Last night we arrived at about midnight in the pouring rain and had to walk for what felt like ages to find our hostel, however now in the day it seems so beautiful. The interior is really nice, I love it. Right now I'm sitting on the terrace in the sun! It's hot and I can't wait to get going. Once Michelle is ready we're gone! So much to see. Here's our room:
.........So we went on a hop on hop off bus with the whole thing taking 6 hours. We saw he beaches which we'll be hitting tomorrow and then our first stop was Sagrada Familia, the famous church which is still being built. Building began in the late 1800's and won't be ready for about another 50 years. Yet, though unfinished this place, to me, was so much better than the Vatican! The architecture is beyond amazing inside you feel like you re under a forest canopy, which is actually what it was inspired by. The outside even resembles a tree trunk. I really hope that one day I can see it complete.
The next stop off the bus was Parc Güella which was inspired by Gaudi, the architect that made Barcelona so unreal. I don't know how to explain this place but it's just a super creative park which you must visit when in Barcelona.
After this stop we went on the conjoining bus tour for the other side of the city. Not as great as it was mainly in the new part with the Olympic stadium and buildings. It did have the beautiful palace though. This tour brought the day to an end and we now have most of our stay here planned from now on.
23rd August 2010. Hostel.
For our second day in Barcelona (21st) we visited Casa Batllo. A house which is on our street (along with Chanel, Burberry and McDonalds), which is considered to be Gaudi's best work. There's an under the sea them all throughout and is simply amazing to see.
It was 40°C all day this day so we finally went to the beach. The walk down seemed soo long but we got there.
The beached in Barcelona are packed, we were lucky to get a good spot with enough space for both our new towels. We looked around and noticed something we didn't expect. A majority of the women here were topless. It was like Moulin Rouge but here not everyone had that perfect dancer body. In fact some women were very old, some had kids with them. We kept our tops on and walked through the different types of sand to the water. Don't be fooled, Barcelona doesn't have pristine white sand. It has brownish dirty sand, then that stuff you put in fish bowels the tiny stones then rocks and your feet sink in so it's hard to get out of the water as it's a bit of a drop to get in and out. But it was a beach and after 9 months of no beaches, it was good enough.
We laid in the sun and pretended to be asleep while people walked around us trying to sell drinks, food, hair braiding, massages and weirdly, tattoos. Walking back from the beach took forever. It was so hot we had to keep stopping. That night we went to a music festival. It had cool fireworks and we got lost a 1am in 35°C heat. Not fun.
Yesterday we caught 2 trams up to what must have been the highest peak in Barcelona, Tibidabo. We went and saw the church which looked over all of Barcelona as well as the little park there.
In the afternoon we went back to the beach but later on so it wasn't so hot. The best part of this day happened last night. The 2 Aussie girls in the room - Vanessa and Ashley got fed up with the Ukraine girls turning off the aircon as soon as they walked in the room. So they did it again on this night and Ashley says to turn it back on and they say that 1 of them is just sleeping for 15 minutes (in high heels) before they went out for the night (they had thick blankets on their beds as well). Once they left Vanessa stole the remote and put it under her pillow. Much later the Ukraine girls came back and went straight for the remote, realised it wasn't there, and got reception to turn off the aircon. We all pretended to be asleep whilst this was happening. Vanessa turned it back on later and our room got so cold. Now, this morning, Michelle and I are a bit sick from the extreme changed in temperature. Great.
The next stop off the bus was Parc Güella which was inspired by Gaudi, the architect that made Barcelona so unreal. I don't know how to explain this place but it's just a super creative park which you must visit when in Barcelona.
23rd August 2010. Hostel.
For our second day in Barcelona (21st) we visited Casa Batllo. A house which is on our street (along with Chanel, Burberry and McDonalds), which is considered to be Gaudi's best work. There's an under the sea them all throughout and is simply amazing to see.
It was 40°C all day this day so we finally went to the beach. The walk down seemed soo long but we got there.
We laid in the sun and pretended to be asleep while people walked around us trying to sell drinks, food, hair braiding, massages and weirdly, tattoos. Walking back from the beach took forever. It was so hot we had to keep stopping. That night we went to a music festival. It had cool fireworks and we got lost a 1am in 35°C heat. Not fun.Yesterday we caught 2 trams up to what must have been the highest peak in Barcelona, Tibidabo. We went and saw the church which looked over all of Barcelona as well as the little park there.
In the afternoon we went back to the beach but later on so it wasn't so hot. The best part of this day happened last night. The 2 Aussie girls in the room - Vanessa and Ashley got fed up with the Ukraine girls turning off the aircon as soon as they walked in the room. So they did it again on this night and Ashley says to turn it back on and they say that 1 of them is just sleeping for 15 minutes (in high heels) before they went out for the night (they had thick blankets on their beds as well). Once they left Vanessa stole the remote and put it under her pillow. Much later the Ukraine girls came back and went straight for the remote, realised it wasn't there, and got reception to turn off the aircon. We all pretended to be asleep whilst this was happening. Vanessa turned it back on later and our room got so cold. Now, this morning, Michelle and I are a bit sick from the extreme changed in temperature. Great.
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