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Old Dec 19, 2022 | 10:29 pm
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flyerfirsts
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Originally Posted by Adelphos
Two more nights here in Barcelona… on the first day, me and Mrs Adelphos walked through Gothic Quarter and Born (great neighborhoods) and happened upon a relatively empty block on the way to a restaurant. A kid walks up to me and asks (in broken English) “Where is cathedral?”

I keep walking and shake my head… he then asks

“Where you from?”

I say - America
I don't know what it is, but everywhere I've been if you pretend to be a German who doesn't speak English people quickly leave you alone.
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