Not long ago, the NYT had a series of pieces on Barcelona. I don't think it could not be a wonderful city to visit. I'm going to search their archives for those articles. I've always wanted to go to Barcelona, and almost used the AA FF miles for that, but decided it had to be Venice again first. Now I will have seen every city I REALLY wanted to. Not all I'd like to see, but all I've pined to see.
I would like to see Victoria Falls again. Unbelievable. Really. Just... beyond description.
And because it's the third world, you can go right up to the edge of the overlooking cliffs and scare yourself to death. I mean, they don't bother with fences. If you want to fall in, feel free. I almost passed out from the stress of the experience of watching children on the other side of the gorge playing at the edge, throwing things in, rolling rocks and logs over the edge. Little children, barely out of toddlerhood. I was screaming at them, though the sound of the falls is so loud you couldn't be heard screaming from six feet away, much less from across a broad gorge. I think they must do that all the time. They live near there, it's like their playground. Just remembering it frightens me. |
