Mixed blessings

[Adrian Essex]

I'm in Barcelona and it is Good Friday. That means its a holy day and many people get the day off, which is good, but it means many of the museums are closed, which is a frustration.

Barcelona is a very fine town, a Mediterranean seaport with beaches, a town council which over the years has created splendid views and broad streets, even on poor weather days it is quite comfortable. But then it has Gaudi and don't the tourists just flock here in unbearable numbers to fawn over his stuff. Gaudi has a lot to answer for.