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Friday, March 15, 2019

Exploring the Pyrenees, Part IV:
In Barcelona

Detmar’s selfie of us on the bus
(see near bottom below)
By James T. Carney

From Berga we were all driven to the Barcelona airport, where Detmar and I took leave of our traveling companions and headed downtown to spend the rest of the day and the next two days touring Barcelona, which probably has the world’s biggest collection of pickpockets and thieves in Europe. In one restaurant, we witnessed a woman who had gone to the restroom return to her table only to discover that her purse had been stolen.

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Exploring the Pyrenees, Part I:
A Wall

By James T. Carney

In 1710 – oops, you can tell this will be a long story – after King Louis XIV of France’s grandson had been named King of Spain, potentially uniting the two countries and ending a rivalry that had dominated Europe for two centuries, Louis declared, “Il y’na plus de Pyrenees,” or “There are no more Pyrenees,” referring to the mountain chain that separated France from Spain. Well, I have news for his departed Majesty, “Il y’a plus de Pyrenees,” and I have climbed them – stumbled, crawled, and fallen across them.