My final, long-awaited post about just random things that I want to note down about our trip to Barcelona in April :D
Firstly, I'd forgotten that we had a pool in the hotel! And not just a pool but one on a freaking sun deck. Could anything be cooler than that - no! And when my companion wanted to go to the sun-deck on the first two nights I wasn't too keen - wot the point? I can just chill in bed :D Then on the third day she finally piped up and said there's a pool there!!!!!!!!!!! OMG if I'd known we could've spent the hours that we had on the first day between Sagrada and Parc Güell in that freaking pool instead of wasting time by torturing ourselves in the heat with nothing apparent to do!
The second night we made a snap decision of going to see a Flamenco show. Luckily for us there was one quite near us as well that started late enough for us to make it. Unknown to us though we had chosen a very emotional show (there were three types at different times during the day). The dancer were very into their dance and pulled some quite funny faces at times. It was quite an experience. There was 3 women and 3 men, mostly solo dances with a few group dance. There were also musicians there so the music was live, which I wasn't really expecting to be honest.
Our last day was mainly plan free. Wandering through the little narrow streets of the Barri Gotic (I could've spent the whole day there). There was a pianist playing beautiful music on the main square, later we stumbled upon some sort of demonstration where loud bangs could be heard.
Next we made our to way to La Rambla - desperately holding onto our bags, as it is supposed to be a hotspot for pickpockets. And then she's extra polite and holds a conversation with the "Hey pretty girl, where are you from" guys -.- !!!!!!!
The beach was full of people offering you something. Practically every minute either a massage, mojito, big scarves to lie on, henna? tattoos and god knows what else... Not the most relaxing of experiences.
And finally after days of finding the right moment it presented itself - we had churros at a cafe and they were ... absolutely horrible :D Why oh why are they salty? Why have I never heard that their salty before? Obvs I ate it all but... they're salty man!!! What?
Ttyl ;)
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