We were eventually
herded onto the bus to make our way across the Pyrenees to Barcelona. We were driving through Catalan country
and there was quite a lot of graffiti that indicated they were still not happy
to part of “Spain”. The most
“subtle” was some spray-painted graffiti that said “Spain” that was crossed out
and written next to it was “Catalania”.
Now, tell us how you really feel?
We eventually made it
into the outskirts of Barcelona and saw the building Leo called “the
Peanut”. It was much more phallic
than that. Second “highlight” was
seeing a store near our hotel called “The Video Bum Store”. Many giggles on the bus. Something was lost in translation me
thinks. Never did manage to get
back there to a) photograph it and b) find out exactly what is sold in a Video
Bum Store?
Tonight was a cruisey
night in Barcelona. We had time to
relax in our hotel (the best so far) before an included dinner. We were all excited to have some “real”
Spanish food. Alas we were
disappointed. We had a hamburger
(read: “rissole”) with some type
of non-descript what sauce that none of us could make out what was in it with
chips and a slice of key lime pie for dessert. The food was nice, but I was disappointed. I was fanging for Spanish food. Though courtesy of it being Errol’s “birthday”
I was given a jug of Sangria. I
think my Tour Director paid for it, though he denies it. I really should point out to him that
Errol is a stuffed toy… but hey if it scored me a jug of sangria, who am I to
complain? More so when nobody else
on the table wanted any. Woo hoo! Jug of sangria to myself.
After dinner a few of
us decided to go for a wander to try and find Las Ramblas (a pedestrian street
in Barcelona). According to Leo it
was only 10 minutes walk away. We
never did find Las Ramblas but we did see a bit of the area. The whole “it’s 10 minutes walk” is a
big joke on the tour now. Someone
else asked Leo where something was in Barcelona and he told them “it’s a 10
minute walk”….. it took them an hour!
Poor bugger, every time he says something is 10 minutes away we all
burst out laughing.
Despite getting
ourselves lost, we managed to find our way back to the hotel.
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