I woke up from a glorious nap and decided to go exploring in Barcelona. Knowing that I had tickets to see Bruce Springsteen on Sunday, I thought it made sense to go to the venue and check how they were handling the General Admission seats since it was crazy the last time I saw him in Barcelona in 2002 and it was his opening show of the European Tour!
The Concierge let me know about a really cool cable car that goes near the venue so I thought I would give it a go.
The line was long but I didn’t have anywhere I needed to be, so I embraced the moment and started talking to people around me. There were tons of people going to the concert and the energy was so high.

The Universe put Frauke, Christian and Uwe in front of me and the night took a totally different direction than I was expecting! Lucky for me, they had a spare ticket for the show and invited me along.
Surprisingly they trusted my navigational skills to get us to the venue and we walked about 30 minutes to get there. While walking I learned that Uwe was Christian’s dad and Frauke was a friend from their village. We had a lot of laughs on the way and Uwe was very motivated to get inside and get his beer.

Our seats were great! I realized I had never seen Bruce from a seat before as I have always gotten General Admission tickets. It was such a fun, stress free experience and completely different than what I was used to. I am not joking when I say that Barcelona is my favorite place to see Bruce. The energy and adoration for the man and his lyrics are like nothing I have ever seen. It was very moving to be able to see people’s reactions to his songs. It feels like everyone has a story and memory that his music reminds them of. It was a great experience with great people and a night I won’t soon forget!

Knowing that I would be seeing him again on Sunday, I left 3 songs early so that I could catch a cab and get back to the hotel. Being a single woman, I didn’t want to risk having to walk 5 miles at night time in a foreign city. I got one of the last taxis available and was relieved to be in my hotel 15 minutes later. Oh and for the record, the taxi driver brought me all the way to the hotel and didn’t make me walk 1.5 miles. He did charge me $30 for a $10 fare but that is the joy of being at the mercy of taxi drivers. Such a good night!