Chapter 16: Lionel Messi
Spain. Bienvenido, peregrino.
Spain.
It is the night of the second semi-final Champion League contest between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. I’ve made friends with a group of ten or so Spaniards coming out of an auberge in Jaca. We’re in the northeast, on the far less-traveled Aragon route, also known as the “silent route.” My group is not.
Only a few of us knew each other before the …
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