Another crack of dawn day, this time leaving Barcelona before the sun a couple hours North to the Spanish border town of Figueres. People really only come here for the Dali Museum. I've usually always liked Salvador Dali, the mad Surrealist painter. But, for some reason, I just felt used by this museum. Dali, almost more than he was an artist, was a shameless self-promoter and entertainer. And the museum is basically just a giant celebration of himself - he's actually buried here, under the stage of the theater. On top of it all, too, there's not really many well known works here. So, again, I feel like all of us tourists become the entertainment, especially since you literally have to stand on a stage to view some of his art. Dali must just be laughing,
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