Bombers de Barcelona

Walking through the Plaça Sant Jaume, I stumbled across a group of young men posing in front of the Ajuntament de Barcelona (City Hall).Lots of people were taking pictures, and although I had no idea who these guys were, I joined in. For a moment I thought that they might be Barça's football team (they'd tied Manchester United the night before).

But on closer scrutiny they didn't seem like athletes, and I didn't see Ronaldinho among them ... and in fact, none of them is black. Now I've just figured out that these men are the forty-four new firefighters of the City of Barcelona.









But what is this protestor about? He seems to be tolerated here, even blessed by the statue of councillor Joan Fiveller. (I'd love some help with the translation of his sign!)