Most people go to church to save their souls. Jamie goes to save her soles.
I have no idea how she knew anything about this particular shoe store in Barcelona, but WE HAD TO GO THERE! It was like a religious pilgrimage for her. And now you can see why — one full wall of shelves from floor to ceiling, all crammed full of shoes of every size and style and color and material imaginable.
Moses spent 40 years wandering the desert in search of the Promised Land, and we spent about 40 minutes wandering Barcelona’s La Rambla district in search of this store.
But I swear to god that it seemed like 40 years.
UPDATE: Jamie was horrified when she read this. She informs me that these are not mere shoes, they are espadrilles. They’ve been handmade in this very shop by the same family since 1941 and they are iconic in Barcelona.
And?
Was there a purchase(s) made?
Multiple purchases. One week into this trip and the suitcases are already overflowing.
Wow!!! I just read all the way back to the day you left! Your writing skills shine Jim! As does your humor! I laughed all the way through! So glad y’all made it! I look forward to reading each new entry so keep them up! We miss both of you and we are sweating enough here for all of us! Until the next entry….. love y’all!
If only I got paid for all this stuff.
That’s what I just told Jamie!
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Y’all have me cracking up! I can see Jamie swatting at you in the briefest of fits of outrage;)
LOL!!! And what a beautiful wall of shoes!!!
LMOAO…Come on Jim, you guys have been married a long time and you haven’t figured out that women are shoe freaks? My wife has enough pairs to start her own shoe store!
Can you please have Jamie bring me back a pair? I’d like the ones in the 12th column and 4th from the bottom. I wear a size 6, but a 7 feels so good, I buy a size 8.