Barcelona

Yesterday we went to Garaf to have dinner with Monica and Jaume on his boat. They prepared an incredible paella and we had a wonderful time there. I almost miss being on a sailboat. But, what a great location to be in. The harbor is right on the ocean so it only takes a few minutes to be out there. After dinner we went to th beach and watched the sunset.

Raquel and I rushed back to Barcelona to see a play. The trains are still not running the way they are supposed to be, but we ended up at a station in the plaza de espanya where we could take the metro close to our apartment. We got to the play about 5 minutes after it was supposed to start, but as things always start here later than planned we were just in time. It was a chilean play about office workers and boy, and after seeing it, it would be really hard to go back to work in an office.

On Saturday we went to see a flamenco show at a little club. In Canada it would have been able to seet 20, but here they can get 10 times that in the space they have. We ended up sitting on stairs next to the stage. In fact I was resting my feet on the stage. The show was really good and being so close to it was even better. Here people smoke everywhere so, besides being a warm and intimate venue, it was smoke filled too. For about ten dollars you get one drink and the show. It was well worth it.

We also went to the Museu de Arte de Catalunya. This museum is located in a building built for a worlds fair in the 1920's. It is a huge structure and the museum was excellent. Part of it is dedicated to church murals that were removed from old churches and re-installed in the museum. I don't know how they get them off the walls without destroying them. They also have art from all periods and mainly by catalunyan painters.