Mike Ross' "Stories from ON THE ROAD"

Mike Ross' "Stories from ON THE ROAD"

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BOTERO’S CAT...

BOTERO’S CAT...

…On the Road in Barcelona, Spain, again.

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Mar 30, 2025
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This is a reprint from weeks ago with the addition of the much requested photo of me with the giant kitty. I hope you enjoy it!

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Sometimes you just want to have a bit of fun…

Botero’s CAT, everyone’s best friend, is not the most famous sight in Barcelona. That honor would go to Antoni Gaudi’s well-marketed La Sagrada Familia Church. With its spikey towers and dripping concrete facades, its stupendous size rises out of the earth like a giant ornate pin cushion and draws millions of tourists each year.

In fact, Barcelona is chock full of wonderful sights and not one of them is a fake Eiffel Tower nor a cheesy Madame Tussaud’s Museum of Demonic Wax Figures. (They all look demonic, believe me, even Mother Theresa.) The Plaza Catalu…

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