Day 3

Every day in Barcelona there’s at least one demonstration and one parade, typically with large dancing puppets. At the parade only. Yesterday’s parade was Picasso themed.

The demonstration was for animal rights, and while the animal costumes were entertaining, the messages weren’t nearly as fun as they were at the Picasso parade. 

We decided at the last minute this morning to do a day trip to Sitges, a town that Martha would like me to stop referring to as “Gaytown.” So instead I’ll say that Sitges is a small, charming beach town that is gay friendly, has gay bars, gay beaches and gay restaurants. And it’s also family friendly, for both straight and gay families. 

If a picture is worth a thousand words  . . . the sign at left was in the window of one of the shops.

This was an ad for the theatre.

We had a delightful time. Martha painted for a while, and as soon as I left her, she got picked up by this 80 year-old guy who said he was a painter too so she let him sit next to her for a while. I’ve never tried that line, but there’s still time.

We enjoyed Sitges so much that we may change our schedule a bit and spend a couple of days there at the end of our trip. But in the meantime, we are getting ready for our first day of “school” tomorrow. The quotes are because although it’s a real school, we’re not real students and we can leave anytime. But because we’re both Type A adults, we probably won’t.