Originally posted at LiveJournal on Jun 24, 2009
Day 2 in Barcelona! Today is the holiday of St. John. It started yesterday, around 11 p.m., with tons of fireworks. I could hear them all from the hostel where my brother, my cousin, his girlfriend and I are staying this week...some of them were as loud as cannons, and they continued through the rest of the night. Luckily, I didn´t lose much sleep, because we´d gone to bed around 6p.m. (jet lag hit me hard around 5 p.m., while we were visiting the Picasso museum.
Before that, we walked around the Plaza Catalunya, which is pretty much at the center of Barcelona, and only a 10 minute walk from our hostel. We walked through a fresh market, and then along a street where there were some performers...including a few men dressed as gargoyles, reminding me of the faun from "Pan´s Labyrinth¨" Or like some of the people dressed up at the Renaissance Faire.
Speaking of labyrinths...today we all went to Labyrinth Park, about a 30 min. metro ride from the hostel. The fangirl in me had a blast, walking through the maze of hedges, looking at all the Roman style statues. My cousin wandered far ahead of us and we had fun trying to find him.
Afterwards, we headed for another park, called Guell. We stopped at a little shop in a side street, where we could get sandwiches to go, and smoothies. I had something with a Brazillian fruit that supposedly has about 100 times more vitamin C than orange juice. ´Which means I should be covered for the next few days, in terms of not getting sick :)
At Parc Guell, we could see a gorgeous view of Barcelona from above, all the way to the sea. You could also see the Sagrada Familia, which is a whimsical Gothic church built by Antonio Gaudi. It looks like something out of a fantasy story. We´were there before going to Labyrinth park.
Now we´re back near our hostel, to take a short rest before heading for the beach. We might try to find the three ships, La Nina, La Pinta, and La Santa Maria, which Columbus sailed to America. My dad says they are shown as an exhibit at the beach.
Hasta luego!
Day 2 in Barcelona! Today is the holiday of St. John. It started yesterday, around 11 p.m., with tons of fireworks. I could hear them all from the hostel where my brother, my cousin, his girlfriend and I are staying this week...some of them were as loud as cannons, and they continued through the rest of the night. Luckily, I didn´t lose much sleep, because we´d gone to bed around 6p.m. (jet lag hit me hard around 5 p.m., while we were visiting the Picasso museum.
Before that, we walked around the Plaza Catalunya, which is pretty much at the center of Barcelona, and only a 10 minute walk from our hostel. We walked through a fresh market, and then along a street where there were some performers...including a few men dressed as gargoyles, reminding me of the faun from "Pan´s Labyrinth¨" Or like some of the people dressed up at the Renaissance Faire.
Speaking of labyrinths...today we all went to Labyrinth Park, about a 30 min. metro ride from the hostel. The fangirl in me had a blast, walking through the maze of hedges, looking at all the Roman style statues. My cousin wandered far ahead of us and we had fun trying to find him.
Afterwards, we headed for another park, called Guell. We stopped at a little shop in a side street, where we could get sandwiches to go, and smoothies. I had something with a Brazillian fruit that supposedly has about 100 times more vitamin C than orange juice. ´Which means I should be covered for the next few days, in terms of not getting sick :)
At Parc Guell, we could see a gorgeous view of Barcelona from above, all the way to the sea. You could also see the Sagrada Familia, which is a whimsical Gothic church built by Antonio Gaudi. It looks like something out of a fantasy story. We´were there before going to Labyrinth park.
Now we´re back near our hostel, to take a short rest before heading for the beach. We might try to find the three ships, La Nina, La Pinta, and La Santa Maria, which Columbus sailed to America. My dad says they are shown as an exhibit at the beach.
Hasta luego!
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