Barcelona is...
... vast pedestrian areas in the middle of streets 50 meters wide ... and streets barely wide enough to walk down.
... enormous buildings ... and tiny shops.
... Gaudi and Picasso and Gothic and modern high-rises.
... surrounded by mountains ... and the Mediterranean.
... filled with people from Germany, Japan, Turkey, India, Italy, France, and Great Britain.
... short man-shorts and Moslem attire.
... tapas, doner, patisseries, Italian restaurants, Starbucks, Burger King, and heladerias.
... quiet mornings in the park, and the Catalunya Plaza filled to the gills... skateboarders in front of the museum of contemporary art and a man singing opera next to the cathedral... a man playing guitar in Parc Guell.
... signs in 4 different languages.
... trying to figure out Catalan.
... friendly people, and a few less-friendly.
... blue skies, blue water, a sandy beach, a goofy clown, a loud German father.
... walking on the other side of the street to get some shade... or lucking out and getting some sea breeze.
... amazing specialty shops (like the two-story bookstore that only sells travel books)
... bike-sharing and road sharing, bike lanes and pedestrian lanes and turn lanes, huge rotaries, and many one-way streets.
... giving up the hope of seeing everything that you want to.
... smiling at strangers when you almost walk right into each other.
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