Barcelona Day 1

MADE IT TO BARCELONA AND FOUND BEN!!! WHOOHOO!!!! So this a good friend of mine from Dal Varsity, Ben! He's awesome and his family is from Spain and they have welcomed me to stay with them. So Ben has been my personal tour guide and we hit the ground running (day one we hit the ground running. Arrived at 11:30 and by the end of the day we walked 26km!) Wow. Barcelona has so much to see. We started with some classic Spanish food that Ben ordered - I will add the names of these later. Absolutely DELISH. Yum. My favourites were the octopus deep fried something and the chicken "balls" - honestly offensive to them to call them that but for now it will have to do. We went into the Picasso museum which I learned quite a bit from! He had very diverse art skills. We then walked all around the city, under the arch, through the park, along the water front. Then we went into a market area that was probably 1km long! So packed with people selling goods at stands and traditional treats and so on. We also pulled off into these squares which had additional stands and people dancing with music. We also walked through the gothic quadrants which was one of my favourite parts of the walk. This is the oldest area of Barcelona with streets 6ft wide and TALL buildings. Some may find this quite claustrophobic! Amazing to see the only wall that has remained over many many years. Finally, we went into a Barcelona market where everything is fresh. Fruit, fish, meat, everything! What a great day :) to cap it off we chilled out and played a game of chess. I lost not surprisingly. So great to see Ben and catch up after a long summer!Lue lisää