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My further plans: finding places to stay in Barcelona, getting replacement parts for my bike and maybe help organizing a yunity event.

Stage 8 - Barcelona

In the first three days, I stayed with Ansel in L'Hospitalet, who contacted me through my public trip on Couchsurfing. Then, I moved to the flatshare of Fabia, a contact that I got through Arno. Both hosts provided me the space to look for bike parts, get them and fix my bike. Ansel also gave me the hint to look at the "La Experimental" squat, which is located near the top of the Tibidabo hill, one of the tourist highlights of Barcelona. I emailed the squat and first visited them on one afternoon. We planned WuppDays together with Alberto, Nacho and the Danish girl (sorry for my leaky brain) and I even joined them for a dumpster diving tour at night (lead by Joan). Trivia: dumpster diving is called "recycling" in Spain.

I liked the challenge of cycling up the Tibidabo, it's a constant climb from (almost) sea level to 450m above. It made sure that I arrived sweaty, but definitely happy.

On a Friday, I went again to La Experimental to join them for the jam session evening - an event that they organize to attract visitors and donations, but also because most of the inhabitants really love music. I stayed in the tower of the squat, freshly made into a guest room by "Wandergesellen" from Oldenbourg, Germany. Unfortunately, I got a bit sick in the following days, so I couldn't participate much in the daily life, but instead was hiding in blankets and drinking water. I felt slightly stressed at the squat during that time: the cold temperature; the windy weather; the toilet was quite far from the sleeping space; my sleeping bag got wet from sweating..

Luckily, Janina had the contact of Sabrina, the girlfriend of a foodsaver that she met in Berlin. She could host me in her apartment in Barcelona city, where I recovered quickly. Some days later, Janina joined me there after a long bus travel. We stayed for some days before WuppDays at La Experimental were supposed to start.

WuppDays were quiet and peaceful, with participation of Chandi, Fritz, Selina, Lara, Adrean, Martin, Janina and me. I was mostly working on the Foodsaving Tool, cracking almonds, preparing meals and cuddling with Janina. I also looked through old PCs that were "recycled" by the squat to build some fast public workstations. The success was limited due to a lack of screens, but at least Chandi and me identified the fastest parts for the audio recording workstation.

After two weeks, it was time for me to leave Barcelona and head to Valencia, where we want to start Foodsharing.

(write about Fabio, Helen)

Stage 9 - Valencia

Stage 10 - To the south-west

Stage 11 - Jumping over the Strait

Future destinations

Valencia, Spain (January 2017) - 375 km from Barcelona, 3-4 days - approx arrival February 2017

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