http://filastine.com/log/2009/02/02/port-bou/ Observations on the Beginning of the End of the World Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:51:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://filastine.com/log/2009/02/02/port-bou/#comment-34 Djennifer Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:50:19 +0000 http://filastine.com/log/?p=49#comment-34 Ah, Port Bou. In addition to the intense racial profiling, and the delicious cheese that some basque campesinos shared on the train, I had some of the worst paella of my life there once. But more important and memorable than bad paella (since there are too many bad examples of that dish for any single one to stand out) is Walter Benjamin's grave/memorial. Go if you get a chance - it's beautiful, nearby-yet-solitary, wild, and by far the most vertiginous, entrancing monument to any individual I've seen. Good audioscape there, too. Ah, Port Bou. In addition to the intense racial profiling, and the delicious cheese that some basque campesinos shared on the train, I had some of the worst paella of my life there once. But more important and memorable than bad paella (since there are too many bad examples of that dish for any single one to stand out) is Walter Benjamin’s grave/memorial. Go if you get a chance - it’s beautiful, nearby-yet-solitary, wild, and by far the most vertiginous, entrancing monument to any individual I’ve seen. Good audioscape there, too.

]]> http://filastine.com/log/2009/02/02/port-bou/#comment-33 brandon Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:26:36 +0000 http://filastine.com/log/?p=49#comment-33 Me and my wife were in Port Bou back in April or May. We were staying in Girona at the time and decided to see what Port Bou was all about. Thought it was relatively quiet for being in an area of such limbo. We almost got stuck there but found a way to catch the last train back to Girona which was delayed for around 1 hour or so while the cops made such "polite exits" of others as you speak of. At one point we saw some guys and a woman hopping from car to car trying to outsmart the police and I believe they were eventually nabbed. Why were you there? I didnt see much in the way of a nightlife there? Did you perform? Me and my wife were in Port Bou back in April or May. We were staying in Girona at the time and decided to see what Port Bou was all about. Thought it was relatively quiet for being in an area of such limbo. We almost got stuck there but found a way to catch the last train back to Girona which was delayed for around 1 hour or so while the cops made such “polite exits” of others as you speak of. At one point we saw some guys and a woman hopping from car to car trying to outsmart the police and I believe they were eventually nabbed. Why were you there? I didnt see much in the way of a nightlife there? Did you perform?

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