{"id":14,"date":"2011-11-15T05:12:32","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T05:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bourkinney.com\/blog\/?p=14"},"modified":"2011-11-23T20:47:09","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T20:47:09","slug":"barcelona-where-are-we-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bourkinney.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/15\/barcelona-where-are-we-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona: Where are we again?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Upon arriving at the first destination of the trip, Steve learned that Spain isn&#8217;t where burritos are from.\u00a0 Same language, different food.\u00a0 Very confusing.\u00a0 Instead, the locals eat waffles with ice cream\u00a0 for dinner, and rice mixed with fish and vegetables for dessert.\u00a0 And while &#8220;tapas&#8221; and &#8220;topless&#8221; sound very similar, they are actually distinctly different types of restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Barcelona would hold another disappointment for Steve: the large statue of Jesus on the mountaintop that he had hoped to see is not, in fact, from Spain, either.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christ_the_Redeemer_%28statue%29\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28\" title=\"somewhere.else\" src=\"http:\/\/bourkinney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/somewhere.else_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bourkinney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/somewhere.else_.jpeg 734w, https:\/\/bourkinney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/somewhere.else_-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bourkinney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/somewhere.else_-367x300.jpg 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So what <em>did<\/em> Steve and Jenny find in Barcelona?<\/p>\n<p>A hotel room with a view of both the city and the sea (courtesy of the elder Mr Bourque)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A Room with Two Views by Gunboats, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gunboats\/6344383135\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6109\/6344383135_c9bb29730e.jpg\" alt=\"A Room with Two Views\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plenty of streets with trees and people and waffles with ice cream:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Jenny and the Trees by Gunboats, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gunboats\/6345244336\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6041\/6345244336_caa5e977e7.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny and the Trees\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plenty of squares with trees and people and Jenny and Steve:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Squares by Gunboats, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gunboats\/6344499359\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6105\/6344499359_d9f229a594.jpg\" alt=\"Squares\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA market with fruits and vegetables and people, but no trees:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Fruits, Vegetables, Fish by Gunboats, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gunboats\/6345246486\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6042\/6345246486_85af744c4c.jpg\" alt=\"Fruits, Vegetables, Fish\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christ, what&#8217;s with all these trees and people? (damn hippies and trees need to get a job):<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Mostly Trees, Some People by Gunboats, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gunboats\/6344496395\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6091\/6344496395_d9e41912e7.jpg\" alt=\"Mostly Trees, Some People\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A subway system:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Not the Sandwich by Gunboats, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gunboats\/6344495977\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6109\/6344495977_52245c789e.jpg\" alt=\"Not the Sandwich\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A beach, complete with tiny Jenny (and some rain clouds&#8230; it&#8217;s foreshadowing):<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Pretty Sure It Won't Rain by Gunboats, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gunboats\/6344498541\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6051\/6344498541_914150730f.jpg\" alt=\"Pretty Sure It Won't Rain\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A light sprinkle:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"It Rained by Gunboats, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gunboats\/6345243128\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6112\/6345243128_136cc555c7.jpg\" alt=\"It Rained\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A downpour and a \u20ac5 umbrella:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"And Rained by Gunboats, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gunboats\/6345241134\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6108\/6345241134_ac8fe78292.jpg\" alt=\"And Rained\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jenny told Steve not to buy the umbrella. Steve was kind enough to invite Jenny under the umbrella anyway:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Our \u20ac5 Shelter by Gunboats, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gunboats\/6344497593\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6055\/6344497593_3719d25223.jpg\" alt=\"Our \u20ac5 Shelter\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jenny on a quest for an elusive piece of fruit that doesn&#8217;t seem to exist in any market anywhere:<br \/>\n<a title=\"The Hunt by Gunboats, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gunboats\/6345245594\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6033\/6345245594_a62b34fd7b.jpg\" alt=\"The Hunt\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jenny, calm and collected on the way to the wrong train station (before realizing we are on the way to the wrong train station):<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"On Our Way (The Wrong One) by Gunboats, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gunboats\/6345242436\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6237\/6345242436_aca2c40f2b.jpg\" alt=\"On Our Way (The Wrong One)\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jenny, trying to figure out how to get to the correct train station (the woman behind her has already figured it out):<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) by Gunboats, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gunboats\/6345241670\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6235\/6345241670_dfedcbcaf6.jpg\" alt=\"Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The correct train station, and a piece of fruit that will have to make do:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Fruit (The Wrong One) by Gunboats, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gunboats\/6344494455\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6054\/6344494455_33f038f055.jpg\" alt=\"Fruit (The Wrong One)\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next up: The most expensive train ticket in Europe (<strong>Barcelona to Milan<\/strong>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upon arriving at the first destination of the trip, Steve learned that Spain isn&#8217;t where burritos are from.\u00a0 Same language, different food.\u00a0 Very confusing.\u00a0 Instead, the locals eat waffles with ice cream\u00a0 for dinner, and rice mixed with fish and vegetables for dessert.\u00a0 And while &#8220;tapas&#8221; and &#8220;topless&#8221; sound very similar, they are actually distinctly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bourkinney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bourkinney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bourkinney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bourkinney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bourkinney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/bourkinney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47,"href":"https:\/\/bourkinney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bourkinney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bourkinney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bourkinney.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}