Barcelona

I had been to Barcelona before, but it is definitely a much different experience with friends. I was traveling with two other girls and two guys from my OSU program. We got there late wednesday night. so we just checked into our hostel (which was very nice) and passed out. We hadn't slept in a longgg time so luckily nobody set an alarm for the next morning. When we finally woke up and got ready, we found some much needed starbucks and were on our way. We took a VERY long walk to las ramblas which is the main street in barcelona with a ton of kiosks, restaurants, markets, etc. We bought some lunch and a had a little picnic while enjoying the nice weather. After that it was time to head to the beach. The nice sand was much better than the rocks on the beaches at Nice. That night we had a nice authentic spanish dinner (although i wasn't too fond of the seafood paella)

Friday we slept in again and went to see the Barcelona stadium which was very nice. We went to the sagrada familia, but the line was too long and we were too hungry, so we got some lunch and headed to the beach again. We ended up staying on the beach most of the day and having a yummy dinner on the boardwalk. That night we went to one of the big clubs on the beach and it was so much fun. We met a lot of americans and most everybody spoke english, so that was an added plus. In true spanish form, we didn't end up getting home until about 5. 

We slept in late again on saturday and decided to finish up all the touristy things we hadn't done yet. We went to the sagrada familia again and went inside this time. Although this was my second time seeing it, it was still very cool to see how much they had worked on it in the 2 years since i'd seen it last. Afterwards we went to the Guell park to see gaudi's works and to have an awesome view of the city. We had some good tapas for dinner and then got to bed early. this morning was very early (5:30) and i didn't get back to my hostel until 7:30 p.m. woof

This week we only have 3 days of classes and then a long weekend for bastille day. Can't believe i'll be home in less than two weeks!