la Barceloneta

Today, we got up and B lined to the beach. The sun was out, and it was finally our first hot day. We walked for probably an hour and half (half of which was on the highway). Once we got there, we realized we walked straight to the cargo port, and the beach was almost a 2 hour walk away. So we changed our plans. We started walking to Sagrada De Famillia, and it was also an hour and a half away. We stopped for lunch once we got halfway there and learned all the tickets were sold out. We were getting frustrated, but luckily, we ordered carne paella, and it saved the day. It was so good. Now, back to the beach plan. We found a nice spot to chill in the sand and just relax. The beach was so busy it was ridiculous. There were so many beach vendors trying to sell us alcohol, drugs, blankets, and massages. These guys start their prices really high, and when we say no their very quick to lower their price. One guys starting price was 2 beers for 4€ we said we needed 4 beers and that his price was too much. He said he only has 3, but if we pay him now, he'll go grab us another. We said no, thank you. About 30 minutes later, he came back with 4 beers and changed his price to 5€. We took the fella up on it, and all of a sudden, we were swarmed by vendors lol. Maybe I'm a baby, but the water was way too cold to swim in lol. I got a sunburn on my neck because I absolutely refused sunscreen. It'll be a tan in a few days, though lol. We took the bus back to the hostel because it offers free vegetarian dinner every night. So we stopped at the grocery store and picked up some sandwich meat to add to the veggies they cooked lol. You'll have to ask Pearse if the veggies were good, but the sandwich meat was pretty good lol. I think the sun drained us because we were so tired last night. We just chilled out in the common area. Pearse passed out down there, and when we were finally kicked out, I woke him and said, "Let's go to bed." His response was, "No, I'm just gonna go back to the hostel" I think that says how tired we were lol.Read more