my favorite car

I love driving... but I hate traffic.  

What's worse than traffic?  Looking for parking. 

I've been loving exploring BCN on foot... but there have been a few times where I just wish I had a car - like when I wanted to go shopping, yet didn't want to have to carry anything for more than a kilometer.  And while the taxi's are cheap enough - it still seems to indulgent. 

love it! graffiti & all.

But if I did have a car to navigate these streets, this would be it.  Not that I understand the traffic rules here.  The prospect with having to watch out for all the vespas & motorcycles also terrifies me. I guess i'll keep walking for now.  not that it's all that save anyways... almost got hit at least 3 times in the past month.

Day 6 - crossing the street - if you dare.

cross... if you dare.

I'm not sure if this is Catalan or Spanish... oh - it's Catalan - see how similar!

But what it's saying is:  One out of 3 accidental deaths happens to those crossing the street.

I can believe it, from the way the motorists and bikers just whip on by.

To the credit of the department of transportation (or whatever department handles traffic/pedestrian safety) - they've taken several measures:  namely, these ominous statistics as warnings

Another drastic/dramatic (dramastic?) measure has been to paint some of the intersection crossings blood-red.  Some of them are peppered with those little "blisters" in the road, to feel the vibrations under your tires - that you should be slowing down.  Those have been placed after the car has passed through the intersection... so the warning comes after you may have already hit the pedestrian... go figure.

Blood red - in honor of the fallen?