The Ciutadella Park: meeting point for young people in Barcelona.

Saturday afternoon, after a rather painful awakening, due to the late night finish of Barcelona nights, generally not before 5 am, a friend suggested I go to the Ciutadella park, according to him “a cool place for cool people.”
I have a quick breakfast, a shower, and then go off with my bicing (in Barcelona) to the park. The sun is shining, and I must admit that being outside in a T-shirt at the beginning of March is very pleasant and very different than in my location paris.

I finally get to Ciutadella Park, located next to the Arc de Triomf metro station. At the entrance to the park on the left, groups of youths from all walks of life are there to have a picnic, sunbathe or practice many unique activities such as tightrope walking between 2 trees, unicycling, diabolo, juggling with 5 clubs or playing hoop-da-loop! Guitarists and percussionists make this sunny afternoon more lively. My friend was right; this really is a cool place with cool people. Hippies, Rasta men, athletes, musicians, children, families … everyone finds their place here.

I meet up with my friends. It turns out we are sitting beside a group of circus amateurs. I was thinking about lying down and sunbathing for a bit, but I am currently juggling with 5 giant clubs (or rather with two small balls which are more often on the floor than in my hands), walking along the tightrope (desperately clung to the tree for fear of crash against the floor), playing frisbee and even improvising an harmonica tune! This afternoon was certainly full of new things for me, and I really spent a good time far away from my comfortable location appartement paris

The Ciutadella Park is a nice place to spend an afternoon and meet people.
The park is also home to a lake where you can rent a boat and have a pleasant stroll, a zoo, many statues, and you can also visit the Catalonia’s Modern Art Museum…