Okay, first off, I have to tell everyone that my camera is now gone forever. Lost in the Aegean Sea....WITH ALL MY SPRING BREAK PICTURES! :( There is a drunk boat (the Reggae Boat) that we went on, and my friend dropped it in the sea...none of my pictures were uploaded onto my computer yet either. So...they are lost. I cried at the time...but I'm getting over it (slowly, but surely). I figure, I hardly ever look at my pictures from Korea, I mean, I will get over it. It's sad, but pictures are pictures. Besides, everything looks so much cooler in real life...Oh well....trying to stay positive! Nothing I can do about it now.
Anyway, so we left Barcelona and arrived around 9 pm Thursday night. First people we run into when we get off the plane to take the train into town are some people from our college! Such a small world, we didn't plan it together at all, but I knew they were going to be in Barcelona at the same time as us. It wasn't too hard to get to our hostel this time, a lot of people spoke English and we ended up just asking the cops where to go. We stayed at Hostel One, which our friend said to stay at. They had dinner every night, although we only ate it like twice (kind of weirded me out having a dinner at a hostel? I don't know). We decided to go to a bar and wait for our friend Craig, his girlfriend Kathryn & his friend Eric. They got in around midnight and we met up to go out to some club that Kathryn's friends were at. We were not prepared to get all dressed up...blah. We were supposed to try to get there before 1:30 am, to not have to pay to get in, but we didn't make it in time. We thought we would be really sneaky and try to get in from the back which faced the sea. We thought we made it, we climbed over couches & snuck in an open door & literally 2 seconds in the club we were escorted out. It was worth a try though, right?! The security was so into their job...they had headphones and everything. Natashya heard him say "Indian, asian, blonde" on the way out. Probably to have them keep an eye out for us...oops. Wasn't too bad of a night though, we ended up just drinking on the boardwalk.There were guys selling shit everywhere, mostly beers for 1 euro. Crappy, 1 euro beer. Natashya and I went to go try to find a bathroom & we went into a casino, but since I didn't have my ID on me they wouldn't let me go in to pee. Like really?!
The next day we woke up around 11 and went out to explore. We grabbed breakfast around the corner, and headed out to a place that overlooked the city, Guell. They had America's Next Top Model Runway show there once, that's how I remember that place...haha. Then we walked around Las Ramblas around all the shops - expensive & not expensive. There's a bunch of street vendors & entertainers. There's guys that try to sell you these weird noise thingys. I guess what they do is try to distract you with what (annoying) noise they're making in your mouth while some guy steals stuff from you. Luckily, I may add, nothing was stolen on this trip! There was the fresh air market there, which is 10x cooler than the one in Thessaloniki. They had a bunch of fresh fruit, meat & vegetables. They had awesome smoothies, which we bought for 2 euro when we found some later that were like 1 euro...if only our fatasses could've waited 2 minutes. We also went to La Sagrada Familia. It is this huge church designed by Antonio Gaudi. It's like no other building in general that I have ever seen. It looks like it's melting from the top. We sat there deciding what 50 things it looked like - melting chocolate ice cream, upside down baseball bats, etc. They have like fruits on top of the pillars. It's been in construction forever, and still isn't finished. It was a really cool building, they say you either love it or hate it. I, personally, loved it. Something different, literally nothing I've ever seen before. Mind blowing. Later that night we went out, and made the cover so we didn't have to get kicked out again...haha. We went to one of the clubs on the beach. It was weird though, you're not allowed to smoke inside there, which I didn't realize. I got yelled at for lighting a cigarette inside...oops. (In Greece they let you smoke literally anywhere. LITERALLY anywhere...) I don't usually smoke, only when I'm drunk (and in Greece) mom. We had a good night, and somehow made it back home.
The next morning we had a laid back day. We walked around a lot, went to the beach (even though it was cold out). Natashya and I split paille (I don't know how to spell it) and sangria. I forgot how grossed out I get by seafood. I made her split open my shrimp and other things. It was delicioius, but so gross to look at. Then we went to walk around, we found this little cart that was selling head scarves. We decided that was a really good idea & made us look extra ethnic (even Kathy who is blonde, haha). We had the lady tie them on our heads and everything. We thought it was the best idea. Perfect for a bad hair day, which we all had from the night before. We went to the beach, ate some fresh strawberries, coconuts & our champagne. We didn't realize that you're not allowed to sit on the chairs unless you paid for them. Screw that, we just sat on the sand. Then some guy (Han) came up to us and asked if we wanted Henna tattoos. We couldn't say no after the head scarves, they went together so perfectly! Too bad they were sucky, mine barely stayed on the rest of Spring Break. Oh well, he was a cool guy and he sat and talked to us for awhile. Then we went to the Magic Fountain of Montjuic. It was this beautiful fountain show. What Natashya & I noticed (and talked about the whole time of the show...now that I think of it) was that they didn't have normal neon colors, but nice, pretty pastel colors. Anyway, it was really fun to watch. We went back to the hostel to take a nap (we were all finally in the same room!) and got ready to go out. We decided to take it a little easy (so we thought) & went to a place to get a fishbowl. The fishbowl is where you share a drink together, ours was 6 liters of vodka and orange soda (did I just say soda? I've been around my eastern friends too much, this is ridiculous!). Between five of us, we finished it, along with the free shot that we got. We were still a little thirsty, so we got another 2 liters of sangria. By the end of that, we were all just wasted. Me, Natashya & Eric had to leave early to catch our flights though (mine and Natashya's was at 6 am & his was at 7 am, so we just went there together). It was horrible though. We got back to the hostel around 3 am and slept until 4 am when we got up to get everything together and leave! We took public transportation there too, which was horrible. We walked down to the bus stop, and Natashya slept on the (20 minute?) ride to the airport. Then we went through security and everything & slept again until our plane was ready to board. It was the worst experience of our lives. We were so drunk/hungover/tired. Waking up and falling back asleep, dirty & gross & tired. I don't think being in the air helped at all. Honestly, this flight was such a blur. But, we made it safe and sound! Off to Rome we were, and I was determined not to miss a thing in Rome!
Anyway, so we left Barcelona and arrived around 9 pm Thursday night. First people we run into when we get off the plane to take the train into town are some people from our college! Such a small world, we didn't plan it together at all, but I knew they were going to be in Barcelona at the same time as us. It wasn't too hard to get to our hostel this time, a lot of people spoke English and we ended up just asking the cops where to go. We stayed at Hostel One, which our friend said to stay at. They had dinner every night, although we only ate it like twice (kind of weirded me out having a dinner at a hostel? I don't know). We decided to go to a bar and wait for our friend Craig, his girlfriend Kathryn & his friend Eric. They got in around midnight and we met up to go out to some club that Kathryn's friends were at. We were not prepared to get all dressed up...blah. We were supposed to try to get there before 1:30 am, to not have to pay to get in, but we didn't make it in time. We thought we would be really sneaky and try to get in from the back which faced the sea. We thought we made it, we climbed over couches & snuck in an open door & literally 2 seconds in the club we were escorted out. It was worth a try though, right?! The security was so into their job...they had headphones and everything. Natashya heard him say "Indian, asian, blonde" on the way out. Probably to have them keep an eye out for us...oops. Wasn't too bad of a night though, we ended up just drinking on the boardwalk.There were guys selling shit everywhere, mostly beers for 1 euro. Crappy, 1 euro beer. Natashya and I went to go try to find a bathroom & we went into a casino, but since I didn't have my ID on me they wouldn't let me go in to pee. Like really?!
The next day we woke up around 11 and went out to explore. We grabbed breakfast around the corner, and headed out to a place that overlooked the city, Guell. They had America's Next Top Model Runway show there once, that's how I remember that place...haha. Then we walked around Las Ramblas around all the shops - expensive & not expensive. There's a bunch of street vendors & entertainers. There's guys that try to sell you these weird noise thingys. I guess what they do is try to distract you with what (annoying) noise they're making in your mouth while some guy steals stuff from you. Luckily, I may add, nothing was stolen on this trip! There was the fresh air market there, which is 10x cooler than the one in Thessaloniki. They had a bunch of fresh fruit, meat & vegetables. They had awesome smoothies, which we bought for 2 euro when we found some later that were like 1 euro...if only our fatasses could've waited 2 minutes. We also went to La Sagrada Familia. It is this huge church designed by Antonio Gaudi. It's like no other building in general that I have ever seen. It looks like it's melting from the top. We sat there deciding what 50 things it looked like - melting chocolate ice cream, upside down baseball bats, etc. They have like fruits on top of the pillars. It's been in construction forever, and still isn't finished. It was a really cool building, they say you either love it or hate it. I, personally, loved it. Something different, literally nothing I've ever seen before. Mind blowing. Later that night we went out, and made the cover so we didn't have to get kicked out again...haha. We went to one of the clubs on the beach. It was weird though, you're not allowed to smoke inside there, which I didn't realize. I got yelled at for lighting a cigarette inside...oops. (In Greece they let you smoke literally anywhere. LITERALLY anywhere...) I don't usually smoke, only when I'm drunk (and in Greece) mom. We had a good night, and somehow made it back home.
The next morning we had a laid back day. We walked around a lot, went to the beach (even though it was cold out). Natashya and I split paille (I don't know how to spell it) and sangria. I forgot how grossed out I get by seafood. I made her split open my shrimp and other things. It was delicioius, but so gross to look at. Then we went to walk around, we found this little cart that was selling head scarves. We decided that was a really good idea & made us look extra ethnic (even Kathy who is blonde, haha). We had the lady tie them on our heads and everything. We thought it was the best idea. Perfect for a bad hair day, which we all had from the night before. We went to the beach, ate some fresh strawberries, coconuts & our champagne. We didn't realize that you're not allowed to sit on the chairs unless you paid for them. Screw that, we just sat on the sand. Then some guy (Han) came up to us and asked if we wanted Henna tattoos. We couldn't say no after the head scarves, they went together so perfectly! Too bad they were sucky, mine barely stayed on the rest of Spring Break. Oh well, he was a cool guy and he sat and talked to us for awhile. Then we went to the Magic Fountain of Montjuic. It was this beautiful fountain show. What Natashya & I noticed (and talked about the whole time of the show...now that I think of it) was that they didn't have normal neon colors, but nice, pretty pastel colors. Anyway, it was really fun to watch. We went back to the hostel to take a nap (we were all finally in the same room!) and got ready to go out. We decided to take it a little easy (so we thought) & went to a place to get a fishbowl. The fishbowl is where you share a drink together, ours was 6 liters of vodka and orange soda (did I just say soda? I've been around my eastern friends too much, this is ridiculous!). Between five of us, we finished it, along with the free shot that we got. We were still a little thirsty, so we got another 2 liters of sangria. By the end of that, we were all just wasted. Me, Natashya & Eric had to leave early to catch our flights though (mine and Natashya's was at 6 am & his was at 7 am, so we just went there together). It was horrible though. We got back to the hostel around 3 am and slept until 4 am when we got up to get everything together and leave! We took public transportation there too, which was horrible. We walked down to the bus stop, and Natashya slept on the (20 minute?) ride to the airport. Then we went through security and everything & slept again until our plane was ready to board. It was the worst experience of our lives. We were so drunk/hungover/tired. Waking up and falling back asleep, dirty & gross & tired. I don't think being in the air helped at all. Honestly, this flight was such a blur. But, we made it safe and sound! Off to Rome we were, and I was determined not to miss a thing in Rome!
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