Monday, September 22, 2008

BARCELONAAAA!!!~~~day 2~~we found beerfest in spain

well we definitely did not make it to breakfast but we were all impressed with ourselves that we were up, out of the hostel, and already in starbucks by 1045 am...we began our 2 mile hike to the middle of las ramblas where all the action occurs then decided we would be extra-touristy and hit up the bus tour of barcelona...its was 20 euro and it let us get on and off all day as many times as we wanted and explained everything we were seeing in the city, it was great!

*view of barcelona from the tour*

we got on the bus and at teh first stop we all decided it was necessary we go to the aquarium..so for 14 more euros we went in and explored, it was pretty fun, and of course we thought there was a petting zoo part of it b/c there was a sign in spanish that we were convinced it was telling us to pet teh fish when indeed it said not to we found out much later...we all prob have some spanish fish disease now, oh well

*an octopus getting fed at the aquarium...it was quite interesting*

then after we left we went to mcdonalds b/c we conveniently had a coupon and were starvingggg so we had a lovely american lunch there, inhaling our big macs as if we've never eaten before lol

so after we ate we hopped back on teh bus, enjoyed our tour of barcelona, and a little over an hr later me and susan were passed out and had a nice 20 min nap until we arrived at our last stop...we walked back to the hostel, me kaitie and susan showered and got ready for the night and jess went on another bus tour that the rest of us were too lazy to attempt.

we found amanda and we all decided to get ready and go get dinner near las ramblas, as we were almost there jess met up with us and we all had dinner together there..we picked up some cheap alcohol and some mixers then went back to pregame while jess got ready, we ended up killing the bottle and hanging out with our new friends and all decided to go out together and check out the bands playing in the streets and hit up some barsssss

*me jess and amanda smoking a little on the balcony at the hostel b4 we went out*

we went to a square right near where i stayed last summer, at the kabul house, and saw a really good band, there were indian men selling beers for 1 euro each so i was drunk and obv bargained and got the whole 6 pack for 5 euro and we just passed them around, then i did it again, and i wonder why i come home with no money always??? haha but it was really fun so who cares...then we followed our friends from school to this bar called the black sheep...on the way there we stopped b/c we heard a guy playing awesome songs in the middle of the road surrounded by people singing, so we obv joined in, it was awesome, i mean who doesnt love singing when ur drunk!?


we left after our little sing-a-long and made it to the street where the bar was, our friend said we had to be absolutely silent which we found a little odd, we passed a mime that actually yelled at susan for talking, then we ducked into a tiny door into a magical world!!!

im pretty sure we actually walked into a secret beerfest, there were huge wooden tables with huge wooden benches really low to the floor, a few diff levels to the bar, everything about us was wood, everyone was drinking beer or sangria out of these enormous beer mugs or pitchers...it was awesome...clearly by the end of the night i explained to susan that it was absolutely necessary to keep the giant mugs so we shoved them in our bags and got a free souvenir!! what a dayyy!!


*inside the black sheep*

what we also found to be amazing was that people kept having these little glass bowls filled with popcorn, once we noticed this phenomenon we clearly b-lined it to the bar to grab some...lets just say susan as well as our friend from school got cut off, from the popcorn haha

we walked home around 330, some of our friends left b/c they were somehow supposed to be catching a flight back and had to be at the airport by 5am...so we walked our 2 mile trek home and i attempted to drunk dial my mom, she didnt answer lol

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