The unanswered questions...

There are a lot of mullets in Barcelona. We're not sure if this is endemic of Europe itself...but clearly for some reason the "short on top party at the back" look has made a home here in Spain.
There are also a lot of women on crutches. Young and old. One crutch or two.
There are a lot of pastry shops, sausage shops and it's common to see people drinking beer mid morning, and yet hardly any fat people.

Why?
Is it that overpaid soccer stars with too much time on their hands have a lot to answer for?
Are crushed toes the price paid for the all access narrow alley vespa?
Are the Spanish on strict bran and wholemeal diets while cashing in on the tourist's belief that eating chocolate croissants daily is a compulsory national requirement?

These are some of the unanswered questions of Barcelona.

There are also a lot of dogs. Big, small, hairy, nude, well groomed and scruffy...

Here are a few of them.
















And here is what the one cat thinks of all that...



Barcelona is an amazing city. Beautiful food, beautiful people, beautiful culture and a deep, tragic and in some cases triumphant history. Hopefully we're back sooner rather than later.

We arrived in Madrid yesterday. Only here briefly before a day trip to Toledo and then down to Granada for 3 days. It's hard to believe it's already been a week and a half in Spain. The butchering the language tour continues...next up...FRENCH!

OUI!