I arrived in Barcelona yesterday. It is a very interesting city compared to Winnipeg. The amount of money both cities have access to is more or less the same per person, but Barcelona is much more beautiful, and has much more attractions per person. I think the reason for this is that the Spanish are much more proud of who they are, and are willing to lower their standard of living in order to have a great city.

I was taking some pictures in Montreal today. I decided to use my telephoto to get a close up of a construction crane. After doing this I hear a guy yell something at me in french. I think nothing of it and walk away. Minutes later a car drives up next to me and he jumps out. Naturally I start running in the opposite direction. Within five minutes his wife with an unleashed doberman heads me off and stops me. The guy grabs my camera and my lenses like he wants to break them, and we yell for a few minutes. I tell him that if he lets me go I can destory the film or give him what he wants. Eventually he does and he takes all of my film. He told me that he is defrauding an insurance company and he thought I was a private investigator. I explained that I was from Winnipeg and I was just taking pictures of the city. He apologized and left.

What an asshole. If I hadn't literally been loaded down with irreplaceable camera equipment I would have seriously beat him down