This was Sunday.
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| wide promenade, lots of people |
This was Monday.
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| wider promenade, only seven people |
It was grey and breezy when we started out to visit Barceloneta -- the city's old port area. It's like Fisherman's Wharf plus a plaza. The street is lined with seafood restaurants, there's a wide plaza that goes to the original quay wall, and, behind a shiny new fence is a big yacht basin with some very expensive yachts.
This is Port Vell.
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| yachts registered in the Cayman Islands |
We walked past all the boats, and, just as we caught view of the Mediterranean, it started to rain. Then it dumped. We grabbed a quick shot of a local TV crew trying to do a stand up along the surf line -- it was so windy at that point they could barely keep their umbrellas under control.
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| W Hotel, port landmark |
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| a lone photographer braves the winds |
We retreated to the warmth and safety of a Foccacheria for a cup of coffee. We thought the squall would blow over. After 30 minutes it was still coming down, so we gave up and walked back to the subway station for the ride home.
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