For people who like abstract art, the Miro museum is a real treasure. For people who like sports there is the Olympic stadium. And for the people who like nature there are beautiful gardens. All on Montjuice.

Readers who are asking why i change to English, that is because my Spanish isn't good enough to make a decent article.
Like The Netherlands who seem to learn everyone dutch, Spain is making everyone talk Spanish. For some reason it seems more mandatory than France, Germany or the UK with their language.

But i don't fear the task, i welcome it. The more I know the more i can use.

After my siësta i went to Badalona to eat by the sea but i couldn't find the place with the right vibe so I folded back to my favorite Barcelona quarter, Passeige de Garcia. Met an American in my favorite tapas bar. Are all the Americans named Bill, or just the ones that come oversea?
Anyway it was a pleasant conversation.

Then i searched for a good place to get a night cap, so I found a terras an went into the place. Asked for a good rum, ron in Spanish, and just sat at the bar.
Some guy came inside, asked if they spoke English, No habla of course. And the real insult was they looked for another bar. Try that in any bar anywhere in the wold and they send you in the wrong direction. But the people were correct and that is for me a good indication how people from Barcelona act with visitors. It's such a visited place they accept stupid behavior from tourists.

These two days where the weekend for people from Barcelona, so I guess they also mingled with the tourists. Lets see who tomorrow goes. Mondays are always a good way to see people in their day to day rhythm.

¶ zondag, september 20, 2015