My Memoirs - Citizen of the World

that they found out that someone from the restaurant, where we
had lunch, used my credit card to order many pieces of equipment
for a Hair Salon. They also mentioned that my name Pacheco is
very common in Spain and it happened very often that crooks use
it to order merchandise. The credit company realized that I did not
have to pay anything, not only because I had not signed or
authorized the purchases, but because I had returned to USA, after
the orders were placed, for which I supplied copies of airline
tickets as proof. When I tell this story to my friends, they laugh
and say, “It’s funny that you don’t have much hair and someone
purchased hair equipment in your name!”
We returned to Marbella and drove to Malaga to fly to Barcelona,
a beautiful city on the Mediterranean Sea, where the 1992 Olympic
Games were held. We spent a few days there and used tour buses
to visit the entire city of 4 million people. Among the most famous
sites we visited were the Picasso Museum; the beautiful Basilica
de la Sagrada Familia, designed by the famous architect Antoni
Gaudí, and the fabulous modern architecture for which the city is
so well known. It was wonderful to spend the evenings walking on
the well-known La Rambla, a famous avenue with street
entertainers, jugglers, singers and live human mannequins. It’s a
city never to forget.
Greece
For our trip to Greece, we arrived in Athens, an enchanting capital,
but also a very noisy and busy place. It is a city worshipped by
gods and people. We visited the Acropolis, that the Greeks call the
Sacred Rock; the ruins of the Temple of Zeus; the Royal Palace;
and the famous Olympic Stadium; the Museum of Popular
Instruments; the Old Parliament and many other ancient ruins. I
was interested in seeing the Biblical place named Corinthians that
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