Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve updated. I have been traveling a lot, and I will be traveling significantly more pretty soon. I was in Barcelona three weekends ago. It is my favorite city. To play off a Postal Service song, there was so much beauty in every inch that it was almost absurd.
Before arriving in the city of Barcelona, my cousin Candice and I spent a night in Madrid with my friend Michelle. There, we went to Park Retiro. We saw the only statue in the world of the devil. It’s called “The Fallen Angel.” I learned later in one of my film classes that there is a lot of folklore surrounding it, like that it weighs exactly 666 kilograms and that below it is a passage straight to hell.
Then, the next day Candice and I flew to Girona, a small beach city about two hours outside of Barcelona. It was really pretty and nice and we had fun and ate good food.
And finally, on Friday night, we arrived in Barcelona. Our hotel was just off of Law Ramblas, which is the main street in Barcelona. On that street, we found some nice places to get tapas, a cozy pub to have a drink and then the next morning there was a market that sold everything from flowers to ice cream to live fish and dead fish and pet turtles.
We saw the Cathedral of Barcelona, which had a beautiful cloister and a nice chapel for Saint Lucia. Then, we went to Park Güell. Barcelona has this huge hill on one end of it where, apparently, back in the day, some nobility wanted all of the nobility and rich families to live on. To entice people to move there, the most famous architect and designer at the time, Gaudi, was hired to design a park. The development of sorts ended up being a failure but the Park is absolutely beautiful. Gaudi was also the architect for Barcelona’s other “must-see” spot, the temple of Segrada Familia. The temple that was originally designed decades ago, is still one of the most cutting edge buildings of today and is still under construction.
Later on Saturday, Candice and I met up with my friend from school, Austin. We went half-way up a mountain called Tibidabo to get some comida (lunch) and have a breathtaking view of Barcelona. Candice and I didn’t go all the way up Tibidabo, but apparently there’s a beautiful church and two small amusement park rides and a Ferris wheel at the top. Then, we had cenar (dinner) at a tapas bar called Inopia. Apparently Gwyneth Paltrow was spotted there recently. It was good eats.
Then, Candice and I ended our night at an Irish Pub on the ocean. There, we met up with some girl’s I’m studying abroad with. It was a lot of fun, Candice really enjoyed listening to her favorite 90’s songs sung in English with a Spanish accent. We also spotted some Jonas Brothers look-alikes. I do say, it was a successful trip. I was really happy to see my cousin and really happy to see another part of Spain. In that order.
Very truly yours,
Virginia
