Barcelona!

            After a day of soaking up the sun on the beach in Nice…Marsh, Colin and myself flew to Barcelona on Sunday night. Our flight was delayed about an hour and a half so we didn’t land until about 1:30 in the morning- which restricted our plans for the night. We ended up just taking a cab to the hostel and crashing with our new 35 year old Australian roommate, Mikey. We woke up and planned to meet Alexa, Nick, Jenna, and LJ at The Segrada Familia cathedral, which was only about a 20 minute walk from where we were staying. The massive structure and crowds of people made it virtually impossible to meet up with them, especially considering none of our phones worked without wifi. We walked around but the line was too long to go in. We ended up just getting lunch and then heading back to the hostel where we did our laundry that desperately needed to be done. We hung out on the roof balcony and listened to music while enjoying the spectacular view. We went out at night and met up with the Loyola people we couldn’t find in the morning. Tuesday, we walked around the city and went to the beach with everyone. It was a beautiful day – and hot enough to actually go in the water. The water was freezing but I had an excuse to go in because I had been wanting to use my GoPro (under water camera) ever since I got it for Christmas. It was cool experimenting with different videos and pictures, and seeing how they came out. At night, the 7 of us went out to a Spanish tapas restaurant, which was absolutely delicious. Colin and I were planning on leaving  Wednesday by taking a boat to Florence, which we thought was included in our eurail pass, but our last minute research indicated otherwise. We ended up booking another room at the same hostel and heading back to the beach for the day. We got back to the hostel around 7:00 and Marsh left us to fly to Madrid. Colin and I watched some of the Masters and called it an early night. After five days in Barcelona and no concrete travel plans, Colin and I embarked this morning for the first time by ourselves. We are headed on some trains to Marsaille, France, which we figured was a good halfway point between Barcelona and Florence. I am looking forward to our Italian adventures!