La Mercè 2021

Back blip

Two nights before La Mercè, the public holiday to celebrate the patron saint of Barcelona.  Legend has it that it usually rains on La Mercè as it's Eulalia, the previous patron saint, crying, unhappy that she'd been replaced.  It was very quiet in our barrio, but as I'm back blipping, we know now there was a huge botellón (illegal outdoor drinking party of 20,000 young folk), which ended up with police intervention and serious vandalism on Plaza España.