Day 65 (Barcelona)

Hello from Barcelona, Spain!

We have spent the last two nights in Barcelona, our favorite city so far. We got to Barcelona in the middle of the day on Sunday. We got a little spoiled the last few nights in a hotel but we were brought back to reality, sharing a room with 4 other people. When staying in a hostel we have a tendency to try to spend as little of time as possible in our room. So we spent the evening exploring the city a little bit. We ended up spending most of our time on a famous shopping street called La Rambla. The street was full of tent shops and restaurants. We had to try out the famous Sangria. Yum!

Day two in Barcelona, went out to explore some more but I made Simon go back to the Hostel and get our swimsuits as soon as we found a beach. It was a nice sand beach but rocky in the water. It was great, first day that I got a little pink though. Simon got to practice some more of his Spanish when trying to bargin for beer with the locals trying to sell it way over price. Ended up having two beers and a bag of chips for lunch. Dinner was a little bit better, homemade spaghetti and a small salad, which we prepared in the hostel. It was then time to see some real sights and be tourist. We hadn´t spent enough money for the day so we stopped for some Sangria. We ended up going to a restaurant because the owner said he would pay for half because we told him in Spanish that we were poor. Our Sangria was a different color then everyone elses in the restaurant, maybe a little orange juice added.

Day three, there is a large area, which includes the Olympics facilities, capital, and a castle. We spent the morning seeing the area. There was also an area that was built for a festival back in the early 1900´s, which showed the different architecture of all the different regions in Spain. It was nice because you didn´t really feel like you were in the city because it was so green and there was nothing else really around. We then went back to the beach for a few hours. We went to a different part of the three mile beach that lines Barcelona´s central coast. This part was great not so many people selling things, sand also in the water, wind surfers to watch, and some great waves. We had a ton of fun playing in them. Simons first real big wave beach.

Tomorrow we are heading on to San Sebastian, which is in Northern Spain. It will still be on the water but it is suppose to be a little cooler.

Hope everything is good at home. Can´t believe we will be seeing you all very soon.

Kaylee and Simon