barca.

barca. barcelona. woo. stop two. so warm. so yay.

basically i stepped of the renfe into every-man-is-gonna-steal-my-bag terror. oops. like i had legit been warned by everyone and their mom. so like. i held onto that thing like my child. and success. i have everything. or whatever they took--i have yet to notice. both good in my opinion.

we stayed in lauren's apt while in barca. straight out of ikea. love it. night one is monday night. aka lunes. aka loco lunes. we walk around laur's neighborhood. see sagrada familia. laur recites facts like wikipedia. we grab dinner at a tapas bar (when in spain) and siesta it up before the night.

while in barcelona we acted like americans studying abroad in barcelona, aka we followed promoters to where the american kids were going. we leave lauren's apt at 1:30 am. yes. you are reading that correctly. we get home at 4 something. we sleep. we rise. we tourist it up. no time for significant rest. this is vacay.

the day starts rough. i have breakfast at mcdonalds. the grease is a must. oye. then we shop around, walk up and down main street. walk down las ramblas. go to the boqueria. head down to the water. like. its great.

side note. spain has these AMAZING food markets. both in madrid and barcelona. needless to say... i'm jealous. wah.

tuesday night is more lax. we head to dinner with laur and another girl from cornell. we go to carpe diem. a restuarant/lounge on the beach. legit feels like we are in miami when we step of metro. apparently that area is supah sketch but we walk around all of us. all these clubs have like little doors along the beach and you enter and go downstairs to the full restaurant. tres chic. it was expensive (spanish standards. oy) but so worth it. so yum.

wednesday night, dana and i embrace our american-side. laur has to "study" for a midterm. aka skype. aka sit in front of computer. we head over to the hard rock. a poppin' spot. letmetellyou. like its craycray. packed solid. 1 hour 20 min wait. we accept. head to bar. grab drink. chill. time passes. i check our buzzer. 10 to 20. time passes. dana checks our buzzer. 32 minutes. yes. thirty TWO. exactly. come again? i go right back. i ask to check. here is the woman's response:

i just told your friend... it was 32 minutes.

i know i was just double checking because before the woman said 10 to 20--

NO. i JUST told your FRIEND. 32 minutes.

like i know lady. i heard you. i am sorry that such an OBSCURE estimate made me come back to double check. MY BAD. oye.

whatever. totes worth it. food was yum. drinks were yum. all around good stuff.

as for sites. park guell was unreal. gaudi's architecture throughout the city is amazing. sagrada familia, while unfinished was spectacular. all around success and phase two was officially completey.

on to london.

YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE FROM LONDON.