I don't know why, but that GD song has been stuck in my head for days!!
Barcelona:
We did the uber tourist thang and took the open top bus tour; it was pretty cool. Unfortunately, we did it immediately upon arrival from the overnight train, and in the intense heat, so we fell asleep at the end. However, before our embarrassing slumber up top of the bus, we saw lots of interesting things- the Olympic stadium (was it 92 that the games were there?), castle, lots of great architecture- I know I say that a lot, but man the old buildings are so detailed and beautiful. The castle turned out to be a club at night, so we went and danced and people watched- it was crazy, just out in a castle courtyard with a DJ and a couple of bars and tons of people. We were definitely under-hussied up, but i'm there- too old, and too tired for it. Mind you, the heals and hairspray came out. Aside from touring around, we spent a good deal of time on the beaches- aw, the beach! I got sooo sunburned- Anna and I laughed hysterically when I took my swimsuit off, and we saw the lines; it looked like I was still wearing a white bikini. The beaches were topless, and the locals especially, women and children, did not wear tops- some kids even went fully nude, boys and girls. I have mixed feelings about this- it's natural...but...anyhoo, I'm not going to dive into it right now. To get to the beach, we walked along this really cool pedestrian walkway on the pier, and you could see the gondolas running above (unfortunately we didn't ride them). All over the city there were street performers- some of them sooooo good (we saw an amazing acrobat act with 4/5 guys that stood on eachothera heads-3 stacked! And did all kinds of flips and strength moves), and some of them just in elaborate costumes posing for photos. The main street is La Rambla, and we spent a lot of time walking it. One night we went to a flamenco show- I loved it! The singer was my favorite part- I won't be able to do his voice/style justice in writing. The dancers were extremely passionate- it kind of made me tired just feeling their expression, but it was beautiful, and very entertaining. Afterwards we went for tapas and drinks- the spanish end to each evening, and not a bad ending at all. Another evening we went out to dinner with Anna's mom and her friends that happened to be vacationing there at the same time as us. Anna was excited to see her mom, and dinner was delicious- seafood!
Barcelona:
We did the uber tourist thang and took the open top bus tour; it was pretty cool. Unfortunately, we did it immediately upon arrival from the overnight train, and in the intense heat, so we fell asleep at the end. However, before our embarrassing slumber up top of the bus, we saw lots of interesting things- the Olympic stadium (was it 92 that the games were there?), castle, lots of great architecture- I know I say that a lot, but man the old buildings are so detailed and beautiful. The castle turned out to be a club at night, so we went and danced and people watched- it was crazy, just out in a castle courtyard with a DJ and a couple of bars and tons of people. We were definitely under-hussied up, but i'm there- too old, and too tired for it. Mind you, the heals and hairspray came out. Aside from touring around, we spent a good deal of time on the beaches- aw, the beach! I got sooo sunburned- Anna and I laughed hysterically when I took my swimsuit off, and we saw the lines; it looked like I was still wearing a white bikini. The beaches were topless, and the locals especially, women and children, did not wear tops- some kids even went fully nude, boys and girls. I have mixed feelings about this- it's natural...but...anyhoo, I'm not going to dive into it right now. To get to the beach, we walked along this really cool pedestrian walkway on the pier, and you could see the gondolas running above (unfortunately we didn't ride them). All over the city there were street performers- some of them sooooo good (we saw an amazing acrobat act with 4/5 guys that stood on eachothera heads-3 stacked! And did all kinds of flips and strength moves), and some of them just in elaborate costumes posing for photos. The main street is La Rambla, and we spent a lot of time walking it. One night we went to a flamenco show- I loved it! The singer was my favorite part- I won't be able to do his voice/style justice in writing. The dancers were extremely passionate- it kind of made me tired just feeling their expression, but it was beautiful, and very entertaining. Afterwards we went for tapas and drinks- the spanish end to each evening, and not a bad ending at all. Another evening we went out to dinner with Anna's mom and her friends that happened to be vacationing there at the same time as us. Anna was excited to see her mom, and dinner was delicious- seafood!
I wouldn't live in Barcelona, but a three day weekend I highly recommend!
