Arrived in Barcelona friday night and somehow, with me,the directionally challenged cant even get to work without getting lost,We found our hostel pretty easilly. It was pretty nice, 16 dorm room with communal bAthrooms but free breakfast and we got to keep our towels...which i know sound weird but I now have a beach towel that says tropical dreams on it from Barcelona! So we headed out and found a local small tapas resturant nearby. It was really small and we sat at the bar and shared some tapas which were absolutely amazing....especailly bravas patatas, which are potatoes with spicy mayo stuff on them. basicallywe have them at every meal to follow so I´ll refer to them as BP. After dinner we decided to head to city center to check out the main street and most importantly the BEACH. SO BEAUTIFUL. we walked along the water (mediterrian sea) and touched the freezing cold water and just enjoyed the fact that it was warm enough to not wear a jacket/it was above 30 so it was a heat wave. yay for being back in the west! So we ended up walking around until 3am and headed back to sleep.
best part about the west.....COFFEEE. coffee is everywhere.especially at the hostel where I came up with the brilliant solution of taking 2 cups to the table instead of having to get up a million times to refill. i know... genius.
So we went to the beach... and were basically the only people in not only shorts but bathing suites. The sky was a little overcast and it was actually a little chilly but it was so relaxing to finally just lay out on the beach and not do anything. (except a cartwheel or 5). we went walking along the beach and found some awsome climbing things and playgrounds and just everything in general was intriguing. (sorry no pictures.... no way to put them up)For lunch we found A nice outside kebab place and enjoyed some more amazing food.
Then we had a BRILLIANT IDEA to rent bicycles for 2 hours and ride around the city.It was the best decision ever and was so relaxing and such a great way to see the city. We rode through this really interesting park with tons of foundtains and waterfall things, saw parliment,saw their arch de trimnpuh, which we later learned was not the right arch when we ran into it at the end. We went north to this amazing cathedral designed by >Guadi and is incomplete and just enjoyed riding around in the sun and warm weather.
note.... not much has changed. I burned like crazy all over my face and random patches on my legs... what a hot mess. I suppose its just good that
another note- my current song obbsession- takin back my love, just came on.its a sign.
So after bike riding we sat for a while and then headed back to the hostel to change for some dinner....which we didnt end up getting until 9pm. which is i guess normal spanish dinner time. We went out for paella, tapas and sangria, which was again amazing.ill just mention that everything
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