Barcelona

We're not "city people," but Barcelona is a special place, full of energy, great food, and amazing art everywhere.  Ellen had reserved a room at a small place in the Gothic section, just a couple of blocks off Las Ramblas and convenient to most everything.

We arrived late afternoon Sunday, spent Monday running errands and walking all over the city.

One of the errands was picking up a sim card for Dan's phone.  We can now stay reasonably connected as long as we're within cell range.  The number is 652-698-284 (preceded by country code 34); this is an international call so not recommended.  (I've tried to set up Google Voice to forward to this number, but so far no success on that front.)  Best way to get in touch is via gmail: econodan@gmail.com, which goes directly to the phone.  An alternative might be to text to the phone number, but we have not tried this out.

Tuesday morning (May 1) around the corner from our hotel--and in the Plaza of St James, as in Santiago--there was a demonstration put on by a group of labor unions.  Tuesday afternoon we took the train to Montserrat.