Barcelona and Venice, both cities tailored to human scale, are among the most touristic in Europe (London and Paris are megacities, a different category). Two cities that face the sea, with a Mediterranean sensuality. They don't renounce either pleasure or culture: architecture, cuisine, painting, film, literature... They tend towards aesthetic affectation; they would like to be roguish but have become... mainstreamTwo cities with more history than future? Narcissistic nostalgia is their worst enemy. They look in the mirror and like what they see: Barcelona, proud and self-absorbed; Venice, presumptuous and decadent. They look in the mirror and hate each other: where will our children end up? We feel a love-hate relationship with tourism, with the expadosbecause of the cosmopolitanism of exquisite luxury. But what would we do without so much wealth? And what will we do with poverty? nascosta And outrageous? Can cities full of palaces function without social mobility?

Many people have the memory of a family member putting on an old vinyl or CD and playing it. The four seasons by Antonio Vivaldi on a weekend morning. Many people have learned to play an instrument thanks to the Venetian's compositions. And you don't have to be an expert in classical music to recognize his spring.