European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A waiter serves a portion of Paella a meal of steaming Rice seafood and spices available in Many variations throughout the City. Above a Small slightly chaotic bar does big business in liquid refreshments. At left the beat goes on All night Long As a solitary drummer plays for  Vince Crawley staff writer it was nearly 3 . On the Plaza de Cataluna when the dumpy Little Man stopped in front of our outdoor cafe and began chanting like a Banshee while he pounded monotonous rhythms on a snare drum. Me would t go away. Earlier that evening Well eaten a cheap dinner with a dutch geologist who studies Continental Drift. She ditched us alter the second Pitcher of sangria around Midnight and we continued prowling through the world famous night scene in Barcelona Spain. "1 he nightlife begins at about Midnight Lor older people Quot one it the locals explained to us Quot alter 1 pm. Lor Young  As 3 . Approached a group of american businessmen at a neighbouring table were steeped in a Beery argument apparently started by my companion about Ross Perot and he dumpy Little Man kept ii is Sanly pounding his drum wailing. A couple of nights earlier around Midnight we Ranitz a night a let the games begin into Ernesto Bentancor a Man who makes his living Selling views of the planets. Bentancor had set up a Small Telescope near this spot of the Plaza de Cataluna at the top of the Ramblas and for $1 he showed us his View of the heavens. Quot i live off this Quot he explained. Quot i like to teach astronomy on the  his business card identified him As a Quot Monitor de  on this particular night the celestial spheres had placed the planet Jupiter in Bentancor s sights a Small Milky disc surrounded by four dots said to be Moons. Quot discovered try Galileo in the year 1b i 0,&Quot Bentancor said Ollie Jox Ian satellites rattling Ott their names in order of appearance "f.uropa, in Gin Mede Cal to Quot hawking the universe like a used i or Salesman. Hie next evening we w Ere sipping Beers at a place w it it a Cement lobster the size of Godzilla on its Root when the waitress warned us that nightlife along the Ramblas can turn Tacky after Midnight. She said that walking Home from work recently she was propositioned along the Ramblas by a spaniard who mistook her for a streetwalker. Quot look at my hands Quot she said she replied indignantly. Quot these hands do work for a  the better night life she said the place where Barcelona really starts to happen after 3 ., is along the Carrer Arribau and Carrer Balmes Northwest of Plaza de Cataluna. We went. But somewhere along the Way after we lost track of the dutch geologist we paused at a cafe on de Cataluna and insisted on the largest Beers in the House. These turned out to be quart sized monsters for $10 a Mug. Gradually we began realizing that we were among the older people. We had a plane to catch at 7 ., and now there was no Way we d last much past 3, when Barcelona s Young people Start partying. We d failed. We would t get the Story. Then to make matters worse the dumpy Little Man came wailing and pounding on his drum. We tried giving him Money to make him go away. Instead he gave us an encore. 72 stripes Magazine june 18, 1992