Europe 2017 – day 04

Friday morning, we went into town, wandered through the St Josep Mercat (food market), and visited the Erotic Museum, amongst other things. With the heatwave currently hitting the Iberian Peninsula, we headed back to our Air B’n’B for a mid-afternoon nanna nap and a shower to freshen up.

That evening, we headed back into town for dinner, and then proceeded to make our way down to the main beach which was meant to be “goin’ off”, but actually was quite subdued. As we made our way back toward the metro station, we caught a glimpse down a side street of what looked like some fairly intense activity involving fireworks and a large crowd in a small space. We headed down the street and found ourselves in a smallish (roughly 30 metre by 30 metre) square called Placa de la Barceloneta. In the middle, people were lighting all manner of fireworks which they were holding, throwing, swinging above their heads… y’know, all the kinds of things that a nanny state like Australia would NEVER let you get away with. And the crowd was truly… goin’ off! It was here that I shot the red silhouette image you see below. This would be (and still is) one of my favourite images from the whole trip.

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