August 21st
I took the train from Manresa to Barcelona and needed to meet Leonardo, but I had some difficulty finding him. Finally we met, but he had forgotten the helmet for me, so I had to wait for him to go back home to get it. We rode on his scooter to his apartment. This afternoon I wandered around the streets. At the Cathedral a la Barcelona

I drank from the fountain. It is said that if you drink from the fountain, you will return here.

It is hard to believe how many tourists are in this city at this time. If I do return, it won’t be in July or August.
While wandering, I came across the oldest synagogue in Spain … and Europe.

The XIIX was an ancient way of writing the number 18. That is a symbol that means,”life.” The temple was discovered by a man from Argentina. Only part of the temple has been able to be renovated.

Then I walked on La Rambla, a 1.2 km tree lined pedestrian mall, to the water with hoards of other people. While I was there, they cleared all the people off the bridge to open it for a boat to pass.

 

 

The best part of wandering on the streets were the small plazas. People entertain in the plazas by dancing, singing, and just being silly. This man imitates people walking by him. He is pretending that his banana is a camera taking pictures sometimes he pretended it was a cell phone.

I bought a great pizza to bring home for dinner and visited with Leonardo,; planning how to purchase my train ticket for Sunday to Pamplona and what I am going to do tomorrow.
All in all, it was a great day.