Friday, March 07, 2008
3:44 PM
( DAY 14 - 17 ) 18/04 - 21/04 BARCELONA~
krystle:
HOLA!!
my gosh, we've been so lazy to blog and internet access wasnt so fang bian for us either.
but for memories sake, I shall do a quick 4 days tour-diary here.
Day1 of BCN. 18/4
We got up really early to catch the morning flight to Barcelona, we were sitting EasyJet there. Its equivalent to TigerAirways, you got to walk up the plane yourself and stuff.
We reached BCN Airport about 2 hours later, they call it Aeropuerto. Everything was in Spanish! The feeling of Spain was finally real.... we were screaming like kids, SPAIN SPAIN!!!
Hahahhaa, we caught the aerobus(shuttleservice) that brings us near our hostel. Yes. We couldnt afford a hotel. The hostel was in the heart of barcelona, Placa de Catalunya.
BUT BUT, Barcelona had just way too many streets. when we got down, we were following some directions but still lost. Then we asked a lot of passerbys, but everyone spoke spainish we couldnt understand. So we got lost for about an hour and finally someone knew where we wanted to go... and finally after dragging our luggage.. we arrived.. Itaca Hostel!
PHEW. we got our room keys and we checked out the place..and it was super clean! far from what we thought. *pics will be up soon
we walked around the area to get use the surroundings. Still speechless then.. everything looked so beautiful. Went to Carrefour express and got some essentials.. like water! We were so amused by the 8L water containers they sold there that we just had to get one ourselves. 8litres!! went back quite early cos' super tired.. then one of our room mate from Paris gave us a beer each and went down to talk to the others. Everybody was super friendly :)
Then we conked out.
Day2 of BCN 19/04
We woke up early to find some breakfast. After that we went to a bus stop and saw the tourist off top bus. We didnt sit one in Paris nor London, so we decided to do so in Barcelona. we bought a two day ticket for 23euros and the bus brings us to all the tourist attractions.
The first one we went to was the Sagara Familia. Oh my gosh. got to be there to see it yourself. Its not complete for another 10-20 years they say. its a huge masterpiece.
We hopped onto the bus again and continued around, its so nice here!! The more we looked around, the more we couldnt bear to leave. Architecture was everywhere and so detailed.. even the floor tiles too.. almost everything was simply about art.
After that we went to Port Vell and then to the beach! It was so weird cos' its quite cold like 17'c but the sun is still shinning. To me the water was icy cold and there was still quite alot of people at the beach sun tanning. hahaha. Slept at the beach a bit, the best thing about europe now is that the sun doesnt set till like 8.30 or 9pm.. They have a lot of daylight! but shops here do close quite early too =/ but we had this one shop, they sold icecream and hot chocolate. ohmygosh, cheryl's hot chocolate was so thick that it felt like your just drinking melted chocolate, superb! we will nvr forget it. Now cheryl thinks milo is thin and plain. hahaha.
so in the night, we looked for a nice place to have a drink. The beer here is really cheap! I had a pint of san miguel that cost sg $4 and cheryl had vodka lime about $12. but her vodka was poured till half of the tall glass and they gave her a bottle of lime. how worth it is that!
cheryl was impressed she managed to walk back all the way to the hostel still stable. hahaha!
Day3 of BCN - 20/04
Woke up early cause we booked a bike tour! yes yes, which means we get to ride on a bicycle around Barcelona with a tour guide. Its super cool! But most of the places they brought us we already been there, but the feeling of riding a bike around barcelona was just so fun. the streets here are crazy though, its a mircale i havent seen any accidents.
after the bike tour, we went to have our lunch. tried something traditional there. called pacella i think. huge! eat until we were super full. by the time it was already 4 something. we hopped onto the bus to bring us to Nou Camp, Barcelona FC =D
Reached there an hour later at six. bought tickets to go inside the stadium and the players changing room and stuff. Its so huge the stadium!! then some tourists there were like cheering and reliving the moment of a match. so funny! but wah, i cant believe i was in Nou Camp can. The biggest stadium in Europe too holding 125,000 seats. we took some really funny fotos.
We were going back to the hostel then it hit us it was our last night. :(( really sad. and there was still about 7Litres of water to drink and Cheryl being her, didnt want to waste them. She asked me to drink and i refused cos i seriously dont like water, so! she tried to gulp it down herself.. when the water level didnt really make a difference she got sian. my gosh, seeing her like that how can I not be a friend and help right? So we played a hand number game, who lose has to drink a mouthful. We played until 2am and finally I believed we drank 3litres together. That made her quite happy. We felt really sick and bloated and slept immediately. Had to wake up an hour later to pee real bad.
Day4 of BCN 21/4
We packed our bags in the morning cos we needed to check out at 11am, left our luggage at the hostel and went to the famous Parc de la Ciutadella. Its a big park with museums, zoo all inside. It even has a small lake! We rented a boat to row and it was super fun cos the whole lake was filled with ducks, goose and adorable ducklings! There was a festival going on, some spiritual thing. So many people there were encouraging yoga and massages. The best was this tent, that had alot of naked people pictures and it was somesort of a resort whereby everyone is naked. no one wears clothes. Hahahha. So cool right? Singapore where got such thing?!
okay, then we went to our favourite Montebello to eat some pasta. Their servings were huge! Walked around to do some shopping but it was a Saturday so everywhere got really crowded and we were tired. Before we left we ate some waffles and I had my 4 scoops of icecream. It was simply delicious I tell you! We were really reluctant to leave. Everywhere we went was like Hola! gracias and stuff. Spanish! :)
in the end, we managed to catch the flight back to London in time. Seeing the view of barcelona from the plane at night was beautiful! At night on the plane, you can see the rest of the world light up, its so nice! and then two hours later, we're back in London again.
jetsetters_**