Barcelona

Hello again ... after a long break!
I have been stuck in a study for a VERY long time ... and didn't even get to go to Barcelona with Kathryn in August! The excuse was that her camera died the very evening before she left so there was no point in my going as she couldn't take photos of me.
SO I missed out on Sagrada Familia - which is an amazing place (or so I'm told!) It's basically a building site that is going to be a church... what impressed those who were able to go (and who weren't left on a shelf in a study) was the airiness of the place - with columns that looked like trees and raised your eyes to hints of the heavens on the ceilings.
And I didn't get to Parc Guell and hear the music in the park - or see the walkways and arcades - or hear baroque and classical pieces in what would have been a market place...
And I didn't get to the Cathedral - or St Pau le Camp - or to the Museum of Catalan Art - or the Olympic Stadium - or Poble Espanyol (a really interesting place with lots of examples of Spanish houses) - or the beach - or Montserrat - or see the lights and water feature on Montjuic...
A bit disappointing you'll agree!
On the upside - I didn't get my rucksack zips undone... BIG warning here folks! Take care and don't keep valuables where light fingers can get to them... It happened THREE times - and the people doing it looked quite ordinary... My people were OK as they don't carry much with them and there's not a lot of point in nicking a bottle of water and a banana!
Another scam encountered... a petition on the way to the Museum of Catalonia - it's illegal and designed to extract money from tourists...
And I didn't get to try the Arros Negro ... a speciality of the area where rice is cooked in squid ink... though the person who did said it was actually very nice!
So I missed out on loads - all due to a dead camera. If you want to see more of what I missed, you could look here: http://www.barcelona.com/
Hopefully Kathryn will get her camera sorted out and I will be able to resume my adventures.... Nothing is planned as yet ... but then the best adventures never are, are they?!