hi !!
well..this was the most happening trip i have had to ane where ...
it started with finding myself alone in spain with lo where to go ( i had lost kapoors add) and losing my ticket ..and ended with spell binding beauty opf barcelona city !!
i have to say that spain has shocked the hell outta me !!.all my presumption and assumptions about the (amazing)country had been dealt with utter severity .
Infact ...if french people enjoy thier life and have fun ....in spain THEY PARTY !!
thanks to mr kapoor ..i didnt have aadd to go when i reached barcelone ...after a desperate search for about 4 hours ..i found him in a small town called MANRESSA ( quite near barcelona !!).small it was but it had the same aroma typical spanish people and musti in the air .It was sat when we were roaming on the streets of manressa when we found that wat party means for us is only an appetizer for spain.
spainish towns have a tradition of having a town centre and an attached RAMBLA ....a street with bars and cafes ..near the centre of the city.it looked like the whole town was out by 7 pm (it was deserted at 4 pm when i came searching for kaps ...think about u searching for somebody and reaching a town with haunted ...big churches ..tolling bells ...and no one to speak to (even if u knew spainish) ...aaakk!!)
with full spanish galore we enjoyed the street cabre ( which u cant even dream to see inside bars in paris )...beautifull crowd and music all around ...it was toital musti in the air ...After enjoying our quota of it all we strolled around the streets and retired to ur beds after a very ful filling session of BC ( which we both missed so much !!)
we had an idea but wat we have in store fro tomm ...but it surpassed all our imaginations when we found ourselves humbled by the wonderful sight of mediterranean sea !!...and ofcourse the beaches in front of us ...to tell you frankly ...the spanish people have a sligghtly different concept of nude beaches ...so we decided to enjoy the sun a little longer than expected....dressed in the same way as ideal beache mover are ...we enjoyed the cool medtt. breeze till the eveing and then we decided to move to the city ...(we had decided that we wont return to ur room but will put up a nite out on the streets of barcelona ..)
before reaching ur desired destination...we found ourselves entring a park ..which some what vaguely defined the spanish definition of party and fun.That park seemed like the centre for spanish culture , dance and music ...many groups ( i think from near by towns ) had assembled there and were playing wonderfull music ...interesting as it was ...the samba ( or watever they call it ) invariably made me start thumping and enjoying the music ...it was simply wonderful( i can still hear the music in my ears ).traditional spanish dances , music and food was all over ..musti was in the air ...
these people had a habit of making a corcle and playing there instruments and leaving the arena for movers and shakers ...
we saw the people dancing on drums ...music produced by plates and rods ;..classical tap dancing ...and god knows wat not !!
we spend around 4 hours in there and found that barcelona nite life should have nothing more to offer than wat we had already seen !!
so we decided to move back to ur lovely town manressa .....
...opps!!!its 8/12 and i ll miss the last bus back to paris ...
the adventure of ash chan and " le voyage espagnol " will return tomm
same time ...watch out ...
take care ...
ashish
in the next episode of the french diary ....
" le voyage espagnol ..part 2 ".....dont miss the excitement ...brought to u by ...your fav car RENAULT !!
