I normally am very shy about asking folks for a picture. In this particular case–a couple of days ago–I walked right on by even though I was just dying to photograph this bench scene near where we live. I simply didn’t have the courage to try…
Barcelona & Catalunya
Over the past few weeks, the largest cruise ship in the world, Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas, has been based out of Barcelona, running week-long Mediterranean tours. Later this summer it will depart and move on to service in the Caribbean…
Might there be a way of avoiding the mad and maddening crowds that descend upon this very special energy center each day? Is there a way to sample something of the quiet solitude enjoyed, at least part of the time, by the few monks who live there?
Sometimes you’ve got to just scrunch down there with the dogs to understand their world…
Roses, books, and dragons–oh, my!
What a lovely sorta-holiday…
Not yet completely overwhelmed by masses of tourists, this little seaside fisher settlement (of about 2,800 residents) on Catalunya’s brave and rocky Costa Brava can still seem like an authentic small Catalan town…
Any warm-blooded geologist who visits this area of the northern coast of Catalunya (Costa Brava) would surely find the experience orgasmic.
The rock is other-godly…
I recently worked my way through David Foster Wallace’s 1,079-page magnum opus, Infinite Jest (no small feat–even with two bookmarks!), as well as his more accessible collection of strange short stories titled Oblivion…
The crisis continues, now with Puigdemont under arrest in Germany…and with the possibility of extradition back to Spain (and a free pass directly to jail).
So, what if you just gave independence to everyone who wanted it?
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