Vrabac Barcelona

... to pick up a few things. After returning to the apartment, we found that everyone was home except for Lluis. Conrad chatted with Lourdes, Lluis' wife, in broken Spanish. Once Lluis arrived home, he functioned as translator for everyone. We sat down to another dinner. Conrad & I didn't eat much, as we had eaten earlier. Then we spent the rest of the night chatting with Lluis. As I type this, Conrad is still in there ...

... pocketers. Witek got very tired of me repeatedly asking him to make sure he had his hand on our bag at all times!

There is a middle strip in the street where a lot of kiosk type shops are set up and most people walk down. It was a fascinating place, there were heaps of those buskers that dress up as statues and sit there trying not to move. There were also heaps of outdoor pet shops! They were selling some strange pets, we saw hamsters, goldfish, turtles ...

... and rice) and ate with my neighbor, Megan. She brought over some cured red peppers, cheese, and chorizo that was delicious. Put my lemon pepper chicken and white rice with spices to shame. We ate at roughly 10 pm then went out for a night on the town with the whole group. The night was going quite well until one of the girls in our group set her clutch down on a bench to take a picture and when she turned around a few seconds later it was already gone. I ...

... and fries) I said in my best Spanish possible (I took French in high school so I was struggling) "pollo." Darren, who did take 4 years of Spanish ordered the same thing, except when dinner came out I got chicken and he got seafood paella. Now, the same waiter who took our order also told the American girl my age one table over that she looked like Hilary Clinton, so I think that maybe he was having an off day. After dinner, we went out again. 

... d'Andorra, el Kirguistan i la Xina. Se'ns han enfonsat els peus al mar Mediterrani, el nostre pobre Mediterrani, als sotaboscos tardorals del continent, als aigualluts de les planes del Pamir, a la sorra del Gobi, a la neu Kirguica o al fang de la Xina rural. Hem estat a i creuat per mars vius i morts; llacs d aigua dolça i d aigua salada, embassaments faraònics, aiguamolls remots i rius, des de que goteja la neu fins que els meandres ...

... It is a stiff walk to see the cave where the Black Madonna was found.Along the way are station of the cross stations. Then go to Sitges,a sea shore resort town..Saw the architecture of some houses,Went to a museum in the old city and see some Rosignol paintings. Back to Barcelona,Ate at Cafe Opera,an old restaurant.Ate anchovies in vinegar,bread slice with tomato (typical Catalan food)and Jamon Iberico.It is a ham from the black hoofed pigs.The best of Spanish ham.

... a pension in Girona on the outskirts of town, (a pensions is like a hostel) and for 1 night it cost 44 Eros which was ridiculous ! especially for where it was but i didn't have a choice and took the room. The room was for 2 people had a ...

... eggs), which are an age old tradition in Barcelona. Also, there was a big procession that wound its way through the town, with people in costumes, marching bands, and walking giant statues. One sketchy thing that happened to us - we were walking through some quiet streets to go through to the neighbourhood of Sant Pere when an unsavory looking fellow started to follow us. We felt a little uncomfortable so we turned around, which he did also at the same time. At that ...

... left Paris at 8.35pm and arrived into Barcelona 12 hours later. This train was a rip off... 43 euro for a seat, on top of the eurail pass. But I did meet Andres from Bogota, Colombia who was great to talk to... he confirmed that South American people, on the whole, are a lot warmer and welcoming than that of Europeans so I look forward to that. Andres is taking a break from his study as a mechanical engineer to travel around Europe for a month ...

... my time answering ALL his questions :) Hehe! (No, I am not in the market and am not looking, my heart's taken, baby!) After 1.5 hours at the station, I was off to the embassy. Fortunately, my metro ticket for the last two days was NOT in my wallet, so I had a way to GET to the embassy. That was sweet. Also not in my wallet was my Eurail train pass and all of my emergency contact info. That would have been a really interesting predicament-the Eurail pass is a pain in the ASS ...