Nation-in-waiting?

Catalan region of Spain clings to identity against all odds

Having lived in Barcelona for nearly a year, I can verifty that the article "Barcelona: Leading a stateless nation" by Rick Steves, posted on June 15, may be the single best and most concise description of Barcelona I've ever read. (I was even pick-pocketed on the Las Ramblas.)

Money quote: "Catalonia is Spain's Quebec." GEO