El Raval = a redefined neighborhood. Apparently El Raval Barrio was a bit dilapidated and a center or drugs and violence a few years back. Known for being once being the home for sex, drugs, and alcohol, as well as whatever else a sailor might want after a long journey, today it is a young and vibrant neighborhood, filled with young people on skateboards, amazing restaurants, home to a few departments of the University of Barcelona. It is also home to the Museum of Modern Art as well as the Centre de Cultura Contemporanea de Barcelona. After our field trip I took a friend to Bar Raval at the top, or bottom depending on your perspective, of Rambla del Raval to introduce him to tapas and Seafood Paella. Of course he loved both, but was unwilling to touch the balls of the cat, like we had been instructed to do during our field trip by a local, on our after lunch stroll.
Our second stop along the field trip was the Maritime Museum towards the bottom of the Raval neighborhood. Built a few kilometers from the sea, the building itself was held up by gigantic arches, which helped to envision the construction of ships which took place there. Sitting outside the Museum was a replica of one of the world’s first Submarines, an interesting piece of history.
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