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Catalan Independence

Just your average 69-year-old college freshman studying abroad.


YESTERDAY – A father and his daughter (she was wrapped in a flag) said they were going to the rally for Catalan independence and would I like to follow them out of the Metro?

I could catch a few phrases from the speeches. Catalunya is hungry for recognition from other countries. When the crowd started chanting words I didn’t know, a women wrote “I Vindra Indepencia” on my notepad.

After the Greeks and the Romans and the Fascists, this hopeful city caught a break — the weather met it more than halfway.

Pat Shiplett

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