Sagrada Familia 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 ...

... me to the freeway so i can continue hitching. So he says ¨"how much money do you have ? i don't have any gas money, but if you want to pay gas I can drive you to Barcelona, I LIKE driving¨ and I think well it is getting dark and dont know if i want to be left in the dark in a small village of sangunt and barcelona is only like 300 more kilometers away so gas is probably not that much so i say okay. I forget ...

... guess. Not the rom*ntic Sp*nish city we both expected (Britt w*s quite dis*ppointed) but once I s*w it, I felt *s if I h*d kind of expected th*t *ll *long. It w*s very urb*n, pretty cle*n, with sm*ll *p*rtment b*lconies lined with h*nging close every few meters (listen! me *utom*tic*lly counting the Europe*n w*y! Oi!), big billbo*rds, * few be*utiful, *ncient looking buildings thrown in there every now *nd then. LOTS of sm*ll c*rs *nd even more ...

... so I can't complain. Still a little awkward sharing a room with someone you've never met though! As far as I could tell there weren't any creepy people though so that's good! :-) Coming home to London was nice, as always! The city is so beautiful right now because of all the Christmas decorations. It seems like every corner has lights or garland. I def. think they do Christmas much better here than in the states! It's so fun ...

... hotel, and then in the city there are some big carparks. But if you are only going in to watch the America's Cup, for example, it is probably a waste of money to pay for a rental car that will just sit in a car park all day. However, I think they are as strict about drink driving here as everywhere, so then someone has to not drink. Two of the NZ couples I met at the America's Cup village, biked in every day from the camping ground about 10 km away!

Today marks my final day in Barcelona so I decided to see as much as possible. After sleeping in to a respectable hour, I made it out to Montjuic, the hill overlooking the city from the south-west and home to some of Barceloná´s best museums and attractions, some fine parks and the main 1992 Olympic sites. Being an avid fan of the Olympics, I loved the visit and can honestly say the site is absolutely beautiful... probably a lot better than that of Sydney. The main beauty lies ...

... we had to go back thru security then walk down the airport and go thru the passport stamping line again to finally get to our bags. then we both ended up taking the aerobus to the city and i got off on the wrong stop because i´m retarded. so i ended up walking an extra mile to my hostel while deadbeat tired. i am soooo happy i packed light. barcelona is beautiful, man. my ...