Born in the loamy shires of the English midlands, Rory always had itchy feet. As soon as he was old enough to do so, he left home to travel the parched lands of the southern hemisphere before eventually returning to sunny Scotland to study his undergraduate and master’s degrees. However, after the best part of a decade living in Scotland’s bonny capital, foreign lands beckoned once again.
After spending a year living and working at a fish and chips bar in the heart of Brussels, he set off in search of warmer climes and ended up in the remote environs of Castilla-La Mancha, where he taught English at various schools and language academies. This job would later take him to the city of Valencia, where he picked up a couple of languages and discovered that not everything that’s rice is paella. But after a few years basking in the sun, he decided it was time swap the Li-Los for libraries, and relocated to Catalonia.
Rory moved to Barcelona in 2021 to study a doctorate in seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth century literature. In order to afford the reading list, he decided to put his mouth where the money is and became a tour guide at Barcelona eBikes. Here, he is able to combine a lifelong interest in art and history with an infectious enthusiasm for his adopted home-town, ensuring that everyone who joins him will get a real sense of what makes the city so special. He loves a good chat and appreciates it when people ask him questions about the sights. So if you want a fun, interactive tour with which to discover this rich, vibrant city, Rory and all our other superb guides are available and keen to show you around.
