this blog post is a little different to all the other blog posts before it. Because our trip to Barcelona was so different from all the other trips before...
Barcelona was our first destination on our Spain-Portugal road trip. And that's why I was looking forward to Barcelona all the more - the start of our wonderful summer vacation. At first it looked like it was going to be a great start. We found a good parking space outside Barcelona, took the train into the city and spent a lovely first afternoon in the city, which we rounded off with a delicious dinner.
But the next day was to be very different. We drove straight to Park Güell in the morning and parked our van nearby. After we had seen everything, we decided to take the car into the city to a parking garage. We just wanted to make a short stop at the El Carmel bunkers. We parked the car in a small parking lot near the Parc del Guinardó, where a few buses also drove past. From here, it was only a few minutes to the bunkers, where we also only spent a few minutes enjoying the view and taking a few photos. After about 20 minutes, we walked back to the car and what awaited us there took our breath away...
We were just walking towards the van when Bene suddenly said: “The back door of the car is open.” Without thinking, I ran off and that's when I saw it: the window of our van had been smashed, the door ripped open and our valuables stolen! Laptop, iPad, camera, wallet, hard drive with all the pictures and soooo much more, all gone... And then the vacation - at least the Barcelona trip - was over for us!
With the help of a man walking past, we called the police. They told us to go to the central office in the city. Easier said than done, with a smashed window... When we got there, they just handed me a piece of paper and told us to fill in what had been stolen. And it was a lot. The damage was estimated at around EUR 6000. Because we had half our household goods in the van...
After I had finally finished with the police after about an hour and Bene had removed the remaining glass from the car, we set off and left Barcelona behind us... We didn't want to have anything more to do with the city so soon. So we continued on to Tarragona to repair the car and check into a friend's guest room...
xx Chiara