another thing
another thing. just now, at the narrowest junction of a road, amidst dust erupting in yellow clouds, i saw two motorbikes going in opposite directions roll to a stop on the corner to stop for a chat. one of them held a couple with a baby bunged indecorously into the space between them. the other held a man holding a basket of fish under one arm, while steering with the other. no one wore helmets. around them, two cars, a bicycle and a handful of pedestians tried to ingratiate themselves into the crevices to get around the chatting motorcyclists. further down the road, some spanish hombre was singing loudly and badly in catalan. this tableau tells you everything you need to know about spanish roads.