Me and three roommates booked a trip to Barcelona before Fall Break. It seemed like it would never get here! We left our apartment at 5:30ish in the morning. We found really cheap flights on ryanair but it flew out of the Pisa airport. We took the train to Pisa to catch our flight. Ryanair is quite a little gem in the travel industry. The gate will close at a certain time and you can not miss it. Then a screen will say boarding and its a mad rush to get in line. There are no assigned seats so its on a first come first served basis. People are really serious about it and get in line in a matter of seconds. We weren't paying enough attention the first flight so we were kind of behind in line. The plane is outside and you have to walk to it. So we made up for the low place in line outside by speedwalking past a couple straglers. After an hour and a half flight followed by an hour long bus ride we made it to barcelona! It is so beautiful! We found our hostel and got lots of directions from the guy working there. So we set off to rent bikes. Biking through Barcelona was amazing! I kept having to remind myself it was real! The weather was perfect and the beach is beatiful!
We ate a late lunch at a restaurant on one of the piers. It was such a welcome change to eat spanish food! Don't get me wrong, I do love Italian food but there really is no other options. Being a Texas girl, I miss TexMex and grilled food. I ate cantelones which were so good!
The next day we slept in which was lovely! We took a walk around our area. They were filming a spanish movie so that was interesting. We walked along this pier and found a HUGE mall.
We went to dinner and I finally got some good Mexican food! In Italy they don't really have a lot of choics when it comes to restaurants. Its basically always Italian. Don't get me wrong I enjoy Italian food but I have missed mexican food! It was very good and worth the trip to Barcelona.
The last day we were there it was really rainy. We took the metro to the Sagrada Familia. This is Gaudi's cathedral. It is permanently under construction because he wants everybody who visits it to see something new and different. Good in theory but construction is ugly.
We walked around somemore and found some souveniers for people {mich get excited}.On our walk we found a fun food market.It was so much bigger than the one by our apartment in Florence. The colors were brighter and the food choices were so much different. It was very interesting.
I wish I could convey how much a loved Barcelona. I kept finding myself thinking "why didn't I study here?!" I love Florence and am so glad I came here but I think Barcelona replaced it as my favorite place. I am so glad I went!
Ciao!
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