Today I woke up at 7:30 in the morning, in order to make it for my 8:45 deadline for my tour to Montserrat and the Cavas winery. It began with a little bit of a rough start however. When I arrived at the designated meeting place; Placa Catalunya, which is just off La Rambla, there was no tour bus in sight. I walked around the entire square, and all I could see were city buses. I placed a panicked, and rather b****y phone call to Mom, when it was 1:00 in the ...

Today has been a bit of a quiet day. I woke up around 9:00 or so, and went downstairs to find the breakfast room completely deserted, with the exception of my roomates. They were going to the market today, which in retrospect, may have been a poor decision. Since I have gotten back to the hostel, all it has done is rain. It was sunnier when I left earlier in the day though. I decided to do the "hop on, hop off" style bus tour. While I was checking my em...

Today we woke up and went to see Gaudi's unfinished masterpiece; the Cathedral. It is supposed to be done within the next 20 years, but I find it unlikely that it will happen. It was actually very sterile looking, and while the style was reminiscent to that of Gaudi, it was in my opinion, a poor imitation, and the others agreed with me. Never the less, we took the lift to the very top to have a look, and then took the 500 or so stairs down back to the bottom....

Today we went to see Gaudi's house, who was an artist that had a lot of influence over the architecture of Barcelona. We took the metro to the Passig de Gracia, where we would do a little bit of shopping before hand. I wanted to buy some shirts or an outfit for going out, because after wearing the same clothes for a solid month, it gets a little bit boring. While we were waiting for the light to change color across the street from Zara, Aileen came to the rea...

Today I got up around 9, in order to make it downstairs for breakfast. It wasn't anything spectacular, but they had Nutella on toast, so I was happy. We headed off for the Picasso museum, which is in the Gothic Quarter, and free on Sundays. Because of this, we had to que in line for a little while. The collection wasn't as extensive as the one that I had seen in Malaga, but it was still worthwhile to see. We ducked into a few shops, but I didn't see a...