A Few Days in Barcelona

Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2008 by Rob

By Rob Meronek

Recognize this spot? I've gotten entire sponsor me videos where the whole thing is filmed here

Our home for the last couple days has been Roberto's Barcelona sweat box. Thanks for the bed, couch space, and Spanish lessons, Roberto

We had way too many train rides and sketchy meat sanwiches. Good times getting sort of lost and skipping the turnstiles

That's Roberto Aleman's tweaked pinky toe. That's what happens when you come to America, bust your little toe, and have no health insurance. Oh yeah, we're at the beach now and it's been 24 hours in Barcelona and we still have yet to actually skateboard. We rule

Wow, I was definitely expecting Kentucky waterfalls all over Spain, but this one blew me away. All we heard was stories about smoking hot topless women on the beach leading up to us going there and we end up running into this. Yikes

It's not like Florida beaches with fine sand here

I ordered a salad. That's not a salad. That had dead sea animals in it

Oh yeah so now it's been a day and a half and we still have yet to skate. At least we drank beer and walked to skate spots. We rule. Recognize this spot? As usual, that drop off to the left is larger than it seem on video

This is right outside Roberto's door. A full selection of 10 different sketchy meat sandwiches

Alright, we're finally on a skate mission. This is a random street leading up to MACBA. DP is already getting some snaps along the way

We're here! Who's jumping? I need a parachute do jump down that

As usual, very interesting locals

We were just in warm up mode when DMFP snapped his board on this half cab down MACBA

These two spots are in the same plaza as MACBA

This is some dude in full Euro-uniform frontside flipping in front of the residences in front of MACBA

One self-timer mandatory skateboard tourist photo

So after MACBA, we're around the corner at some store and Vern randomly pops out on some balcony a few stories up. What a small globe we are spinning around. Vern and Rodrigo Peterson are staying together in Barcelona for the next week and a half

This is known as a samosa. Potatoes and vegetables in a deep fried dough sleeve. It's fuel for the bump to bar that we're on our way to right now

I like analyzing the buildings here

It's a super crowded train ride to the bump to bar. I spy a Euro soccer rocker

After a subway/train ride, it's a transfer to yet another subway ride

The shark fins are on the way to the bump to bar. Remember MJ BSNB and Brent Atchley frontside ollie? We are not concerned with these. We're on the hunt for the bump to bar

This stunt jump is on the way to the bump to bar also

Cross this bridge and you're at the bump to bar. Let's snap some ollies

Ever travel half way across the globe to take a poop? Yeah, I did. Four or five tries in, I did something to my knee which left me with yet another Euro limp walking like I just crapped my pants and struggling to keep up with the crew pushing around the streets. Rad. Maybe next year or Monday if I'm healed by then. Check the footage for Schaefer almost making it

DMFP backside 180'd it

Leg warmer tats - check. Black shorts - check. White shirt - check. Yep, Vern and Schaefer got their Barcy uniforms on and you're ready to hop the bar

Schaefer and I both left the bar without a make. It's time for yet another tain ride. At any given moment, there are at least three smoking hot Spanish women within 50 feet of you on the subway or on the streets

For the rest of the day, I had the pleasure of limping up to amazing spots like this just to sit and do nothing

Even if I wasn't hurt, I would still just sit and watch at this spot. Check the triple dragon spine in the background

These innocent looking leaves are natural skate stoppers. They creep up on you when you're cruising the smoothest ground in Barcelona and stop your board dead in it's tracks. Hit one of these and you're guaranteed a two foot skid and a Superman dive. Try it when your knee is jacked. Such a good time