So I realize this is a little late but here's a little summary of our weekend in Barca! Mere and I got in around 8:30 on Friday night and we met up with Barbara, her friend from Indiana who studies in Barcelona and who we were staying with. We made dinner at her apartment and then got ready and went to their other friend from Indiana's apartment. Everything in Spain happen at least 2 to 3 hours later than everywhere else, it was so weird! They said people don't leave for the clubs until 2 or 2:30am! So, in keeping with the cultural norm, we left for a club with everyone around then. We slept in on Saturday and got lunch at a famous place there called Bo De B. On our way to lunch, we experienced a first: receiving a standing ovation for just walking by! Haha, we were walking through a piazza (the one in the first picture below) and all of a sudden we heard a lot of noise and saw guys standing up and then we realized they were clapping for us haha so funny.
The Marina
After lunch, we went to the beach and hung out there for a little :)
Beach beach beach
Amanda, Shay, me, and Barbara posing like Chrissy in the background
Then we went to Las Ramblas- the big tourist street- and onto the big market they have every day, the boqueria. They had soo much food at the market, it was crazy! So much fruit especially, loved how colorful it was there. The few meat sections they had looked pretty unappetizing though and included things like tongue, lamb's head, and pig's feet to name a few.
La Boqueria
Gross gross grossss!
After the market, we made our way up to Parco Guell which is a cool park and has a great view of Barcelona. Barb was telling us that Guell wanted it to be a self-sufficient town up high or something but it never worked out so now it's just a park.
On our way up to Parco Guell
View on the way up
Mere, me, and Alex (another visiting friend in Barca)
Top of Parco Guell
View from the top!
Me, Mere, and Barbara
After the park, we went to see the fountain show! It was so coool the way they coordinated the lights, water, and music. We were really tired from the day by that point but I'm really glad we got to see it.
We went back to Barb's apartment after the fountain show and took a nap and then got ready for dinner. We had dinner at 11pm, no joke, at a cute place downtown and then went to a famous shot bar called Chupito's. I took a picture of all of the shots this place had- it was INSANE, I've never seen anything like it! They were lighting things on fire, roasting marshmallows, putting candy in and on top of shots, and everything in between. It was pretty small and narrow so it was annoying having to deal with the crowds but it was such a cool place nonetheless.
We left Sunday morning in the rain but the weather was nice the other two days so we really couldn't complain :) I wished we had another day there so we didn't have to run around and see everything in one day but it worked out well anyway. Barcelona really reminded me of Miami, too, which I wasn't expecting- beachy, fun, big streets, and a lot of English with a little bit of Spanish ;) (or Catalan to be exact but I couldn't tell the difference). It was a beautiful city and I'm so glad I got to go!! Onto Roma in a few hours and it's supposed to be 70 and sunny the wholeee weekend. Loving this spring weather!
Ciao Ciaoo
Barcelona...another place you went to when you were about 9 but don't remember. Our hotel was even on Las Ramblas! Again, you were not impressed with the place.
ReplyDeleteI was so excited because there were a lot of department stores near our hotel and they had beautiful, bright clothing for you! In Geneva, I could only find dark clothing for you. So I bought all of these beautiful little outfits for you. And you wore none of them....you liked the black!
Well, I'm glad you had a great time in a new city! Enjoy Roma...it seems that when I made you kids throw coins into the Trevi fountain to ensure your return to Rome that it worked!
Love,
Mom