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'Imagine you save thousands of dollars to go on a family vacation to Barcelona.
You look forward to seeing the Sagrada Familia Cathedral, trying delicious
food, and enjoying the fabulous Catalan climate and local hospitality.
After arriving, your family gets mugged twice in the space of a week; you're
surrounded by trash and crowds of drunk Brits and obnoxiously loud Americans
for the whole trip. There are Spanish people on the streets too, thousands of
them; they're chanting "Fuck you, tourists" and "Tourists go home!". Most of
the restaurants are tourist traps.
You decide to sit down in one anyway, but just after getting the menus, locals
start soaking you with water pistols and shouting about how you're ruining
their lives and that you're not welcome there. Your kids are crying, your
partner is confused and worried. Eventually, when the protestors pass, you head
back to your hotel, only to find that the protestors are there now, that
they've taped up the entrance, and they're shouting "We'll never be able to
afford houses because of you, tourist scum."
Welcome to Spain in 2024 — and to Italy, Portugal, Croatia, Czechia and the
Netherlands in 2025. Don't forget to leave a review.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
