Meher Baba's Life & Travels
MEHER BABA'S
ZARAGOZA & ALICANTE LINES
MADRID to BARCELONA ( SPAIN )
This was Meher Baba's 6th visit to the West when he visited Spain.
* Meher Baba spent 10 days total touring Spain from 23rd October to 2nd November, 1933.
Baba spent 8 days in Madrid, the capitol of Spain and 1 day in Barcelona, before going onto France.
The rail distance between Madrid and Barcelona remained relatively constant at approximately 699.7 kilometers (434.8 miles)
MADRID
24th October 1933
Baba's disclosure that Avila was one of the four main spiritual centers in Europe and he had visited it in the ancient past was a surprise to them, as Baba had never before mentioned that he wished in particular to visit Avila. He had left the arrangements of their Spanish trip to them. It was their London travel agent who suggested stopping at Avila on their way to Madrid!
They left for Madrid the same day, arriving at 10:30 that night, and went to the Hotel Principe Don Juan, at Calle de Recoletos. Baba had informed the men, "The rest of our time in Spain will be pure rest and relaxation. It will be a holiday."
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Note : There is no hotel by that name presently in the street even though the street has several hotels. Quite possibly there has been a name change since the 1930s.
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Baba sent Norina to Zurich, and Minta and Quentin to London via Paris. He boarded a train to Barcelona at 8:20 P.M. ( 31st October ) with Herbert, Chanji, Kaka and Adi Jr. On the train, Baba turned to Herbert and remarked, "Last week, it was goodbye in London. Here tonight for those who left. And it will then be at Marseilles for you. There are always these sad moments of separation for me, either at leaving India or at leaving those in the West."
They arrived in Barcelona the following morning ( 1st November 1933 ) at 9:22. As the train pulled into the station, Baba spelled on his board, "My agent knows I am coming. He is unique among my agents, as he is a policeman in ordinary life."
* The visit to Spain continues on the BARCELONA page. Click on the following button link to visit.
BARCELONA
1st November 1933 CONTINUED....
Baba also indicated that the various agents he had contacted who were stationed in Sing Sing Prison, Lugano, Santa Margherita and Barcelona were all borrowed agents. The one in Warsaw, whom Herbert contacted, was an indirect agent. The Italian, named Christiano, whom Baba contacted in Rome, was a direct agent.
They left Barcelona at 7:00 P.M. and arrived twelve hours later in Marseilles on Thursday, 2 November 1933. Enid Corfe and Otto Haas-Heye were there to meet them. They went to the Bristol Hotel for breakfast and a bath; afterward Baba discussed matters in private individually with Herbert, Enid and Otto.
Baba boarded the SS Viceroy of India at noon and they all sat together in silence in his cabin before it was time to depart. In a splendid mood, Baba stated, "You do not see me as I really am. This body is not me; my Real Self is far more beautiful. I am Infinite Truth. I am Infinite Love. I am Life Eternal."
* Meher Baba spent 10 days touring Spain from 23rd October to 2nd November, 1933.
