.