Barcelona
I am sure about these dates it was the 6th through the 10th of December.
Let´s just say my trip to Barcelona (even though it ended up being a lot later then I had prior thought was AMAZING!!!)
I ended my intercambio with Mario at 7:15 (we had taken a walk through the newly completed plaza nueva and met up with his sister and brother and all three walked me back to the apartment) and I met up with Jimmy (we had to stop twice because I made him go back so I could get a pair of nice shoes and he had to get money from an ATM). We finally made it to the stop in front of the university and we waited for the bus. Madia and Brian joined us and we made it to the airport. We were a little early so we hung out in the shops then checked in (which was difficult because Jimmy had forgotten his passport and they were threatening to not let him on the plane, then they told him that he would need a copy of it for the return trip and this once they would let him by). Then we went through the metal detectors (Jimmy got stopped here three times and his backpack had to be searched further by one of the guards, it was at this time that I realized that Jimmy was one of those people you travel with that no matter how many times you say something he does it the same way every time, everybody knows one of these people). Finally at exactly 10:30 we were on the plane and on our way to BARCELONA.
I slept on Jimmy´s shoulder while he played Madia´s Saduko. We got into Barcelona around 12 discovered that the metro stopped at 10 so we took a taxi ride to our hostel, el paraiso. This hostel was interesting. First you came up to the glass doors rang into the hostel told them what room you are in then climb up the stairs ring in to the front desk again at the door and enter a place filled with color. The walls were orange with green trim and doors were purple. It had a common room at the end of the hall on the right side of the front desk that had a big screen tv, desks, a couch and its own bathroom. there were people in there when we were showed it. Next was our room we were taken down the hall on the opposite side of the office took a couple of corners passing rooms and then opened an exit to cross a suspension bridge covered on all three sides by hay (I don´t believe it was real hay) and then onto the rooftop which had a few tables set up and then three more rooms and a bathroom on the end. It was really original and cute.
Our room itself had two bunk beds, 4 lockers a sink, and a tv. On the first night Madia and I froze (yeah that sucked). The next night I found an extra blanket on top of the lockers and used it for the next two nights (that was a lifesaver). As a group our routine turned into searching for a new café every morning for coffee and tostadas for everyone (but me because we stopped by a store and bought these little muffin things called valencianas and pack of the juice with milk drinks all for 2 euros, and I don´t drink coffee). Afternoons consisted of sites, lunches were at places we thought looked good and we stopped by a market every night for dinner in the hostel.
It would take forever to describe every day so I am going to write about the places we saw that I thought were interesting. First of all was Las Ramblas. We discovered this on the first day and it is a long ¨touristy¨ avenue in between the streets are vendors, musicians, and other entertainers. On the sides of the street were tourist shops. The first day we went to las Ramblas we walked down to cross the bridge over the harbor and went to this big shopping center. Out in front of it were these piles of white palates that had been wrapped together like christmas presents (yep we took pictures of these). Then we spent around 30 minutes looking around the mall and returned to mainland. A huge statue
Let´s just say my trip to Barcelona (even though it ended up being a lot later then I had prior thought was AMAZING!!!)
I ended my intercambio with Mario at 7:15 (we had taken a walk through the newly completed plaza nueva and met up with his sister and brother and all three walked me back to the apartment) and I met up with Jimmy (we had to stop twice because I made him go back so I could get a pair of nice shoes and he had to get money from an ATM). We finally made it to the stop in front of the university and we waited for the bus. Madia and Brian joined us and we made it to the airport. We were a little early so we hung out in the shops then checked in (which was difficult because Jimmy had forgotten his passport and they were threatening to not let him on the plane, then they told him that he would need a copy of it for the return trip and this once they would let him by). Then we went through the metal detectors (Jimmy got stopped here three times and his backpack had to be searched further by one of the guards, it was at this time that I realized that Jimmy was one of those people you travel with that no matter how many times you say something he does it the same way every time, everybody knows one of these people). Finally at exactly 10:30 we were on the plane and on our way to BARCELONA.
I slept on Jimmy´s shoulder while he played Madia´s Saduko. We got into Barcelona around 12 discovered that the metro stopped at 10 so we took a taxi ride to our hostel, el paraiso. This hostel was interesting. First you came up to the glass doors rang into the hostel told them what room you are in then climb up the stairs ring in to the front desk again at the door and enter a place filled with color. The walls were orange with green trim and doors were purple. It had a common room at the end of the hall on the right side of the front desk that had a big screen tv, desks, a couch and its own bathroom. there were people in there when we were showed it. Next was our room we were taken down the hall on the opposite side of the office took a couple of corners passing rooms and then opened an exit to cross a suspension bridge covered on all three sides by hay (I don´t believe it was real hay) and then onto the rooftop which had a few tables set up and then three more rooms and a bathroom on the end. It was really original and cute.
Our room itself had two bunk beds, 4 lockers a sink, and a tv. On the first night Madia and I froze (yeah that sucked). The next night I found an extra blanket on top of the lockers and used it for the next two nights (that was a lifesaver). As a group our routine turned into searching for a new café every morning for coffee and tostadas for everyone (but me because we stopped by a store and bought these little muffin things called valencianas and pack of the juice with milk drinks all for 2 euros, and I don´t drink coffee). Afternoons consisted of sites, lunches were at places we thought looked good and we stopped by a market every night for dinner in the hostel.
It would take forever to describe every day so I am going to write about the places we saw that I thought were interesting. First of all was Las Ramblas. We discovered this on the first day and it is a long ¨touristy¨ avenue in between the streets are vendors, musicians, and other entertainers. On the sides of the street were tourist shops. The first day we went to las Ramblas we walked down to cross the bridge over the harbor and went to this big shopping center. Out in front of it were these piles of white palates that had been wrapped together like christmas presents (yep we took pictures of these). Then we spent around 30 minutes looking around the mall and returned to mainland. A huge statue
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