So far Spain is AWESOME!! We got here about 10 days ago and spent 4 days in Barcelona and then a week on a Spanish Island called Ibiza. We LOVED Barcelona. The city is so alive, if that makes sense. It is a place where we could people watch all day. That is one of our favorite things to do- go to a popular street, find a restaurant outside, get a drink, and people watch. We had a blast doing that in Barcelona. The first night there Tina was exhausted so she went to sleep, and i couldn't just go to sleep our first night in Barcelona, so i went to our hostel pizza party (cool i know). But it was so funny- I ended up sitting at a table with 7 guys, 2 spoke English, and we just laughed and talked all night. I have met the coolest people backpacking from all over the world. I met one girl in Barcelona from Tiawan who e mails me everyday... haha it is so fun! It is funny meeting people here because they immediately give you their information and say 'anytime you come to Venezuala you have a place to stay!" We have barely met any Americans- mostly other people from Europe, Australians, Asains, a few from South American, and Canadians are everywhere! It is sooo cool meeting people doing this. Sometimes when we meet older people (usually women) they give us money. It is so funny, but they give us something like 20 Euros and say, "treat yourself! You have got to miss your mom so much!!"- it has happened about 3 times, and it is so funny and such a treat!
Back to Barcelona- they had markets like I have never seen before. I tried to take pictures but they do not do justice. They were HUGE and everything was soo cheap. It was so cool to see, never thought i would take pictures of a market. We also went to La Sagrada Familia church which is famous church because the architecture is done by Anthony Gaudi. It was the weirdest looking place I have ever seen. We also spent a day at the beach, and then my parents bought Tina and I a nice lunch with was SUCH a treat. WE got seafood paella which is just amazing. The food in Spain is so good. We sat at that lunch for about 3 hours and just enjoyed it. We are having a blast.
The island here is crazy- but we are here in off season so its pretty quiet which we love. It has been more of relaxing and reading at the beach as opposed to trying to see everything in a city. It has been a blast. Tina's birthday was on Saturday, and we had so much fun. It rained most of the day (bummer) but we bought a continental breakfast, rented a movie on iTunes (big treat) and hung out at an awesome cafe and ate a great dinner. We had to stop telling people it was her birthday because they just kept giving her free shots... All we wanted was free ice cream. Finally it came with candles and all!
I started reading Chronicles of Narnia, and it is kind of hard to get into. Makes me feel like I have no imagination... dang.
We are heading to Valencia tomorrow, and then the very south of spain- Nerja, on saturday. It is a 9 hour train ride and then a 2 hour bus ride. WOO HOO!! I can't believe it is already November, this is going too fast.
Love yall!!
Back to Barcelona- they had markets like I have never seen before. I tried to take pictures but they do not do justice. They were HUGE and everything was soo cheap. It was so cool to see, never thought i would take pictures of a market. We also went to La Sagrada Familia church which is famous church because the architecture is done by Anthony Gaudi. It was the weirdest looking place I have ever seen. We also spent a day at the beach, and then my parents bought Tina and I a nice lunch with was SUCH a treat. WE got seafood paella which is just amazing. The food in Spain is so good. We sat at that lunch for about 3 hours and just enjoyed it. We are having a blast.
The island here is crazy- but we are here in off season so its pretty quiet which we love. It has been more of relaxing and reading at the beach as opposed to trying to see everything in a city. It has been a blast. Tina's birthday was on Saturday, and we had so much fun. It rained most of the day (bummer) but we bought a continental breakfast, rented a movie on iTunes (big treat) and hung out at an awesome cafe and ate a great dinner. We had to stop telling people it was her birthday because they just kept giving her free shots... All we wanted was free ice cream. Finally it came with candles and all!
I started reading Chronicles of Narnia, and it is kind of hard to get into. Makes me feel like I have no imagination... dang.
We are heading to Valencia tomorrow, and then the very south of spain- Nerja, on saturday. It is a 9 hour train ride and then a 2 hour bus ride. WOO HOO!! I can't believe it is already November, this is going too fast.
Love yall!!
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