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Lots of taxis in Barcelona<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We have lived here for 4 weeks can’t believe we are half way thru our time living here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The things I have learned about living in the city.\u00a0It’s a beautiful safe city as long as you remember you are living in a large urban area with lots of pickpockets and people who will rob you of your telephone and wallet.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Walking old town<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Last night, we went to\u00a0 dinner at this great Vientamese restaurant we discovered. While having\u00a0 dinner, I turned and noticed this rather odd young man had joined the neighboring table. He was unkempt and bleeding from a cut next to his eye.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Arch de Triumph at night<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

He was definitely not part of the large group of woman that occupied the table. In an instant, he tried to steal the telephone of the woman\u00a0who was closest to him.\u00a0 We all were aware of him, and screamed at him to leave before he could steal her stuff. He immediately ran out of the restaurant, surprising the staff as well. As they were not expecting this person or this type of behavior at the restaurant.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In our time of living here, we are very careful where we put our bags and other stuff. Apparently robbery here in Barcelona is very common now.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The buses make announcements about holding onto your possessions as does the train. Similar to Buenos Aires, if you see a woman with an open purse, you say something.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We take the buses now. Mostly because the visual references help me connect the dots of the city; how Carrer Laietana divides the sections of old city and Gothic Quarter and how streets at certain intersections change their names.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Another popular mode of transit.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For getting around the city quickly the Metro train is great, but for getting to know how the different districts connect, the bus is the way to go.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Metro trains run daily until 12 am except for friday until 2am and Saturday all night long and Sunday 12am.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

But the buses run very late all weekend long, but you have to watch this as the numbers change and at night start with an N. The routes are combined making long bus routes, but they do run pretty much on time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The blessing on top<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We notice late at night when returning from a milonga that the streets of Barcelona have a mixture of people walking about.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

There are the drunken Germans and Brits, speaking loudy and not walking quite upright. The beautiful and not so beautiful young girls wearing all the latest fashions from the almost invisible dresses to long flowing dresses. Quite the fashion show at 2am.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Interior of train station Barceloneta<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Then there are the street cleaners, the garbage trucks and the restaurants workers taking out the garbage. All cleaning up.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Am so grateful to these workers who clean up the piss and puke of the late nite party goers. If not cleaned then on a hot day the city stinks of piss.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

As with any large urban city these days, there are many homeless people. They sleep under the p\u00f3rticos and on the small streets. They beg for money as they do elswhere. They are drunk or high, but usually always very smelly and very dirty.
Am sure there are many different stories as to how they came to be sleeping and living on the streets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Born Food Festival<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

And I think to myself, what a wonderful life we have.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n


We worked all our lives to enjoy these years. We have been traveling for a few years now, and continue to enjoy getting to know new cities. We love with our hearts, we think with our minds and we dance tango as we live our lives with a passion for life.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Because we know how hard life can be and how lucky we are to have made the decisions that led us discover to each other.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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In my tango series, I share images shot worldwide, in the places where I have danced: Spain, France, Germany Turkey,Canada,Italy Greece, and the USA, but mostly in Buenos Aires, Argentina. With my written stories, I try to share some of the experiences that have stayed with me... An amazing embrace, a beautiful meal, a slightly uncomfortable life moment at a\u00a0stay a train station or airport. These are the moments we remember. As to my personal info, I was born in New Jersey eventually, after living in New York, Boston, and San Francisco, most recently on San Juan Island in Washington state, I moved to Buenos Aires in January 2020. For 38 years, years I curated a contemporary art gallery, where I refined my skills and became a visual editor. Always with a camera or some picture-capturing device in tow [including much heavy equipment], I started my travel at approximately the same time, was introduced to tango about 12 years ago. VIsual storytelling begins with a moment. Some internal mechanism is triggered by a scene or event or movement and ...there's your photo. Other times, it\u2019s about a sliver of color or something else odd or ordinary that captures the eye. As I am now fluent in Spanish, it is my desire that my stories and photos reach the broader tango community and other travelers. Travelingtango offers translations into Spanish, Italian, and German. 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