BARCELONA:

So we arrived in Barcelona mid-afternoon and set off to find our hostel. It was in a small placa off the street La Ramblas which is full of touristy places because its right off the Placa del Sol. Here's the Placa at night:

And here is the view from my hostel window:

After some shopping C, G, and I had pizza for dinner (I know, pizza in Spain, but we've been craving it and it's far too expensive in Geneva, like everything else!) and some sangria. Then we grabbed some churros (basically fried dough and chocolate) at a cute cafe on the Placa del Sol.

That night we slept in a dorm room with 10 beds, and so since there were four of us we met six strangers: 2 French guys, 2 Belgians (one boy one girl), a guy from Argentina and his friend. Anyway, the Belgians came back drunk at about 4 am and made a huge racket; then, the Belgian boy proceeds to wake us all up about an hour later with his snoring. He stopped on his own, so we all went back to sleep. Fast forward to two hours later, when he is snoring again. I didn't think it could get any louder, but it did. So, to solve the problem, G throws her almost full water bottle at his head from across the room and hits him. He wakes up (obviously in pain) and the problem is solved. When we checked out in the morning, I was the last one out of the room, and he was still in bed right next to the door. As I opened it, he looked up at me, so I couldn't resist slamming the door on my way out.

Sunday we spent sight-seeing because there is so much to see but we had so little time! G and I took one of those cheesy tour buses that was actually worth it because of the time constraints. We saw everything: the mountain, the National Art Museum of Cataluyna, the port, the beach, tons of statues and famous buildings, a bull-fighting stadium, lots of work by Gaudi, the Sagrada Familia, the list goes on.

After running back and grabbing our suitcases at the hostel we left for the airport, which turned into quite the affair. We thought we could take the metro and then a train into the airport, but we got lost and had to take the airport express instead, so we almost missed our flight! Thankfully some people let us cut in line at security so we got there alright.

I know there should be more to this post, but a lot of the places I saw I didn't get to see up close because I was on a bus tour and strained for time. I have lots and lots of pictures (over 400) on Facebook if you'd like  to look through them. Hopefully I'll get around to putting descriptions with all of them soon.