Bus pause – on the way to Barcelona Posted on 21 April 2009 Tags:Barcelona It’s dry dry dry. We stop, a four building stop, surrounded by nothing and donkeys. The bus is heavily pregnant with people and stories and destinations. A blind man ascends. Rippled in desert wrinkles. He rattles his stick and his tin can down the aisle. Loud Arabic scattered with “one Euro”, “some Dirham”. Once, twice, three times up and down, gathering coins, waking the sleeping. Outside flies circle three large carcasses, hanging reds and pinks. Tapping, he leaves the bus and we jerk back to movement and the real world. Big city life meant MacDonald’s lunch, taxi, duty free and safety instructions for emergency landings and life vests. Night landing in Girona, long bus ride to Barcelona, falafel dinners, Jose’s apartment, a flushing toilet, clean floors and developed city dreams. Related Posts Hong Kong – Moving Sushi marine conservation blog 30 November 2009 Hong Kong is an economically rich country (run by China) with not one single fisheries... read more Baked rice with oyster mushrooms 26 November 2009 You can make this easy, light and summery dish with any mushrooms and add chicken... read more Ray Chalpin solo walk from Cape Town to Beit Bridge – day 17 24 November 2009 The day was really spent playing online (bandwidth & power - two valuable commodities!) and... read more PREV ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE
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