Mas y Minus

So. two weeks today.


Things have calmed here for the time being. Though... Calm and boring are never to be confused.

Several events have unfolded since my last digital purge.

For one, I have me the spanish love of my life, her name is Byci.
She just like myself loves stealing, and scaring pidgeons.
She also loves to be ridden at both a fast and a medium pace.

I knew she was the one meant for me when I rode out of the Decathalon store where I bought her and all of her accessories were on the recipt, but she had managed to slip beneath the radar of the cashier/front gaurdsman.

270€ error in my favor.

Though, a trifle scary it was when I returned home to find that although I had gotten away with my beautiful steed... I had paid with dignity instead of credit.

I had left my wallet at the cash register. What a fucking Idiot.

Though when I rode my prison sentance back into the store to retrieve my wallet, she craftily again slipped under the radar like a thif in the night.

I might have stolen her, but she stole my heart.
There is no one I'd rather tour Barcelona from on top of.

Biking in Europe is the only way to see a big city.

The average mode of transportation for a European city dweller is a Vespa scooter, which apparently, don't really have to follow any traffic laws.

not though that the traffic laws in Spain are that strict in the first place.
Let's take a normal intersection for instance:
Not only are there the main lanes of traffic, but two adjacent lanes on either side of that as well meant for Bikes, Taxis, and busses. These lanes are seperated by pedestrian walk ways with parking for the "motos".

At any given time, a moto or a car or whatever sort of vehichle for that matter will switch into one of these adjacent lanes at any available opening, and if large enough, will make it's own.
The traffic lights at the interstections stand for the following:
Green - Universal Go
Yellow - Also, Go just faster than you normally would when the light is green
Red - Again, also go unless you feel like stopping, it would be pretty nice of you if you did.

This Should Give you some Idea:


The police, can't be bothered with traffic violations. They are too busy doing nothing, and driving around in their strange tiny cars, stopping tourist to ask meaningless questions and then send them on their way..

Also:

Another issue that has arisen for me:
Mayonnaise.



I'm not completely sure if its just Spain or the entirety of Europe that has an out and open love affair with Mayonnaise.

Though when my sandwhich comes with a side order of nachos... I neither expect or desire the spanish perversion of this Mex-american classic:
Tortilla chips with mayo squirted on top.
Also Patatas Bravas, be warned: mayo all over thoes sons of a bitches.


Someone needs toinform the Spanish Juntamente that mayonnaise infact does not belong on everything edible. I believe it's fact that they also use it for sun screen.