Sometimes when we have such extensive amounts of free time, it's easy to run out of things to do and to get bored, but not for us! The same night we arrived to Barcelona all 3 of us sat down and decided exactly what activities we would possibly like to do during our free time in Barcelona. That's how we were able to have such a rewarding and busy day today.
We started off the morning by waking up at 7:30pm, like normal, and planning to leave at 9am for our day. We decided to go by La Boquería market on La Rambla street. There were so many foods for us to see and lots of strange fish and candies for sale! I decided to have a glass of Horchata, a famous milk-based drink from Valencia, and Salima got some fruit.
Afterwards, we went about walking about La Rambla and went to Carrefour, a French grocery store, to buy some lunch items to later make a picnic with. After that, we went down to the Christopher Columbus statue and saw the sea. We then took the metro to the Palace of María Cristina and went walking around taking pictures of Montjüic until we eventually walked around to Poble Espanyol, a small replic of a Spanish village that contains several different types of architecture styles in Spain. It was interesting to see all together like that as one village.
After we finished that, we went down to the Plaza de toros that has been transformed into an indoor mall since Bullfighting has been banned in Cataluña. It was so weird to think that the same mall floors that we were walking one were once used by bulls and toreros and matadores!
Finally, we came back to the hotel for dinner and after dinner we went to see the Sagrada Familia by night, and what a sight it was!
Looking forward to tomorrow and the Dalí museum and beach in Figueras!!
~Señorita Beheler
I look forward to seeing all the photos!
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