Ленивые руки нашей маленькой редакции наконец-то дотянулись до Барселоны. Мы долго не хотели браться за это дело, потому что этот город превратился в что-то стихийное, необъяснимое и глубоко личное, даже самому себе не объяснишь конкретно во что, а уж другим и подавно. Однако нам очень надоело сочинять гигантские сообщения друзьям с рекомендациями, куда податься в Барселоне, поэтому мы решили все-таки написать наш, предупреждаю, странный путеводитель, и покончить с этим.
Our
lazy company finally decided to write a guide to Barcelona. We didn't want to
do that because this city stopped being a city for us long time ago and turned into real magic.
But on the other side we are so fed up with writing huge messages to any person
who asks us for some "must do" places that now we are determined to
reveal all our secrets. May be not all but almost.
Когда мы в первый раз ехали в Барселону, естественно, у нас не было никакого представления о ней - все наши знания ограничивались сладкими кадрами из "Вики, Кристины, Барселоны" с жизнерадостной цветокоррекцией и открытками с архитектурой Гауди и Саграда Фамилией. На деле Барселона оказалась злачной, жутковатой по ночам, шумной, молодой, раскрепощенной (иногда даже слишком) и абсолютно непредсказуемой. В этом городе есть ощущение, что как только ты выходишь за порог своего дома, с тобой может случиться все, что угодно, а обстоятельства заведут тебя туда, где ты совсем не планировал оказаться.
Of
course when we were going to Barcelona for the first time we had no idea what
it was like. Our poor knowledge was limited by "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" movie with its lively color
correction and postcards with Gaudi buildings and Sagrada Familia. But in
practice Barcelona's opened to us as a lush, a little bit eerie at night,
noisy, young, easygoing, liberated (sometimes even too much) and absolutely
unpredictable. Here there is a feeling that when you walk out of your house
anything can happen to you and circumstances can lead you somewhere you had no
intention to go.
Познакомиться здесь очень легко - тебя кто-нибудь обязательно схватит за руку на улице и начнет гадать, откуда и кто ты, или предложит бокальчик вина и косяк, если ты потерялся. Но и самому оплошать сложно, достаточно подойти к кому-нибудь под самым дурацким предлогом, и он обязательно начнет с тобой разговор. При чем среди всех новых знакомых, едва ли найдётся хоть один коренной барселонец.
It's
really easy to meet people here,
somebody will definitely grab your hand on the street and start to guess
who are you and where are you from or will offer you glass of wine and a joint
if you got lost. And it's difficult to blunder yourself because all you need is
to approach to a person with any stupid excuse and he or she will start a
conversation with you. By the way among all the people we met there were few
locals, people come here to make Barcelona their home.
Besides
the fact that folks here are very sociable, every second person here is an
ARTIST, they write, paint, make sculptures, performances or whatever. One
colombian ashman doesn't fight the rubbish, he collects it instead and makes art
objects. That's why there are piles of staff in his room where you can find
anything you want: from a gun to history books and hair dryer. Also one italian
we know was traveling in Italia with a donkey (!) and recording sounds for
his art (of course art) project. Someone even manages to earn their living by
seling their paintings.
Also
there is a crisis here so rich Moscow style is not popular, everyone is
easygoing, relaxed, dashed and tousled. So being in Barcelona is like taking a chill
pill (or some other pill whatever it be), the whole difficult conception of
your life is reduced to "just chilling". That's why you won't find lots of information about museums or general sights of the city in our guide. I mean no
doubt people work their asses hard here too and suffering has no limits because
it's endless BUT people treat life easier than in Russia for example. After
Barcelona I became more relaxed not mentioning the fact that after our first visit Angie
bought a foot bracelet (fashion police woudn't approve) and while waiting for our
flight to Moscow we were sitting on a floor, plaiting each others hair and listening to reggae (yes, I know it's lame).
Anyway we've
split the guide in several posts so you won't be confused by the flush of words
written in the fierce attack of graphorrea.
Представляем вам первую главу по достопримечательностям Барселоны
Here is the first chapter
1) BARCELONA: TAKE IT EASY SIGHTSEEING
2) BARCELONA: RESTAURANTS, BARS AND MORE
Представляем вам первую главу по достопримечательностям Барселоны
Here is the first chapter
1) BARCELONA: TAKE IT EASY SIGHTSEEING
2) BARCELONA: RESTAURANTS, BARS AND MORE
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