Icarus @ 59 # 47

Gymnast in Barcelona

Coincidence, in Barcelona something really unusual happened. We were getting the underground to the Camp Nou when an extremely attractive young Arabic woman, who was with her father and sisters, asked Dan (in English) if he knew the way. He confirmed he did and we showed them the way and parted outside the ground. Now bearing in mind there are 80,000 people at the Nou Camp, how coincidental that we should bump into them in the line to get back on the train back to Las Ramblas. She was so excited and wanted to talk about the game - her first ever and 3-0. But also, as we were going through the gate my ticket got stuck and the young lady shouted to her family in her own language and then said to Dan, 'I told them we have to wait for our friends.' A trip there and back, jostling against each other in a crowded train, and there it was east meets west as friends and nothing but smiles and handshakes when we parted. We never exchanged names even, only pleasantries. I don't know if her name was Nadia but I love this track, east meets west in a cultural exchange: