I think we got to sleep in later today than any other so far!! We didnt have to be in the buses till nine! It was our first day in Barcelona and I was so excited to see the city! First they took us up to this huge Spanish fortress where we had an amazing view of
Barcelona. The sun was shining, and there was a perfect breeze coming
from the Mediterranean. This was exactly what I needed after days of
rain and overcast. We then drove to this museum and took a group photo. The
architecture in Barcelona is so pretty. I love that Spanish style! The museum
was up on a hill and then leading down, away from it was a huge stair case lined
by fountains and at the bottom a really big fountain. And we of course took tons of pictures. It's always funny after our Rotary events, when all the pictures show up on Facebook. The same photo will get posted by ten different people.
The buses dropped us off at the Columbus statue and we had free time for the rest of the day. A group and I ate lunch on an old plaza, then wandered through the old town, and did some shopping along the way. Barcelona is the stop where everyone was looking forward to the shopping. Everything was so much cheaper there. The Graz girls and I bought some matching bracelets from this little jewelry boutique.
Everyone in the group was itching to get to the beach. Sun, sand and water. That's really what we all payed 1,000 euros to go on Euro tour for! Finally we made it there. The water was still pretty cold, but we still went running in right away! And Lucas, being a swimmer, dived right in. Then we just chilled on the beach for a while and met this group of guys from Frankfurt. It was pretty cool to be able to chat in German with them.
Note: it’s impossible to sit on the beach without being endlessly pestered by people trying to sell you drinks, hair braids or other weird stuff. we tried to say we only speak German hoping they would stop trying to talk to us. But they switched easily over to German. Dang!
The buses dropped us off at the Columbus statue and we had free time for the rest of the day. A group and I ate lunch on an old plaza, then wandered through the old town, and did some shopping along the way. Barcelona is the stop where everyone was looking forward to the shopping. Everything was so much cheaper there. The Graz girls and I bought some matching bracelets from this little jewelry boutique.
Everyone in the group was itching to get to the beach. Sun, sand and water. That's really what we all payed 1,000 euros to go on Euro tour for! Finally we made it there. The water was still pretty cold, but we still went running in right away! And Lucas, being a swimmer, dived right in. Then we just chilled on the beach for a while and met this group of guys from Frankfurt. It was pretty cool to be able to chat in German with them.
Note: it’s impossible to sit on the beach without being endlessly pestered by people trying to sell you drinks, hair braids or other weird stuff. we tried to say we only speak German hoping they would stop trying to talk to us. But they switched easily over to German. Dang!
After dinner, I went back to the beach and met up with a
small group there. We built a sand castle under the sinking sun, and went on a
really romantic beach walk along the shore! I love Barcelona!
To see the pictures from Euro tour check out my flickr account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/saminosterreich/sets
To see the pictures from Euro tour check out my flickr account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/saminosterreich/sets
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