The somewhat crazy itinerary that I am currently following (Swizterland to Malta to Spain to Poland) has arisen because I am joining the dots on a map of Europe between all the family and friends who are unfortunate enough to be cursed with a visit from me.
This 24 hour stop in Barcelona is not to visit family, but simply because spending a day here was the easiest way to get from Malta to Poland. So as to not waste an opportunity, we (I´ve reunited with the parents and Claire once more) have packed as much into our one day as possible. I don´t want to bore you with tales of warm weather, sangria, tapas and the usual (see the Cadaques post for that) - surprising all my highlights from today are technological.
The Metro
Many of the ticket validating gates on the metro are left handed. I´m not sure if they have a large population of lefties, or if it was just a vengeful left hander who designed the machines.
The View at Park Guell
Normally you have to work hard to earn a great view of a city from the surrounding hills - but they solved the problem of hiking up a hill at Park Guell by installing escalators along the middle of the public streets. Brilliant idea.
Giant Vending Machine
At Catalunya metro station is a vending machine that takes up a whole wall and contains no fewer than 180 items. Chocolate milk to cigarettes, sandwiches to sanitary products - all in one massive machine. Japan, home of vending madness has a lot to live up to when I visit - Barcelona has set the bar high.
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