Barcelona

I'm not going to lie, Barcelona had a lot to live up to after a trip like Morocco. Haha, after landing in Barcelona i was going to catch a train and meet Jordan at our hostel. I got on the metro, and was on for a while and went all the way to the end by accident because i thought where i was going was the name of the stop, but it wasn't lol. So i got back on and went back, once i got up out of the metro system i already began to saw that this was a really amazing city. There were really cool stores everywhere and people all over the place. I got to one of the main squares, Placa Catalunya and found the street where the hostel was on, La Rambla. La Rambla is a crazy street, it is where all the markets are and performers. There are all these random people dressed in the craziest outfits, some acting as statues or demons or angles of anything. You really would be amazed to see all the stuff that goes on. They have animal stores with chickens and chipmunks and other birds just all there, there is a really big market that sells fruits and every kind of meat you can imagine (it was a little gross). So i finally got to our hostel, Kabul, and this hostel was probably the best we had stayed in. It was so much fun, there was a bar and computer lounge on the first floor where everyone hangs out and the rooms were really nice, except for the beds, but we will get back to that later. So i met up with Jordan and we met some people on the roof and hung out, than after a while we went to go meet Emily and Saiko, who also arrived today. It was so good seeing them and we all sat down and had some tapas, which are like appetizers you usually have with a drink. We walked around a little and just saw what Barcelona had to offer. The next day we went to Gaudi's Sagrada Familia which is a giant cathedral, and one unlike any you'd really see anywhere else in the world. The architecture is so different, they have fruit statues everywhere and it has a very nature-like theme to it. So we met up with Erica and Alyssa and all went to see this cathedral, and Saiko and me went inside and to the top. One of the craziest things about this cathedral is that it is still being built. You go inside and there are people still constructing it! You are so used to seeing all these cathedrals that are hundreds of years old, yet this one is still being built! It was really cool. So after that we walked around some more, then the weather started getting bad. I began pouring and it was cold and it made seeing all the sights a little less enjoyable, because Barcelona is a city for the sun! We still had fun though, and later that night we went to see a Flamenco dancing show which was really incredible. The emotion on the dancer and the music was really amazing. Saiko left the next morning, which was really sad! We continued to walk around the next morning, went to go see the port, and went inside this mall because once again the weather was terrible. Jordan and me had fun going port sliding, in which we slid on the wood planks on the port, that was fun. We walked around the mall i bought a cool coat in Pull and Bear because i knew that if i thought this was cold, Dublin and London would be even colder. Later that night we met with one of my friends friend and we we went out to tapas and to this crazy bar that had over 500 of the craziest shots you have ever seen, with fire and marshmallows and even on called the Rambo, which Jordan took where you got in costumes and the bartender went crazy and started yelling at you and stuff, it was really fun. Except for the fact that i had a pinched nerve in my neck. I don't know what it was, probably the beds, but that night i could barely move my neck, look at a menu, drink water or anything. It was so uncomfortable i can't even begin to describe. However, besides that this trip was a lot of fun. After that night, Jordan, Erica and me walked around the city a little to Gaudi's park which was really beautiful and had an amazing view of the city, then later that night we hopped on a bus that took us to the airport that was going to take us to Dublin, Ireland! Yay!