WILD LIFE

thats the category...

Ok so i have been in Barcelona, pickpocket central and party central.
1rst day we spent doing a 3 hour or so tour of the inner city called barri gothic. Most of the buildings are Gothic and the Gothic church with the geese inside was absolutely beatiful and the essence of gothic. After the tour and a lovely cold beer, we headed out shopping. aaahhhhhh sales sales. but really the barcelona stores are amazing in comparison to anyting ive seen yet. That night we drank sangria at the hostel actually i cant remember what we did but i assume we drank. Dinner was nice we got fresh olves, tomatoes, cheese and bread and just snacked on that.

2nd day we spent at park guell checking out Gaudis weirdness. he made this odd park with sculptural houses all through it and strange wee caves.. After the park we headed to a st with more Gaudi buildings. Then we headed to la sagrada familia-the sacred family- which is the bizzare and famous cathedral that isnt yet finished. it should take till 2020. Yes ad thatnightwe went to a nearby club called bikini which was really clean, stylish and awesome.

3rd day we went to a lovely beach called Salva de la Mar, it was a mission to get there on the metro, but the water was clear and the sand was from the sahara dessert! That night we played cards at the hostel with a group of boys and girls, cheat, extreme snap and cut the cheese. all the different people knew the games in different languages!

4th day... friday...umm.... ok i think me and suzie a german girl, got up earlyish today and headed down las ramblas. by chance we met the british from the night before. we stuck stickers on the public and walked along the waterfront. later we met alice and wandered through the streets again but we ended up... you guessed it... shopping! ahhhhhhh aaaaaahhhhhhh
That night was a small fail, we wanted to go to a bar in town but it got messy and we ended up walking home after attempting to see the sights at night.

5th we got up and decided to sight see a bit, we went to the arc de triomph, a beautiful red monument, it was located in a park full of sculptures and gardens and the most fantastic fountain i have ever seen in my life. We decided to go swimming in the fountain tomorrow.... In the evening we had traditional paella and sangria at a popular resturant in the old town, then we headed to passag de gracia for the biggest st party i have seen in years. All through the little streets were lit up bottles and hanging decorations of plastic. bands were playing at the random stages andwe danced and drank beer and met two different stag do parties from britain. Barcelona is popular for stag do´s! One in particular was dressed as harry potter, whike his dad paraded him round and took photos of girls kissing his cheeks. hahahah crazy dad. We caught the metro home and SLEPT

6th we headed back to the park to go swimming the fountain and learnt that is wasnt allowed.... i jumped in anyway but god the water was filthy. Then along came two men with cameras who were filming for the local tv station. they wanted to film our feet which we had in the fountain. and so now alice and i have our feet in the local news! yea!
That night Alices plane waas cancelled, so we sneaked her back into the hostel and stayed up talking to people at the hostel and drinking (our new tradition)

7th day. we headed to the barceloneta beach which is the madin town beach. it had a lovely promendae with palm trees and enough people to create a new country. We found a nice space next to a chubby oily man in a g-string. ahh i love spain. I was very late getting to my train to malaga, i had to run through the steets and metro station with about 9kg on my back, and 10 on my arms i swear. I sweated so much i had to pull out a towel and towel myself down. i put my tshirt in a plastic bag and havent yet touched it for fear of death..... On the way we had to change train and we ended up stranded in cordoba for 2 hours, the whole time i was very confused and almost in tears. Luckily i got to malaga, walked for 30mins then gave up and caught a taxi to my hostel.

next blog will be beautiful, festival malaga!!!!