So I've been super lame and neglected this blog on a pretty frequent basis. I actually wrote this post a while ago but am just publishing it now. Oops. For those who happen to be interested,
voilà!
BARCAAAA!
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| The market at Las Ramblas! |
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mere two days after I got back from my world-wind UK/Ireland adventure I headed to Barcelona on a night bus for 18 euros round-trip. I went with three girls from my program: Veronica, Lexie, and Rebecca and in true poor-college student fashion, we stayed in a 9 euro a night hostel. The hostel really wasn't that bad. My friend Hadas who studied abroad in France last year stayed there when she was in Barcelona and recommended it to me.
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| Gaudi architecture |
Despite being pretty sleep-deprived from spending 8 hours on an overnight bus, once we got there we hit the town hard. It was a lovely 73 degrees (Fahrenheit of course, I still haven't adapted to Celsius..), a welcome change from the 40 degree weather we'd just left behind in Lyon. Our first intention was to see the Gaudi architecture Barcelona is so famous for. We meandered about the city, which by the way is incredibly walkable, no need to take the metro there, and eventually stumbled upon the infamous Sagrada Familia. It was just as striking as I imagined it to be. It's hard to believe that after 100+ years of construction it's
still not done. Well, I guess I have to remind myself that it took many European churches hundreds of years to be constructed. Even though it's now the 21st century and there is access to much more advanced construction apparatuses and techniques, it's still a very architecturally unique undertaking.
After exploring a bit we headed to the
playa to soak up some sun. It was beautiful, mid-70's with crystal clear skies. We went swimming in the Mediterranean despite the water being a bit chilly.
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| At the Mediterranean! |
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| La plage |
The following day we went to Park Guell, which was incredibly unique.
Warning: apparently it used to be free to go inside the park to see the giant lizard and what not but as we experienced, it no longer is.
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| Gaudi's home |
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| Barcelona! |
The rest of the weekend was spent roaming around, eating churros con chocolat, going to an über chic overrated club (Opium-- perhaps we didn't enjoy ourselves because we went too early), me begging Rebecca to order in Spanish for me because I know absolutely nothing about the language, talking to the Grandpa in our hostel, dancing on the bunk beds in our hostel, and basically just goofing around. Overall it was a good weekend and I really like Barcelona and would
definitely recommend visiting this beautiful city!
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