BCN is short for Barcelona…and is so much easier to type when you are as tired as I am tonight!
I walked for long time tonight. Long enough to have to tell myself to ‘dig deep’ to make it home. I only brought my Chuck Taylor’s for my week in Spain, and they brought the pain tonight. I can’t believe that people really played basketball in those and considered them athletic shoes! I can feel every stone, every crack, and every bump in the sidewalk in those things. but alas…I blog on.
I got into bcn at around 3pm…I was giddy to get here. When we left barcelona after our ‘holiday’ last summer we both had a feeling we’d be back. I didn’t expect it to be so soon…and certainly didn’t expect this time here a week and a day ago! But I can’t say enough how stoked I am to be here.
I’ve already taken probably 100 pictures…this place inspires me. I was snapping away pictures as soon as I got my camera out…I’ll post some here someday. Too tired right now to keep my eyes all the way open!
Tonight I walked and prayed through the area of town that we stayed in last year. There is a lot different even from a year ago. A park has been made and it changes the shape of the little square that was just a construction site a year ago. There are now north-African kids playing ‘futbol’ in the little pitch that was built. A group of guys plays ping pong and whistle at some girls going by…ironically, one of them had a baby with her. These guys must be ignorant to fact that she must already got a man….
ok, so I fell asleep and am now writing Saturday morning.
Today I’m planning on getting out of the apartment and heading back down to the center of town. I might go up to the Graçia neighborhood first and go to the beach this afternoon. I need to get some sun block or my bald head is going to get cooked pretty quickly!
I’ll write some more tonight….
Barcelona is a great city. And it should be great weather this time of year. Hope you are enjoy you time there and use your eyes, ears, and heart to receive the message meant for you.