Week Six: Belated Barcelona Post

Oops I fell behind, I swore to myself I wouldn't but I just completely forgot! Oh well I'm writing now and that's what matters.

So on Oct 25 I went with a few friends to Barcelona Spain in my first trip that I fully planned myself! I met up with a close friend/sorority sister while there which was definitely a highlight of the trip :]

Friday the 25th: 

We arrived in Reus Airport late in the evening, and the airport was nowhere near the city of Barcelona (Ryan Air you sneaky snake telling us its in Barcelona). So we take a Bus to Barcelona and then a taxi to the hostel. We spend more money on this trip on transportation than anything else. We check into our awesome hostel, and I spend time with Darlina!

Saturday the 26th:
Woke up bright and early and headed via Metro to the Sagrada Familia with Darlina and her school friends. This basilica designed by Antoni Gaudi is the most incredible thing I've ever seen in my life, stained glass windows, decorative ceilings and grand statues.

Darlina and I at Sagrada Familia

Storm Troopers?

After the basilica I head to the hostel for a siesta and then head to get some dinner with friends. We ate seafood paella and drank wine, so delicious!

Paella for 4, we ate it all! 

Sunday Oct 27th:

We spent most of our day at the beach, ate Tapas for lunch and then had to venture to the airport to make our flight. 

Me at La Playa!

Sangria! So yum

Getting to the airport was an ORDEAL let me tell you. We get to the bus station and learn no bus gets to our airport in time, so we decide to split a taxi to Reus. We tell the driver we want Reus Airport, and he takes us to Barcelona City airport...oops language barrier. We then try to find a bus to take us to Reus, and there are none. We try to find a taxi but at this point most of us are out of cash, we finally find a taxi that takes credit card and convince this wonderful taxi driver to only charge us 150 for the 1hr+ taxi ride. We finally get to the airport and I can't find my boarding pass, I ask the front desk how much it costs to print a new one "70 euro" she says. So I tear apart my bag searching for it, and find it thank goodness!

Finally we get home to our dorm very very late, and get caught in the crazy rainstorm leading up to the Gale force winds headed to the UK. What drama!

But soon I am headed off on another journey along with others, here's the schedule:

Nov 8-10: Edinburgh Scotland (including the Highlands and Loch Ness)

Nov 23-25: Munich Germany

Nov 30-Dec2: Venice Italy

Dec 7-9: Antwerp Belgium

Cheers!