Then, after taking a quick nap and getting organized from finally receiving my bag, i wanted to go see the Magic Fountain show. It's a gorgeous water show at night that everyone keeps telling me I have to go see. Unfortunately, after hours of waiting we were told they aren't doing shows until oct 8th. Bust! I went back to the hostel and made tapas again.
The next day I went up to the top of mt Tibidabu! Those who are fans of Friends must know how excited I was to do this! Now I can actually honestly say "I was backpacking through western Europe hiking up mt Tibidabu..." :) anyway it has probably the best view of the city from the top. There's a church there that I can always see from he city below. There are also a few rides, like fair type, but they weren't running (I was ok with that).
Then I went to another thing by Gaudi. The place is called Casa Mila and it's an appartment complex he designed. Inside is set up like a museum displaying what rooms in Barcelona looked like in the early 1900's. On the roof there are a bunch of unique structures called "la padera" because it's "full of surprises". It was gorgeous and I took a lot of wanna be artistic pictures.
The next day I went to the Arc de Triumph which wasn't too exciting but there was a nice little park nearby that I just took a stroll around. Then I went to the Catedral. It has a very gothic look to it so it was beautiful architecture. And inside was pretty too with the stained glass and the dozens of organ pipes. You could take an elevator to the top too which of course had another great view of the city. Later I had some difficulty ordering food. Everyone here speaks Catalan not Spanish so it's even more difficult for me to understand. Only the expensive restaurants seemed to have menus in english. Buri ended up finding something and getting gelato to cheat me up after being so frustrated with the language barrier. Then I walked the famous street La Rumbla! Nothing was stollen don't worry. It's crazy busy there set up like a market on weekends and full of shops and restaurants.
There are a bunch of weirdos wanting Money to take ur picture with them. I didn't. I cared not to get robbed. There's also the famous market, la Boqueria there. There's so many fruits that just the colors of the market are amazing! But it's so overwhelmingly big and crammed with people that I didn't end up buying anything.
Today i went to Museu Picasso. It's free on the first Sunday of the month. It was pretty cool to see but I don't know if it wouldve been worth it having paid so I was glad I didn't. Close to my hostel there is a Laberynth park that I went to after the museum. It wasn't too much of a challenge but def had to retrace my steps a few times. It's a pretty park with lots of fountains and Greek statues.
Well that was the past three days. Through all of this I'm definitely realizing how difficult it's going to be to travel by myself. The language barrier is extremely frustrating and the fact that the streets here are so randomly placed and a lot of them are small doesn't make it any easier. The friends I met at the hostel before have all already left. Most people are already set in their groups. Is going to be hard, probably a little lonely and tiresome with all the walking but I'm hoping that after awhile I'll get used to it and better at making friends and finding my way around.
I've decided to stay in Barcelona until Tuesday and then I'm going to go to Valencia. I'm hoping to stay in a hostel that's owned by the same guy as the one I'm at right now. Tuis hostel is really great. Everyone who's been traveling around say this is the vest one they've been at (I'm probably getting spoiled and don't even know it). Anyway that's the plan for now! I'll keep u updated along the way. Missing everyone and I hope everyone is doing well back home! It's weird not knowing what's going on in all of your lives so please update me too! Adios!
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