Barcelona; Christopher Columbus, ?founder of the DNC?

Barcelona Spain: A culturally diverse city with many
famous residents over the centuries.  In the port section of the city is a rather imposing statue of Christopher Columbus who is rumored to have not only "Discovered" the "New World" but also to have been the first documented Democrat!  As far as discovering the New World goes, I think there are some Norsemen and a some native American Indian tribes who would question his claim of "discovery".   But as for being the quintessential Democrat,  the evidence speaks for itself!!

"He left on his voyage of Discovery without a clue as to where he was going. Once there he didn’t know where he was.  When he returned, he had no idea how he had gotten there!  And he did it all on a government grant, funded by hard working  taxpayers"!

    On my last visit to Barcelona I encountered a few hundred Spaniards demonstrating against the government and its fiscal policies etc.  They were blocking the roads and making noise but were not violent as far a I saw.

The police were watching and trying to route traffic to avoid any major problems.

















The city of Barcelona is an interesting city to explore with a large variety of architectural style.

This Arch is the "Arc de Triomf"

The modern art is on the waterfront in a section of high-rise condos and offices.

There are racks of bicycles just like these all over town.  They are for the residence of Barcelona only and they can pick  one up and drop it off anywhere
in the city making cheap green transportation

Fresh fruit, vegetables and mushrooms!

 You can imagine how much food it takes to keep the  guest all fed and happy.  The supply people do a great job off-loading trash to recycle and loading food and drinks to take care of the 3500+ people for the 9 days on board!

Potatoes, unions tomatoes and Oxygen tanks