Barcelona

So far, Barcelona is nice.  I don't know if I'm just tired from all my travels or hot or what, but I'm having a hard time getting motivated to do much.  I have a lot of time here so maybe that's it.  Anyhow!  Here's what I've been up to so far.

The first day was pretty much consumed by the camera fiasco and not a lot of sightseeing was done.  I DID spot a couple of Gaudi buildings only way back to my hostel, so that was awesome.  They're so interesting looking.  His buildings all look like they are made of wax and are melting.  They're quite pretty.  So my hostel this time around is the Sant Jordi Diagonal and it's pretty typical.  Dorm room, kitchen area, common room, blah blah blah.  The only thing different about this one is that I have male roommates this time around.  They don't do single sex rooms here.  At first I was like, oh great.  However, the two girls in my room have been the noisier, messier ones and the three guys have all pretty chatty and considerate.  That first night I just cooked myself some instant risotto that had been hanging out in my backpack since Italy and called it a night.  

Yesterday I woke up early and went down to the beach area to catch a free walking tour, but only two of us showed up so it was cancelled.  The other guy was this British dude, so we ended up hanging out for the rest of the day,s editing the sights.  We went up to Park Güell, a giant park filled wit neat little architectural things and Gaudi's house.  After that we strolled around for a while, got lost for a bit, and found a little sandwich and gelato place for lunch.  When we were done we hit up Merct de la Boqueria, this giant amazing food market.  They have fruit, veggies, seafood, met, poultry, olives, candy, juices, and more!  Its all pretty cheap and it's just fun to look at roam around in.  Once that was over we split up to rest for a bit, and then met up later to get some dinner.  I had this really tasty veggie paella and some sangria.  We kind of stumbled on the restaurant accidentally, and it was all locals, which was nice.  When we were done eating, we went over to look at Sagrada Familia at night.  I hadnt see  it yet and WOW, it is just beautiful.  Im going to go do the tour of it in the next few days.  Then we went down to the beach, Bareloneta, and just strolled around until 1am and then I headed home.

This morning I hauled myself out of bed around 10am and went to a giant flea market, the largest in Spain.  You know how I love flea markets!  This one was just ok.  It was.....well, a flea market.  It didn't have the antiques and charm of the Paris one.  It was mostly just junk and cell phone accessories.  I got of of there pretty quickly. Afterwards I just roamed around for a bit, hit up Boqueria for lunch (a veggie pastry, a fruit salad, and some fresh coconut pineapple juice, all for about €5).  It started raining so I came back to the hostel to hang out and figure out a plan.  I don't really know much about Barcelona or its neighborhoods, so I'm going to spend some time online right now figuring out where I want to explore because in feeling sort of unmotivated and clueless right now.  Late the Brit and I are meeting up again for dinner and maybe to rent some bikes and roam around on those.