Oh my gaudi

See what I did there? So clever with my blog post titles.

My days are starting to run together... So I'm sure this post will probably be in the wrong order, if you compare mine and Amy's posts I'm sure everything will be clear!

We went to la sagrada familia the day after our cooking class. It was amazing inside. We waited in a giant line that wrapped around the block and actually paid to go inside! That is a big deal for us as we have been avoiding paying to go inside things. I'm so glad we went in, we paid a little more to take a lift up into one of the towers which was also worth it. The inside is out of control. Gaudi is a crazy genius. There are tons of columns that meet at the top to create a canopy/ forest ceiling. The stained glass windows were gorgeous too. Very abstract and colorful. They look sweet at night. We were standing in line for the elevator and there was a couple behind us that were loudly making out for the whole hour in the line. Lips smacking everywhere. Cut it out people. Jesus doesn't want to see that, and neither do I.
The tower had a great view at the top and we took the winding staircase back down. It was a very tight winding staircase, and I was so hot and hungry I thought I was going to fall to my death leaving Amy on a solo trip.

Went to guell park later in the day. It is a crazy park planned by gaudi. Lots of mosaics and winding pathways. Also saw the giant cave walkways featured on Americas next top model. Did a model strut through there of course. Rocked it.
Saw the mosaic lizard which was cool. Lots of people trying to take a picture with it. I look like I'm great friends with some stranger in my picture. Oh well!

Had some trouble at the terrain station trying to book a tran to Paris. The lines were super long and we had to make a couple trips there in order to finally make it to the ticket window. Reserved our seats tonight so we are ready to roll Wednesday morning.

Went on a pub crawl Friday night. It was pretty fun. Bars at home will be such a let down after some of these places. Went to chupitos, a shots bar. The bartender lit the bar on fire as well as some of the shots. We got one where you roast a marshmallow in the bar fire, eat it , then take a shot. Super fun. Ended up getting a little lost on the way home from the club around six am. But eventually found my way and arrived home with the sunrise. 
Met a nice girl from Australia who is also a graphic designer so we chatted about the joys of typesetting for a while. Bonded with a Swiss nurse over our shared love of hand sanitizer, had to buy another bottle after the pub crawl, those shots are sticky!

We were supposed to do the kayaking trip today, but the person at the bar didn't send in our paperwork, so we got to the meeting point and were told we couldn't go today. Got a free drink and rescheduled for tomorrow. So that should be amazing!
After that we planned to go to the Picasso museum, but so did every person in Barcelona. Decided we didn't like Picasso enough to stand in that line. Might go back another day and try again. Bought some delicious pastries at a cute like pastry shop and wandered around for a little while. The pastries here are so cheap and amazing! They fill them with chocolate or dip them in chocolate and they are great.
We have been spicing up our bread and cheese meals with some tomatoes! So exciting. Also healthy. Look at me shine mom. Ate a banana today.

Last night we met up with Pablo, our friend who is hosting the couch surfing girl, and went to the plaza espanya. There is a giant fountain, he kept referring to it as the magic fountain, that has a light show with music on the weekends. There was a sneak attack Harley festival happening so there was a lot of American type food and motorcycle paraphanelia happening. Bought some falafel which was delicious. Met up with a few of pablo's friends from Iceland and then headed home to prepare for the kayaking trip that didn't happen.

Kayaking tomorrow, so I'll try to post when we get home. We bought a disposable camera to take with us, so no pictures until September from that, sorry.

I'll put up some pictures of the things I mentioned in the post in a few minutes...
Adios!