BCN Day 2: Parcs and Creations
2. Day, Wednesday, 18th March 2015: Sightseeing Parcs:
That day was a loooong day. We had a good breakfast at the hotel.
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| The view from our hotel |
After breakfast we got on the metro to go to Parc Güell. It was a bit
outside of the city centre, at the metro station Vallcarca, but we met
Keddy and found it. The weather could have been a bit better but still
it was nice and thankfully it didn’t rain.
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| Half the way we walked to get to Parc Güell |
When we arrived in Parc Güell we walked around the charge-free area a
bit and climbed up there to have a view over Barcelona. And it was worth
it. There was also a guy playing the guitar, so the atmosphere was very
peaceful and calming.
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| The view from Parc Güell |
Then we continued walking amd came to the main part of the parc. There
we found out that we had to pay so we did. It was about 8€ but I think
it was okay. We had to wait 30 minutes to get inside, so that not
everyon’d go inside at once. In the meantime we took a lot of photos.
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| Gaudi's House |
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| I love that house. Looks like a gingerbread house. And the bird looks like it is loosing its soul o.O |
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| My sister <3 |
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| My friend and my sister |
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| This bench was built so that it could provide you with shadow in summer and sun in winter. |
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| The famous mosaik salamander |
After walking for about 2 hours, we got tired and hungry, so we went to
Barrio Gracia to find a place to eat. We walked there since it wasn’t
too far away. Barrio Gracia is a artsy district with a lot of small
boutiques, bars, restaurant and strangely enough, a lot of vegan shops.
After walking around a bit we found a Tapas Restaurant.
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| These were our tapas. I know, it doesn’t look like a lot of food, but it stuffed us quite well. They were all sooooo delicious, I wanna eat all of those again. |
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| Look at that cheese! |
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| If you happen to be in Barcelona, make sure to visit this place at Barrio Gracia. It is cheap and the tapas are so delicious. |
After eating we got on our way to the metro station. My friend Keddy saw
a coffee shop and bought a cup of coffee. Then, a few streets further,
we saw a froyo shop and got ourselves a frozen yoghurt :D
Now we took the metro to go to the Parc de Laberint. I saw this online
on trip advisor and fell in love with it: It has a maze guys!!! Whatever
you do, you have to go to that parc! It is not far from the station
Mundet (As I can remember that’s what the station was called). As we
arrived we didn’t even have to walk that much. Soon we found it. It is
near the campus. And we were lucky: the entrance is free on wednesdays
(and sundays as well I think). But usually it’s 2€ so that’s quite
cheap.
And finally: THE MAZE!
Aaahhhh! It was sooo amazing and fun! The gloomy weather fit perfectly
to the atmoshpere of the maze. I think it couldn’t have been better
<3
As we wanted to leave we came across these little cuties :’D I noticed
that there are a lot of animals, especially bird-type animals. In Parc
Güell we saw some beautiful green birds that looked like tropical birds.
Here we saw a heron and some ducks :D Well, after the parc we decided
to shortly get out at station Catalunya. There is the parallel street to
the Ramblas and so the Casa Batllo. We saw it and it really is quite
beautiful. Gaudi was a genius, really.
My friend wanted to show me something. After walking for a while, it
turned out to be a bookstore :D what else! It was a book store called
Altair and was one especially for travelling. 
On this board people could pin their announcements to look for travel
partners who want to go to the same place. A cool idea in my opinion. I
bought a bookmark here. It was a bit expensive but it was a beautiful
one.
On this board people could pin their announcements to look for travel
partners who want to go to the same place. A cool idea in my opinion. I
bought a bookmark here. It was a bit expensive but it was a beautiful
one.
After that, we went to our hotel room. In the evening we wanted to go partying. My friend asked us if we want to go to the Sonora Bar first where the Erasmus students usually meet. After that we would go to a club called Razzmatazz. Wednesdays, clubs usually are closed. Only a few are open and Razzmatazz is one of those.
At the hotel, we lay down a bit cause we were so tired. It was also the day when FC Barcelona had a match (against Liverpool I think), so I could watch all the football fans down in the streets in front of our hotel room window. Later when the game started, we could hear everything from the stadium. Well, almost everything. Every time the goal keeper made a long, hard kick to the other end we could hear that, and every time the crowd groaned and cheered we could hear it as well :D no need to pay for a seat ;D
Well, a few hours later we were ready and went to meet our friend at the metro station Marina. At the bar we ate a hamburger but I didn’t like it a lot and couldn’t even finish it. But I drank a lot. Maybe too much. Whenever you go partying in Barcelona, or Spain in general, keep in mind that the drinks are quite strong. At the bar we met some Argentinien friends of Keddy. They were quite funny and nice people :D
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| My sister and my friend at the student bar Sonora |
When we went inside the club, I was already a bit tipsy, but the crowd at the entrance gave me a little shock. The People were going crazy as though there was something for free. The entrance was usually 15€+free drink. If you had a screenshot of the event flyer, you could get inside for 8€+drink of course. Well, the entrance fee was the only thing I spent that night. I had my free drink, Rum-Cola and then my sister couldn’t drink half of her Vodka Bull so she gave it to me.
At the end of the night, I was drunk and feeling sick. But still we had fun and met a lot of nice people. Although I didn’t really like the music at the club (it was a mixture between pop charts and 90s trashy music), I had a good time, no wonder with so much alcohol consumed. However, the club Razzmatazz actually is known for its techno music, and its 7 or so floors, but on Wednesday, only 1 floor is open and the music is rather bad.
Well, at some point in the club, my friend and my sister were gone and I found myself dancing alone and having a lot of fun :’D My sister also told me that she saw a lot of gay couples making out in a corner :’D I think I was just too wasted to notice that.
Well, in the end, when we were feeling tired, we decided to leave at about 5 am. We went outside and there was a huge crowd of young people, mostly Erasmus students. At after 5 am we took the metro to the hotel. At 6 am we arrived and instantly fell asleep.
This was our excellent second day.
How we survived the next day, you will find out in the second part of the post :)
Until then,
Here to make you happy!
What we learned: Never trust a spanish bartender!
Today's rating:
Sightseeing: 5/5Food: 5/5
Shopping: 3,5/5
Clubbing: 4/5
Transportation: 5/5
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