6/14: Barcelona

Last night for dinner I mentioned the tapas we got, but let me repeat: we went to this tapas place nearby that we decided on after careful research, which consisted of walking by and deciding to go in. We ordered some red wine, a smoke salmon blini with sour cream and caviar, and a mozarella/basil/tomato thing. Oh my goooood the salmon blini was good. Even the wine was great, and I usually don´t like red wine that much. We also got some oysters on the halfshell, that they pulled out of some water and shucked in front of us. They were exceptionally fresssh. Very very good. Had beers and pita and some outstanding fries from some place nearby and went to bed fairly early.

The beach yesterday was great - a lot more sandy rather than dirt-y like the other beach, and since I haven´t gotten sunburnt yet, I´m quite quite happy with it. I´m getting pretty dark already, which is nice :)

I really really really love it here. There´s something so great about the people and the environment here, with people walking everywhere and eating ice cream all the time. I know it may seem like I´m harping on this, but it´s seriously great. It seems crazy that we already have to leave Barcelona. I know Valencia and all the other places on our trip will be great, but I LOVE Barcelona.

Anywayyyy we are doing laundry now, and got some bocadillos this morning, walked to the hostel our bus picks us up at tomorrow so that we know where it is and how long it takes to walk there (not very far and not very long), then went to the really really huge El Corte Ingles to get me a replacement towel. I know I mentioned El Corte Ingles before, but the one I went into before was tiny. This one looks like a cruise liner, hulking over the street, and it has 10 or 11 floors and and underground part. It´s huge. They have maps of the freaking store available when you walk in so that you don´t get lost or anything. Not only that, they have furniture, DVDs, books, clothes, perfume, makeup, a pharmacy, sporting equipment, luggage, towels, sheets, a full supermarket, lamps, and a fucking TRAVEL AGENCY!! Insane. I´m bringing the map home to prove I´m not making this shit up.

I forgot to mention back in Dublin that we saw a kid with Down´s Syndrome taking pictures of the band in the Green with his camera phone. At this point, nobody can try to tell me that using a cell phone is hard. If a kid with Down´s Syndrome can do it, anyone can.