We arrived in Barcelona Friday around noon and had a siesta. In the evening we had the most unique Rosh Hashana ever. We contacted a Barcelona Jewish group via the Internet before leaving home and arranged to attend their service in a hotel Friday night. Now sometimes I have heard a sermon and thought I did not understand the Rabbis point. But this is the first time I did not understand one word of what he said. That the Hebrew was the most familiar to me was a switch. And the Shema in Spanish was not what we were used to. After the service, we also attended the dinner they had with about 100 people. They put us at a table with all Americans who also were in Barcelona on vacation. We had a great time. The dinner lasted until well after midnight and the children there seemed to be used to staying up so late.
Saturday we visited the popular walking street, La Rambla. It is about a mile long with a large promenade in the middle of the street. People crowd both sides of the street and the promenade which is why pickpockets are a plenty.
With the start of the Jewish New Year, we will start our tours of the city tonight.
BTW, I added some photos to the previous blogs.
1 comment:
Have just had the time to read your travel news and it sounds as if you are having a wonderful time. Wish we had realized you would be in England - you could have called our friends, Judy and Jack Rosenbaum. They live near Windsor, in Bray, outside of Maidenhead. Love those English towns!
Happy New Year - have a great time - we are enjoying your trip vicariously!
Love, Syl and Marty
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