Monday, September 11. Today was a holiday for the Catalonia region. Traffic jams and people everywhere. Happy madness. Everyone was buying and wearing green shirts for a special photo shoot.
We began our four days in the city with the ubiquitous Hop-On, Hop-Off bus to give us an overview of where things were. There had been a few instances of anti-tourist demonstrations against tour organizations, so we were watchful. After the ride we just soaked up the crowds. Everyone was having a good time. We ate too much while sitting at cafes that had signs banning “just sitting”.
Amazingly, t-shirts with the traditional emblem for Catalonian independence were not available in stores. I can only assume the country bans them. In four days I only found one store that had them.
A very large radio tower dominates the skyline in the west.
Not a Gaudi creation, but pretty anyway.
An appreciation of the Familia Church’s size. (It pales in comparison with St. Peters!)
