So I am sitting in the university and I literally have about 10 minutes before I have to leave to go home, eat and get on a plane to Italy, so I figured I would give you guys a check update about Barcelona this last weekend. Barcelona was really awesome. It was nice to go someplace IN Spain and be able to speak the language because I was lost in terms of Germany, Portugal and Paris. This weekend was especially nice because it was really different from our other weekend trips. First of all, when we went to Munich and Paris, we literally had to fit an ENTIRE city in in one day. That meant that we woke up early, ate really fast, ran around non stop all day and then went to bed really late. We of course had great experiences in these places but they were PACKED and very, very busy. We were in Barcelona for just about 3 complete days, had a hostel in the middle of the city and came without a lot of information about what we could even do. I knew that Barcelona is one of the biggest cities in Spain, it hosted the Olympics in the 90s and it's on the coast, but that's about all I knew about it. In terms of sights, I was sure there were things to see, I just didn't know what they were. Thankfully, I have a friend who is studying in Barcelona and she made a complete list of what we should do while we were there. Also, because we had 3 days instead of one, we actually had time to sleep in and not rush through every meal. We were actually able to sit, have a cup of coffee and not feel like we had to rush through it.
I literally have about 5 minutes to finish this blog, so I'll just list the things that we did and maybe you can google them if you don't know what they are?
1. Mont Juic
2. Parc Guell
3. Clubs and bars at Port Olimpic
4. Las Ramblas
5. La Boqueria (HUGE outdoor market)
6. Fountain show at Mont Juic
7. Cristobal Colon Monument
8. Ate AMAZING spanish food
9. SAGRADA FAMILIA (absolutely beautiful, please wikipedia this one, it was probably my favorite thing we did)
Now here's a couple stories. First of all, our "private" hostel was HUGE. We asked for a private room with 4 beds but they gave us something that was closer to an apartment. This place had two huge bedrooms with 6 beds in each one. It also had a dining area, living room with couches, and a washroom. These weren't even public areas for everyone in the hostel, this whole place was part of our "private" room that you could only get to with our key. There were other common areas OUTSIDE our private common areas. It was insane. We could literally choose with out of 12 beds we wanted. Sorry if I'm not doing a good job of explaining what it was like.
Also, Kels and I missed our bus from the center of Barcelona to the airport which was like an hour outside of the city. Because we did, the only way we could get there on time was to take a taxi for an HOUR. It cost 150 euros (about 200 dollars). I cried. But what can you do?
Overall, it was a lovely trip. Perfect relaxation before ITALY!
thanks for keeping up!
Miss you lots!
P.S. I haven't been able to return any emails so please forgive me, we are busy busy busy. I'll write you guys back after Italy!
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