Barcelona Days 2 & 3

Barcelona has been super fun but exhausting! And I still have an evening and an entire day left.

Yesterday we set off around 10:30 am to the Ramblas. We went to la boqueria market and it was AMAZING! So much fresh fruit, veggies, meat, candy, gelato, just massive amounts of yummy food in general. Meredith and I sat down at a restaurant in the market and enjoyed tortilla espanola and pan con tomate. It was delicious and the perfect snack. We also had some fruit smoothies/juice. After the market we were determined to find the train to Girona so we headed to the metra station. Once in the metro station we looked at map after map with no luck. I was so overwhelmed. So we decided to take the metra to la parque Guell. Guell park is so beautiful with view of the entire city of barcelona. We had to hike to the top of the park because of where the metra station was located. It was a tough hike and I am sore for sure. It was so steep that they had to add traction marks onto the sidewalk. After spending a decent amount of time in the park we decided to trek to La Sagrada Familia. It didn't look too far away....But it was! We were so tired and hungry that we gave up and got a taxi back to port.

The taxis in Barcelona are AWESOME! They are nice new cars, that don't smell bad, don't drive crazy and are very efficient. The best taxis I have ever been in. The metra was also alot nicer than Chicago's.

For dinner I had a bocodilla which is a sandwich essentially. It had seranno ham and was yummy. I stayed in last night because I was exhausted and I am starting to get sick. Stupid sore throat and congestion :(

Anyway I am pretty sure that Meredith and I walked about 12 miles yesterday and I am feeling it today!

Today a group of us went to the beach. It was so nice. The sand was wonderful and the Mediterranean was the perfect temperature. We all ate lunch at a restaurant in the harbor full of sailboats. We had paella and tapas. It was delicious. Best shrimp I have ever had, but I was too scared to try the mussels.

Tonight we are going to a discoteca! Im resting currently so I will be prepared to dance all night long. In Spain people do not eat dinner till 10pm and usually go clubbing until 6 or 7 am. It is crazy! I won't be out that late though due to my class field lab tomorrow at 9am.

Sorry for the long post. I might not write tomorrow because I have lot of homework to due for sunday. But Italy will be here before I know it!.