If you want to find a riot and street protests, I am really good at that. For this trip I had a spare bedroom and offered it up to some friends. My best friend’s two youngest sisters took me up on the offer. I bailed to Israel for a few days, so they were on their own. I take great pride in learning a city and it’s transport. Those women learned more about Barcelona in those 4 days than I could ever imagine learning. They took me to la Rambla. Then a whole bunch of police started showing up. And then it sounded like an angry parade. My ladies figured our path quickly. We go three blocks this way, then cut across. Then we can hit the subway near the mall. Move it! I love a good insurrection.
Barcelona was the first time I rented a car outside of the country. I would never have driven in Rome. That was a little scary. However, Krakow taught me that some cities have rules that people do follow. In Barcelona, I gave it a shot. On the day of departure I had to leave my condo by 11:00, but my flight wasn’t until 8:30 at night. I had a lot of time to kill, so I just went for a drive along the Mediterranean. That was fun and exciting. I drove inland for a while until I could see the snow capped mountains. Then I saw a road sign indicating that Monserrat was to the left. Easily the windiest road up a mountain that I had ever driven. However, when I was less than a mile away, the traffic just stopped. We crept up a little at a time, but I knew I wasn’t going to have time to get there. It turned out that it was the first nice weather weekend they had in a while, so I was not the only one thinking Monserrat was a good idea.
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