[Barcelona is a big city with millions of people, and like all big cities, traffic congestion is a common problem.
During the Olympics, this problem was even more severe.
Because we didn't stay in the Olympic Village, it often took an hour to travel from the hotel to the venues.
But our bus was different; with the escort of local police cars, it only took us 20 minutes to get to the venue each time.
On the road, the sound of police sirens was incessant, and the streets were empty, just like scenes from the movie "Supreme Detective"—our bus whizzed past as vehicles on both sides waited.
One night we had a match against Puerto Rico, and we were once again on the bus, heading to the venue under police escort.
I saw the roadside full of waiting cars and buses making way for us.
As it turned out, one of them was carrying the Puerto Rican team, and I happened to see my friend Jose Ortiz sitting on the bus.
