Second longest occupation ever!?! 😉

Back from Barcelona (where the wind goes sweeping down the plains….). Ok if you get the attempted joke and realize it’s not funny just shake your head sadly…if you don’t get the joke just smile and nod cuz we all know if it came out of my head it’s FREAKIN FUNNY!!!!!

gorgeous city…maybe the most beautiful city I’ve visited…I loved the architecture and location, food etc…was great! Avoid the Ramblas though…it’s like the Zeil x 100. Definitely would like to go back and to other places in spain…but not BCN in the summer…off season is probably the way to go.
…and there were more americans there than anywhere I’ve been in Europe…I do find it funny that I can spot out the americans pretty easily (by sight)…and their accent is a bit annoying to me now…at least some of them…
at least the ones in BCN…

Observations…you’re not allowed to drink in the street (of course people do, and people sell cans of beer for 1€ illegally), however smoking is apparently encouraged because cigarettes are really cheap (not taxed?)…how’s that for priorities….

I saw more cats in spain in one day than I’ve seen in DE since I’ve been here…

Kat met me at the airport for a good bye glass of wine (Kat you get the award for best impersonations ever!). There was some bomb threat or something as we got kicked out of the cafe and the police cordoned off an area…So I just took my wine glass and was walking around the airport with it…

So in Spain we saw the Picasso Museum. One thing interesting is that everything is cheap in spain…at least compared to Germany, the UK and France…the museums had costs associated with them…I guess low taxes means no money for the arts…

all in all a good and productive weekend…got some good therapy and feel better than I have in weeks (thanks Ms. Hemmerling).

Chipped a tooth in the airport restaurant…I thought it was a chicken bone, but no…my back tooth broke…at least now I can chew on that side of my mouth…doesn’t hurt anymore.

Here’s a few pics and the regular pic page is here.

Had Cracker lyrics running through my head. One of the few bands that I still listen to from the 90’s. I go back to them again and again:

“Cigarettes and carrot juice
Get yourself a new tattoo
For those sleeveless days of June
I’m sitting on the cafe Zeno steps
With a book I haven’t started yet
Watching all the girls walk by

Could I take you out
I’d be yours without a doubt
On that big dipper
And if the sound of this it frightens you
We could play it real cool
And act somewhat indifferent

And hey June
Why’d you have to come
Why’d you have to come around so soon
I wasn’t ready for all this nature
The terrible green-green grass
The violent blooms of flower dresses
And afternoons that make me sleepy

But we could wait awhile
Before we push that dog turn-style
Into the passage
The thousands they have tread
And others sometimes fled
Before the turn came

And we could wait our lives
Before a chance arrives
Before the passage
From the top you can see Monterey
And think about San Jose
Although I know it’s not that pleasant

And hey Jim Kerouac
Brother of the famous Jack
So he likes to say, “Lucky bastard”
He’s sitting on the cafe Zeno steps
With a girl that I’m not over yet
Watching all the world go by

“Boy you’re looking bad
Did I make you feel that sad?
I’m honestly flattered.”
But if she asks me out
I’d be hers without a doubt
On that big dipper

Cigarettes and carrot juice
Get yourself a new tattoo
For those sleeveless days of June
I’m sitting on the cafe Zeno steps
I haven’t got the courage yet (3x)”