Our plane from Seville to Barcelona was so cool! It was an MTV plane! They played great music the whole time. It’s easy to get lost in Barcelona! We did from the start! Once we found our hostel we checked in and entered our room- it was the tiniest room ever but it was a private room so we didn’t complain. We walked down to the Rambla district and saw some crazy sites!! Mom, you would LOVE it! I was intrigued. There were people dressed up as fat ladies, gargoyles, clowns, mimes and also people making cool things out of coke cans and other materials.
were also people asking you if you wanted to buy drugs, beers, fans, rabbits, birds, paintings- everything! As day turned to night, Jodi and I were walking through this crazy district and got invited to a pub crawl. We debated about it because we were tired but wanted to see some sites. We decided to go and once again got lost and were 30 minutes late. We almost didn’t go but were glad when we got to the first location, an Irish Pub, because we saw some Irish guys whom we had met in Seville about 5 days prior! Small world!! They went on the pub crawl with us and made it a great time. We got tons of free drinks... which I didn’t keep up with but some were good. We didn’t get home til very, very, very late because we went to a dance club and the music keeps you motivated. It was a lot of fun!
We tried to take a bus tour the next day but the English headphones were not working very well and it was blazing hot. Also the bus stopped so often for 10 minutes at a time- we were dying! I actually fell asleep - that must have looked awesome from the street. Haha So, we spent a lot of time at the beach! The beach was very unique. There were fire breathing sand dragons (real fire) and sand palaces built with working water fountains. Another interesting feature, women are topless of course but also there are people walking around constantly selling beer, soda, fresh coconut, indian food, etc. Also there are women who walk around giving massages for 5 euros and others braiding hair. This beach was insane. Looking back I should have gotten a massage. It would have been interesting to say the least. 
We also visited the Gaudi Museum. Gaudi actually lived there! It had beautiful architecture. He had a fantastic attention to detail- every door knob and railing formed to your hand. Every chimneystack was made into a sculpture. Another cool thing we ran into though was a farmer' market and it was beautiful. Super fresh fruit was being sold as well as colorful candies, meats, eggs and cheeses. We had to hold on to our purses as these are the markets that man thefts occur. Overall, Barcelona was cool but not somewhere I would like to stay for long. It was very expensive and it took forever to get to the beach on the metro. It was full of people and had a great night life, but other than that we didn’t find a lot to do (but because of the heat we didn’t have a lot of energy either!)
The tipping point was when we were leaving. Our bus left at 700am so we were walking through the Rambla District around 530am. A lot of people were still out drinking and in the span of our 5 minute walk we saw drug dealers, prostitutes and a fight. I actually heard a lady offer her sexual services for 30 euros! AHH!! We were ready to leave Barcelona... maybe I'll try again some other time!
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