BARCELONA!

Barcelona!
Last weekend I went to Barcelona from Friday night through Monday night! It was one of the most fun trips in my life!
Friday our plane got into the Barcelona airport pretty late, and we took a bus called Aerobús from the airport to Plaza Catalunya, which was really close to our hostel. At first we were a little skeptical about paying five euro for a bus from the airport, but since we didn’t know where the hostel was, we really didn’t have a choice… But it was a good thing we did, since the hostel was about a half hour bus ride from the airport! The hostel that we stayed at was HipKarma, and it was so nice. Each bed was like a cocoon, with curtains surrounding it and the beds were so comfortable. Friday night all I wanted to do was sleep when I saw my bed!
Saturday we woke up at a decent time and two of the people with us had gotten up to buy and make breakfast! We had french toast with nutella, fruit, and juice! Yum! It was definitely nice to have a kitchen in our hostel. After breakfast, we walked back to Plaza Catalunya, and decided to buy a two-day pass for the tourist bus. It took us everywhere that we wanted to see, and…. It was a double decker bus! I had never ridden on a double decker bus before, so it was very exciting, and I even got a little color (not much!). It was in the high sixties when we were in Barcelona with the sun shining, which was amazing. Saturday we saw some really cool buildings that Gaudí designed when we were on the bus. We also saw the Olympic stadium from when the Olympics were in Barcelona. We were hoping to be able to take a cable car to see the entire city, but it was under maintenance for a month… so maybe it is a good thing that we weren’t on it! We went out for lunch at a smaller restaurant that had very good food! It was pretty impressive. Then, we saw the port at night, which was beautiful with lights and music all around it. We also got crepes! Yumm! After we saw the plaza, we rode our bus around a little more and then got back to our plaza.
Sunday was our sightseeing day. We saw Sagrada Familia and Parque Guell! Amazing work by Gaudí. Sagrada Familia is still not finished with the construction, but it is still absolutely beautiful. I am hoping to go back eventually once it is finished. Sunday night we got to watch the superbowl at an Irish bar in Barcelona and that was a very fun night! Who would’ve guessed it was possible to see American football in Spain?!
And then Monday, we walked Las Ramblas (a street full of a ton of street performers, vendors and touristy things..), saw a market with lots of interesting things… including goat heads!, saw the port again and lots of other stuff and then we eventually made it back to Valladolid!