Barcelona Dream

Thatś the name of my hostel.

Barcelona is like a dream though, the architecture is out of this world, there are trees everywhere, itś right on the beach. All in all, a lovely sort of place. They all speak Catalan though, which makes it a little hard to practice Spanish. Ive pretty much just been speaking English, since everyone here speaks that. Barcelona is a definite difference from Sevilla.

I have had the most ridiculous two days of my life so far. I`m posting on here before trying to go find some food. My plan is to wake up tomorrow and start this over. Hopefully I'll get to the beach, Casa Batlló and La Pedrera. Those are the only three things I actually want to see here.

Yesterday, I got accosted by an old pervert who attempted to expose himself to me in Sevilla. Then I went to one of the most brilliant performances I have ever seen, a two piano piece by Mozart which was executed with amazing animation by the del Valle brothers from Malaga, who are now officially one of my must see things in life. They are absolutely phenomenal. Then I went directly to a fiesta at the school, where I discovered that I in fact like white wine and that flamenco dancing is highly amusing. Went to bed at about 130 or 2, got up this morning at 515 because I couldn't sleep anymore and took a shower, whereupon I got yelled at by my señora because I was taking a shower at 5 am. Then I got ripped off by a cab driver, and then I got on the plane. Ryanair, by the way, is a highly sketch flying company, but cheap when you don't pack anything really. You just pick a rather uncomfortable seat and you're off. Unfortunately, the airport I was going to was not the airport I actually thought I was going to, which led to me having to spend about two extra hours commuting. Then I went to the Sagrada Familia and Parque Güell, which are examples of Gaudí's work, and very impressive. Then I rode around on a tour bus for a while, and saw the FC Barcelona stadium and Barcelona.

At some point on this trip I realized that the world is very, very large.

A little bit after I realized that the world was sort of small, too.

And I also figured out that a couple of extra Euros will fix everything but awkward perverts asking for directions.

Go figure.