Hola todos…¿qué tal? Well, I got back from 4 days in Barcelona on Wednesday. The train was miserable. 14 hours stuffed in a car with 7 other people. Not fun, pero está bien.

When we arrived in Barcelona we (myself and my two friends Zack and Lindsay) set off to find our hostel. We kind of booked it late so we got stuck in a 400 bed hostel…once again, not fun. To add to the discomfort of a large hostel it was also about 4000 degrees in Barcelona (and that’s in Celsius!) and our room was even hotter. Pictures provided below.

       

So, not knowing where to begin in this great city, we just decided to start walking. We headed toward “calle de las ramblas” which is the most popular street.  

So we are headed down las ramblas taking in the sights when suddenly a man gets hit by a car…which we see. Kind of put a damper on things, so we don’t really feel up for much of anything after that. That first day we just sat on patios and tried to relax.

The only good part about hostels, I’ve decided, is meeting people you would never have normally met. Somehow we always meet English speaking people. So in Barcelona we spent some time with friends from Australia and London. I like people from the UK. I think it must be my Scottish blood.

Because of the heat, we thought it would be a good idea to go to the beach. I think I have made it a goal of mine to touch my feet in every warm body of water around the world. So far, I really like the Mediterranean…

After the beach, that night our London friends took us to this really cool jazz club in the old part of Barcelona. It was probably the coolest club I have ever been to.

Our last day we did the tourist thing…mucho Guadí y Picasso. We were so tired and hot, but it was still amazing. Pictures provided below… : )

Well, this is La Sagrada Família. Gaudí’s most ambitious work. The giant cathedral has been under construction for well over 100 years and the estimated completion date is 2020! Its a pretty big deal… like massive. We waited in line for an hour and a half to go up one of the towers to see the view from the top.

Such a cool view of the entire city! It was really amazing. We also had a Gaudí creation right close to our hostel.

His buildings just kind of sit between other more normal ones. Its so cool! We also went to the Picasso museum which was really cool as well. Me encanta Picasso.

All in all it was a pretty cool trip to Barcelona, but I have officially decided that I don’t like hot, ginormous cities… I am definitely an Oregon person : ) But once again, Barcelona like all other cities in Spain has a lot of statues and street performers.

But definitely the best statue, the one that I am bringing you for this blog is a really cool live statue. Those of you who know me well will know why I got so excited over this!

Well, that is Barcelona! But much more importantly, my brother and sister-in-law had a new little baby yesterday, August 2. He was 8 pounds and his name is Kyler James Robertson. ¡Muchos Besos! I miss you all very much…

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