Last night I was buying detergent at Bon Preu (the grocery store a block away, named “good price”) and I realized I am actually living in this city. I pay rent, I buy things like detergent and eggs, and I can give directions to people in Spanish and English. Later on we walked to Bar Amsterdam and all the Christmas lights in the city were turned on. There are rows of colored lights in weird patterns over the biggest streets (and in some alleys) and they look amazing. You can see them covering the streets all the way to the horizon.
