ridiculously delayed post: Barcelona day two!

i know what you are thinking.... "dear danielle, are you alive? are you functioning? where are you? one post about barcelona then just sporadic entries with silly song lyrics from italy??" the answers to all of your questions and more right here, right now.

yes i am alive, yes i am functioning at pretty much full speed ahead, sorry about the single barcelona post... i fail at journal keeping but the next few entries will make you barcelona fans happy, as for the sporadic itallian installments (as i like to call them now apparently), i just discovered that if kyle can update his blog from his phone then i can steel his phone and update mine too! so thats what happens when a particular song or incident happens: i steal his phone. and of course my brain always has songs in it so that is what you get. oops :) ill try to be better i promise!!

so without further ado, here is barcelona day two! (HAH. i'm a poet and i didnt even know it.)


Friday: Day 11
Our second day in BARCELONA!!! And I do not even know how to start!! In the morning, Kyle, Heather, and I took the shuttle bus to La Ramblas where we caught a taxi.  My first ever taxi ride!! Now THAT was an experience! The taxi drivers here are CRAZYYYYY.  I have been taught two very important driving lessons: slow down through intersections and slow down for pedestrians. Yeahhhh these taxi drivers obviously have been taught the exact OPPOSITE! Every time we went through an intersection, he would speed up, and heaven forbid if there was a person walking, he would speed up even more!!! Slightly scary journey, but we got to our destination accident free, paid the cab, and checked riding a cab off the to-do list. The spot the taxi dropped us off was at the top of the small mountain over looking Barcelona.  We took some pretty pictures of the city, and then continued into the park beside it.  The park was BEAUTIFUL. Probably one of my favorite spots we saw in Barcelona. :D

After taking half a million pictures, we headed down a cable car that runs from the top of the mountain over the pier and down to the boardwalk. SOOOOO cool.  Took tons of pictures there too. Haha.  At the bottom, we walked along the boardwalk and got some lunch.  Kyle was craving a cheeseburger real bad, so eventually I saw a little sign that said they had the best burgers, so we stopped and satisfied Kyle’s tummy.  Was a cute little place. We ate outside and got the chance to people watch.  Oh boy did we people watch! Our poor eyes at times! There were some really old men wearing Speedos and some really old women going topless.  Two things we all could have gone our whole lives without seeing!! There were some cute kids and families though, and the food tasted excellent.  Almost like home: in Spain.

With full bellies, we headed to see what a Spanish mall was like.  It was a really cool experience to see the differences and similarities between our malls and their malls.  We even managed to find the wal-mart equivalent inside the mall!! We totally stocked up on snacks all for under 14 euros! Totally sweet! We also discovered a new addiction: Limone (lemon) Fanta. Oh my goodness it is sooooo tasty.  Daniel compared it to liquid crack if that helps. 

Purchases in hand, we took the metro back to the ship, dropped them off, got quick showers, and headed back out to the town in search of the World Cup game.  Spain was supposed to be playing, so Kyle and I searched for a bar to watch it in while Heather went on her “Barcelona at Night” SAS trip.  Bars in Spain are not like bars in America.  In America, their sole purpose is to drink and socialize.  Bars in Spain are not only places to grab drinks. Rather, they are fully functioning restaurants and are usually open all day for any meals or snacks you want.  So Kyle and I tried to find one to grab some dinner and watch the big game.  We epically failed.  We found one place, but when we walked in the place was full of smoke so we couldn’t eat inside.  It was all good though, we just ate outside and the food was delicious!

Heather met up with us after her trip was through and also ordered some food.  Some of the sas trips are turning out to be duds, so she was slightly disappointed.  She signed up for several trips in Barcelona, and apparently a lot of them are practically the same thing.  Pretty frustrating.  Kyle and I have been really glad we did not sign up for many.  We only have a few service visits and I have a trip in Turkey for my global music class that looked pretty cool.  Everything else we have been doing independently, and so far it has all worked out really well.

After dinner, we walked to see the Placa de Espana. There is a fountain that lights up and plays music at night.  We watched it for a few minutes, but then decided to call it a night cause we were completely worn out. 



so that was day two of barcelona... ps these are getting posted as i type them, so yeahhhh sorry if you guys get multiple updates and emails in the near future!!

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