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Barcelona not Catalan but Spanish

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#1
May 1, 2008
 
Hi everybody!
I’m a studying Business Administration in Barcelona this semester and so far I have really enjoyed my time here. As I’ve began to make friends with other international students(some from Poland, China, France and Mexico), we have all concluded that we have actually had a difficult time understanding the public transportation signs, city flyers, and other turist information because most of it is only written in Catalan. We find it hard to understand why this information
(for example the metro signs) is not translated into other languages or at least have it available to help those persons that don’t speak Catalan and are barely learning Spanish! We wanted to get a group of students to propose this idea to the City Hall of Barcelona, as we think that the city would benefit from this investment.

I want to know what your opinion is and what has been your experience with this!
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May 9, 2008
 
This gets my attention. I was in Barcelona last year. This city is beautiful in its own fashion in the manner of Picasso-Miro-Gaudi. Of course, Columbus, in the harbor.

My spanish was not much. I was glad to catch the Catalan flavor in the city. If I may say so, I am a 100% against your interfering idea. It struck me that you could be called jealous or envious of this beautiful and artful city. No city like it anywhere.

There was major construction all around as a modern EU city but with its own cultural heritage. I think the Barcelona people, Catalan or not, have known better than foreigners how to live and let live in their own city. I suggest that you enjoy your time there and thank the people when you say 'see you later.' That is what I did.
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