Ale wracając do niedzielnego polowania… Organizatorzy wręczyli mapy z zaznaczonymi Hermesami i podpowiedziami, gdzie należy szukać- czasami był tak mały, że ciężko było go wypatrzyć. Śmieszny to był zresztą widok: grupa 15 osób uzbrojonych w aparaty robi zdjęcia w miejscach, które zwykłym przechodniom i turystom wydają się pozbawione atrakcyjności. Czasami pytano nas o co chodzi, a nierzadko się zdarzało, że jakiś Japończyk zaczął robić zdjęcia naśladując nas.
Barcelona jeszcze raz potwierdziła, że z każdym spacerem można odkryć coś nowego. Tym razem podążając szlakiem Hermesa, boga kupców, wędrowców, wynalazców, złodziei i podróżujących, zwróciłam ponownie uwagę na niezwykłe dekoracje na budynkach, fasady, symbole.
I spend this Sunday morning in a rather unusual way, that is participating in a photo hunt for Hermes with a group of Barcelona bloggers (me being the only foreigner, which was strange at the beginning, as this time Nuno announced sleepily that he rather stayed in bed). The initiative came from the Neus and APU, and searching for hidden images of this Greek god, was a good excuse to meet with people who also write a blog about Barcelona, from local perspective, whose blogs I check for inspiration (I guess Neus is the only one reading my blog, thank you google translator, and for the rest of participants I was the one with a blog in a strange language). I decided to participate in the event to meet some new people, as my previous experiences with meeting people via blog were quite satisfying. In Romania, when I discovered Ilona’s blog, I decided to go for a beer with her, and she become one of my closest friend while being expat in Bucharest. Then while in Barcelona, Ajka somehow came across mu blog, left a comment and that is how our virtual friendship started. And on Wednesday we are going to Mallorca to meet her and Ewa personally.
But back to Sunday hunting ... The organizers handed us maps with spots and hints to look for Hermes. Sometimes the figure was so small it was challenging to spot it even when knowing that it was on the building in front of you. And the view was really funny: 15 adults armed with taking pictures of buildings/facades/ etc that places normal people and tourists would normally just passed without even looking, let alone find them attractive. Sometimes we were asked for explanation and sometimes some tourist took photos of the same object as we did, just in case it was something famous.
Once again I got convinced by Barcelona, that every time you go for a simple walk, you can discover something new. This time, following the trail of Hermes, the god of merchants, travelers, inventors, thieves, and travelers, I paid attention to details,
remarkable decorations, facades, symbols.