When the attire bag is the size of the attire bag captain.
Another full day in Barcelona!
In the midst of “Brexit” and Americans coming to understand what exactly that means, we had an enlightening moment about Catalonia and their struggle to be recognized as a sovereign state. History is interesting but understanding the intricacies of current politics, especially in a city where tourism is a major industry, can be eye-opening. It humanizes it and you can suddenly feel the pulse of the people who live there.
Speaking of people who lived here, we made our way to the Picasso Museum to view a handful of the 3,500 works on display there. Some of his influence can be seen around the city and it was satisfying to have a culminating tour of his works. Unfortunately, no pictures allowed but if you’re really curious, there’s always Google 🙂
Our afternoon ended with a rehearsal for our concert that evening. The Basilica de Santa Maria del Mar does not look particularly impressive from the outside so the surprise of the cavernous and awe-inspiring interior is doubly striking. The acoustics are out-of-this-world and we reveled in the 6 second reverb. Sometimes you just gotta milk it!
March back to the hotel to change and back to the Basilica for our concert, delayed only by the full Tuesday night mass proceedings. We loved meeting and singing with Tremelo. They are a great group of college students who are doing great things at their 5 year old music school.
We love it when friends come to hear us abroad but it’s especially meaningful when it’s an alumnae of the choir. Longtime member Rebecca Passmore was in the audience and while Mr. Metallo never got to work with her personally our tour operators Kathie and Mat remembered her from their 2007 tour!
The Basilica is BIG- it seats about 700-800. By the end of our concert there were over 500 people in the audience What great first formal concert!
Photos are taking a long time to load on hotel wi-fi. Hopefully more photos tomorrow when we are in Sitges. In the morning we ascend to Montserrat!
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