Really, that’s how the story
starts. We carpooled to Barcelona with four complete strangers and it was great
and totally different. Syed and I were dropped off at the Port of Barcelona. Then
we just sort of started walking… We had no idea where to even get settled to
search for a place to sleep. We were so lost and it was so much fun. Anyways, we found
our way. We had some fast food chicken (good stuff) and used the free WiFi in
the restaurant and found a crash pad.
Alright, so I have been in
Valencia for two weeks now and I guess I got used to the subway system here. It’s
fairly quiet and peaceful inside the subways of Valencia. I thought the same
would apply in Barcelona… and I was taken by surprise. The subways in Barcelona
are a monster. I mean these subways were jam-packed. The train itself is
definitely on a mission to try to knock you down. The subway in Barcelona was a
fun and different experience. 
So obviously we didn’t go to
Barcelona to ride the subway and eat cheap chicken fingers. Saturday was a day
of exploring. Again, we didn’t have an itinerary. Syed and I woke up and just
sort of walked out of the house. The first place we walked to was Park Guell. What
a view. Later we slowly made our way to
the Sagrada Familia plaza where we saw a monster of a cathedral. Seriously such
an introspective piece of art.
After taking on a good couple of
miles in the city, we decided to hit up the beach. And what a high tide that
was. So peaceful. It was nice baking under the sun. I think I got maybe half a
shade darker this weekend. Success.
Once we were done at the beach we decided to just sort of walk through the outskirts of the city. We encountered some cool looking buildings. #2modern4me. I'm sure we got lost at some point, but somehow we ended up in El Bario Gotico. A neighborhood like I’ve never seen before.
As it started getting dark, we
kept walking away from the city towards this huge mountain. We finally got to a
pretty high place in the mountain and we were able to watch Barcelona light up
in the night time.
That’s when we decided that we should probably get some sleep. Sunday was a calm day. We started our day off with an exotic local breakfast here that they call “McDonalds.” Afterwards we made way to Camp Nou, FCB soccer stadium. We then topped our Barcelona adventure by hitting up the beach again. It’s always nice to get lost on the sand. Barcelona was such a pretty time. Such a colorful and wavy city with amazing architecture. Loved it.
Barça was chill.
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