Wednesday, May 20, 2009

So it's been interesting so far. Yesterday I spent the whole day traveling, and after having a hard time figuring out where my hostel was (the street signs and house numbers are impossible) I checked in and crashed for the night. Except I didn't exactly crash well... I think that the loudest cars and motorcycles drive by my window, that is open, but I will see if the other girls will let me close it tonight. So there was lots of noise. I finally did get to sleep, only to wake up at 2:35 thinking it was closer to 6. After checking the clock I did manage to fall back asleep, to wake up at 7:22. I then tried to rest until 8:30, when my alarm quietly went off. I finally got out into the city, but I wasn't really feeling it. I went to La Sagrada Familia (The Sacred Family) Church building, designed by Gaudi, and paid a ridiculous sum of 9 Euro, student pass, to go inside and see arches and two stained glass windows and lots of scaffolding. The project hasn't been completed yet, despite being started in 1882. So after wasting my money, I got some pictures of the outside, which is really the most important part, that I could have taken from the street for free. After that I decided to go ahead and buy a 10 ticket subway pass, which was cheaper and I figure i'll use. I went to see the neighborhood where Gaudi designed a lot of the buildings, and that was cool, then I traveled down to the cathdral, which was also expensive and not worth it, and while sitting and looking at the map to decide where to go next, my camera got stolen. So, no more pictures for you guys, sorry. I did backtrack and take some video though. So then to cheer myself up, because I was pretty angry, I went to a Picasso museum. That didn't really help. I'm sick of seeing paintings and drawings and sculptures of naked women. COME ON guys, pick a different topic. Please. Anyway, so then I went to a chocolate museum. The people at reception were not helpful at all. People are rude in this city. Maybe i'm just having a horrible day. The ticket to get in was a chocolate bar, and its very dark, so it wasnt a total loss. I did enjoy the museum. After that I went to the city's Arc du Triumf, took a video of that, walked to Plaza Tetuan, got on the metro, went back to the Sagrada Familia and took some video. While there I met two guys names Jeff and John, and let them use my map. They were really nice. Then I got a very large Coca Cola and hopped back on the metro to Encants station, walked to my hostel, and here I am, probably for the night. So that's my story. IDK what the day will bring tomorrow.

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