One more time...

Back in Barcelona at our friend Carmen´s house. I must say, having friends in all the foreign countries you travel to beats the living crap out of being a clueless tourist. Tonight we landed and headed straight for our favorite restaurant, Comme Bio. If you are a vegetarian in Barcelona and you have $40 to burn, this is the place for you. All the food is organic and the waitstaff is less angry than most places. Now I´m trying to stay up so that tomorrow I can sleep through all or part of the ordeal that is our flight itinerary. Thanks Delta, you fuckers. Barcelona to Madrid to New York to RDU. Fourteen hours of airline enjoyment. Grrr!

Despite my proclivity for whining about minor inconveniences, this trip has been quite nice. It was very good to get away from the states for a couple weeks and hang out with arty types who are also disposed toward loathing our president. And it´s just plain groovy to immerse yourself in other cultures from time to time anyway. Re-expands the old world view to it's proper proportions and reminds one that, as small as it is, it's still a pretty big and interesting planet out there.