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Next week some friends from the United States will come to Barcelona.
As usual I will take them to my “second house” the Liceu (whether they want or not) .
After the visit, while we drink a coffee, I will write a Barcelona’s highlights list and I will draw the way to the Palau de la Música on a Barcelona’s plan.
(I don’t want notice that anybody comes to Barcelona and do not visit it)
This is the route that I use to recommend
As usual, Iwill recommend they will go through Cardenal Casañas street until the small and beautiful Pine’s square, where they can visit St. Maria of pine church, in my opinion one of the most beautiful churches in Barcelona.
Then I will suggest to go through south’s street (Palla means straw). This is an old and narrow street where they can see an old toy’s shop, a coffee shop where they can taste sweets made by nuns in their convents, some antiquarian shops, art galleries, an ancient bookshop, two buildings nowadays closed for refurbishment in order to be expensive apartments and a school, and so on.
This street comes out onto the Nova square. There as usual they could take beautiful shoots of the Cathedral facade. (nowadays it is impossible because the Cathedral is covered with great scaffolding. Recently the facade was nearly to collapse) .
They will can walk through the Christmas market, looking its stalls full of caganers and after thy will cross Laietana street, to see Saint Caterina market with its beautiful ceramic roof.
They could do all that, but they don’t will do because, they will follow another itinerary. This one.
Why?
Because I don’t wish to be obliged to explain that.
Will it be a plane?, Will it be a rocket?
No. Ladies and gentlemen “that” is one of six ecological tree which our “notable” council has installed in Barcelona’s street .
Do you think they are few? Probably, but these six trees have cost “only” 210.000 euros.
Four of them run by photovoltaic sheet, obviously if it is cloudy (usually on winter) they cannot recharge and don’t light. When that happens somebody plug them in electric current. The two other ones run by pedaling.
The poster says: (more or less)
Interactive tree
For renewal energy
Monday to Saturday from 6pm to 8:30pm, lift up onto the bike and generate energy to light this ecologic Christmas tree. .
More pedaling, more lighting .
Our environment take care depends on ourselves .
We can deduce:
a) sundays doesn’t exist
b) The tree only light from 6pm to 8:30pm when the bikes are placed on their support always under watchful eye of their guard which salary must be added to the mentioned 210.000 euros.
But our “notable” council always thought everything.
In the even it would be cloudy or anybody wish pedalling. Nowadays nobody must wait in line enough, for the moment only stubbornly environmentalist, and children (sadly they don’t catch the pedals) seem to be interested in this “activity”.
For all this eventualities our “notable” Council has installed “that” you can see below pointed on red.
Sometimes I feel embarrassed but, I don’t know the reason. Catalan people are strange but people some more than other.
See you
Hasta mañana.
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Thanks for sharing.
Hola, soy el administrador de un grupo llamado Catedrales de la música y nos encantaría agregar esto al grupo.
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dicho así da risa pero me parece vergonzoso
Y el que tuvo la idea lo han cesado?. No si tenemos lo que nos merecemos.
This is hilarious … I wonder who came up with this idea! What a waste of money. (By the way, the Liceu is gorgeous as is the church). I want to see both some day!
Have a lovely weekend … I hope you take lots of pictures (especially of the Cajaners)