City Sights

Today was a great day of sightseeing and exploring the city. Emily´s bag had been lost on our commute and never showed up at baggage claim, so we had been checking in at the front desk ever so often to see if it would come. she finally got it this morning, and we got ready to go exploring. We took the metro up to see Guell Parque...which is the Gaudi park. the architecture was really funky and unique, and we ate our own little picnics on a little stone bench. We had croissants and peanut butter, an orange and some beef jerkey. it was great. we wound our way down the streets and found the metro again to take it to the Sagrada Familia church. the church was beautiful and we each got the audio headset tour things that tell you all about the different aspects of it. We then walked a looong way and got a little lost, but ended up at the Arc de Triomp which was really fun to see. Back at the hostel we took showers with fluxuating hot and cold water then got ready to walk around the evening streets. We ate gelato for dinner (the cappachino flavor was awesome) and found our way to the placa espanya where a big beautiful fountain was supposed to be. it wasn´t until we go there that we found out the water shows only happen in september and october. so we took the metro back to our hostel and ate some left over pizza for dessert. there´s a live band playing in the lounge at our hostel and everyone is bustling around the common room. We´ve enjoyed talking with the people in the city and have made friends with some of the guys in our room. The weather is beautifully warm with a cool breeze in the day and chilly at night. everyone wears coats and BOOTS all day long, and we love the style. we´re still a little jet lagged and will be going to bed soon. Tomorrow i think we´re gonna make our way down to the beach and the market which should be fun!