Well, to finish up our stay in Barcelona (we only had 2 full days) I was unfortunately still very ill so we didn’t get up to much in the glorious city. We did however take a short stroll to find some dinner and ended up on La Rambla (the equivalent of Chapel Street) which was a lot of fun, and we saw what we thought was the big sand castle cathedral – as it was never completed it is permanently in scaffolding. But in our short lived stay in Barcelona, we saw how amazing this place was.
(one of the many side streets of Barcelona)
We went out for dinner at this awesome place which was traditional Spanish buffet full of the most flavoursome foods – and as it was all-you-can-eat, Adam made sure he got his money’s worth – I on the other hand stocked up on the deserts. I don’t know why there are no good all you can eat places in Melbourne – cos this place was amazing – good quality food that was just so filling and so healthy. It was the best meal we have had since travelling – we both said we had not felt that full since being home. And it was great too – salads, vegetables, meat, lentils, wholemeal bread – no wonder I’m feeling so much better!
(our yummy 2 euro ice creams!)
The next day we had to find a grocery store for some lunch and dinner, and on our stroll, we passed a statue completely covered with pigeons – someone had dropped their cup of seeds – so the birds were going ape shit – piled up on top of each other. Hysterical. We moved on to the cathedral, but I’m pretty sure we saw the wrong one – but it was still impressive. There was a live band playing some good old Spanish acoustic, which was really lovely. Then we wondered down some of the amazing little alley ways, packed with people exploring all the fantastic boutiques and stalls. Their little alley ways are just gorgeous. Tall buildings with intricate Spanish designs, and at their roots are little gems of stores, selling such individual goods, mostly hand made and excellent quality. And if you continue on basically any of these little adorable streets you’ll no doubt end up on La Rambla.
(Psycho Pigeons!)
We got to La Rambla and had an ice cream- it was so good. We got a massive cone with two scoops (which was plenty) for only 2 euro! Having come from places like Nice, Monaco and Paris, we were pleased to see a price so easy on the wallet. We got one on the way back, too! We walked up La Rambla and it was just organised chaos. There is a market that runs the length of the street up to the town square. But all the stalls in the market were pet shop – with turtles, iguanas, ferrets and chicks and ducklings. Very odd. And there was street entertainers lined up, next to each other. You could see some of them put a lot of effort into their act, hence why they steal all the business from the others. There was this one lady, dressed up in some sort of gypsy outsit, and just standing there and waving to people. No wonder she got zero business. We then found the grocery store.
(La Rambla)
We got our food and headed back to our hostel. And basically we stayed there for the rest of our time in Barcelona – I was just too ill. It was very disappointing, but we have quite a lot of time for Spain, so we’ll do our best for the rest of the trip.
(Spanish accoustic band playing out front of the cathedral.)
Love you all,
Ash and Adam in Barcelona.x
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