InterRail Soap Series part 15: Barcelone: DJ, spin those records!

13) Barcelona part IV: DJ is giving a concert
If you ever been to Barcelona, you probably know this huge Spanish shop El Corte Inglès near the Ramblas. Back at home, Dirk Jan plays the piano and because of this trip, he hasn’t touched a piano since we started our tour.

El Corte Inglès sells pianos and as we arrived on the sixth floor (where the cd’s and DVDs are) Dirk noticed that on this same floor, they were selling pianos for 3000 or 4000 euros. His hands were getting itchy; he hasn’t seen or touched a piano for two weeks. Back at home he plays the piano every day.

Dirk was asking me: “Should I, or not play on one piano?” He was scared that if he would take place behind a piano, that salesmen would ask him to leave because it’s allowed to play a piano. I told him “So what? Go take a seat and play a song. And if they ask you to leave, so be it.” And so he did, took place at the most expensive piano and started to play a the “Everybody is changing” from Keane. Within seconds a salesmen indeed came, but, not to ask him to leave. He stayed and listened. And as he recognized which song Dirk was playing, he sang along. More and more salesmen and people came around us and the piano and listened to Dirk. He got an applause played 2 or 3 more songs from Keane. So he was Dirk, playing the piano for the first time in two weeks, in a shop in Barcelona where people listened to him… A breakthrough?   
   
14) Barcelona part V: “slow fast food at Burger King”
If you are in Barcelona, don’t go to the Burger King at the end of the Ramblas/Plaça del Catalunya!

After the mini concert Dirk gave, we were hungry and we thought we grab a burger and continue. And of course, as queuing is now part of out trip everywhere, we also waited here for a very long time. Not very good promotion for a fast food restaurant. As it finally was our turn, we just didn’t get it why it took so long: as we could see from our site of the counter, everything, including every burger which we ordered was in store. So the cashier could grab everything what we ordered, but he didn’t! Although everything what I ordered was ready, he let me wait for another 10 minutes or so, with a huge queue behind me! After I got my order, it was Dirk Jan’s turn. I told Dirk that I was going to look for a table. The cashier let Dirk also wait for a long time. In fact, once Dirk found me at the table, I was already finished eating…

TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW...