My big purchase one day, for 4.77E. The wine was 1.79E and it's pretty good.
Shopping cart secured parking lot inside the local grocery store....
The place where I got my pedicure....
You would be forgiven for thinking this store sold ferrets.... those are toilet seats in the window.
This is a doodle I did today in a cafe, ended up giving it to my waiter who was admiring it - so snapped a pic first...
I am sitting outside under the stars with my laptop blogging. It's 10pm and quite lovely, the sky is still fading so I can see blue, but the stars are starting to twinkle. When I see the Big Dipper here it makes me realize the world isn't so large afterall...
So, 2 more nights in Barcelona, and just one more full day. So what have I been doing? Not scrambling around seeing as many final things as I can. Nope. I'm chillin'. I came to the realization the other day that there is still so much I want to see here that I am going to come back, most likely in January. So that took any pressure off. And I've been taking advantage of the relaxed mood I have been in, to sleep, to doodle and to read. And journal. And just be. It turns out that I had a whole lot more decompressing to do that I thought, but I have been trusting my inner voice and just going with the flow.
Barcelona really is a great setting off point for a long journey, as it is so relaxed here. I would consider starting off a future Europe trip here too.
But, with time ticking down, I realize there are lots of reflections and memories that I want to capture before I move on, as once I do, I am sure they will slip away. I'll actually have a good collection of assorted bits to look back on this trip: this blog, my journals (both in notebooks that I always carry with me and often write in cafes - and some stuff written electronically), emails I've sent people, letters, and even postcards. And doodles. And loads of pics. There hasn't been a day so far when I haven't taken at least one pic.
So, I expect I'll do a few blog posts in the next couple of days...
Some random reflections:
- When you go into an inside ATM here, there is a little lever that you can put across the door so no one else can get in - that's just SO smart!
- I missed a good one today: Jess and Sean (my flatmates) were down at the beach today beside a couple that were seriously making out, as in "oh wow!" - went on for hours... aside of the interlude where the girl clipped the guy's toenails (an all out pedicure) before they got back to it
- They also had a good story of a couple all out making out on the bus: girl straddling the guy's lap.... things are kinda relaxed here...
- I was surprised how many people here have asked me for a light... who smokes and doesn't carry a lighter? It's rare to be asked this at home... finally figured out they were all guys, maybe it's a way to chat up the women?
- I'm surprised at the number of little bars that don't have soap in their bathrooms... the health department here isn't doing a great job on swine flu prevention - and I haven't seen a hand sanitizer station here anywhere
- Was woken up at 3am one night by explosions - I couldn't see anything, but the next day Mabel told me that it was fireworks a couple of streets over... at 3am on a weekday night? lol
- It's midnight and there is the loudest scrapy clanging garbage truck doing it's pickup
More later...
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