M and I left Valencia yesterday morning and although being very excited for the real journey to begin, I was also a bit sad seeing as I hate goodbye's...
Unfortunately we had to hang around at the station for a couple of hours to get on a reasonably slow train to Barcelona. The train journey was alright apart from the fact it broke down in the middle of nowhere and delayed us by an hour or so. However we passed the time by making fun of the man opposite us who spent his time going through pictures of himself on his camera, and looking pretty pleased with himself after zooming in on his southern regions.
Lugging our shit from Sants to Girona was homosexual but the hostel is perfect and we're in a great location. Easy to get into the city, to La Ramblas and Barri Gotic, easy metro links so getting to the beach is easy. The only let down was the view from the room. Excited I ran to the window shouting 'I wonder what the view's like!!', pulled open the curtains only to be confronted by a rather stunning brick wall.
Walking down to reception one of the hundred times to ask questions we saw a note in one of the other doors from a couple of Aussies who wanted people to join them and go out somewhere. Since we decided we should make serious effort to befriend fellow traveller's we went and took them up on the offer. With the navigation skills of NJ1 (the other is called NJ2, true story) we headed down to La Ramblas and subsequently were accosted (although harmless) by street sales men. Ended up consuming two of the largest glasses of sangria man could create which resulted in a pretty rough morning for M and myself.
The lovey Leah is in Barcelona! She is here for as long as we are so today we met up, hit the beach and relaxed. Beach is great here, not as pretty as Valencia (I know Raffe will be pleased to hear that) but still very nice. Met some Italian's who's friend had just opened a cafe, so as it was their opening they were inviting people to come and drink free coffee which was well and truly needed. Free coffee and free ice tea! Whoever said there's no such thing as a free lunch has clearly never bummed around in Barceloneta.
Tonight we are going to go to a place Leah spotted which offers ALL YOU CAN EAT TAPAS.....for €12. Hello weight gain!
More updates coming soon along with pictures when I can be bothered.
Next destination -Marseille Nimes Girona!!
Unfortunately we had to hang around at the station for a couple of hours to get on a reasonably slow train to Barcelona. The train journey was alright apart from the fact it broke down in the middle of nowhere and delayed us by an hour or so. However we passed the time by making fun of the man opposite us who spent his time going through pictures of himself on his camera, and looking pretty pleased with himself after zooming in on his southern regions.
Lugging our shit from Sants to Girona was homosexual but the hostel is perfect and we're in a great location. Easy to get into the city, to La Ramblas and Barri Gotic, easy metro links so getting to the beach is easy. The only let down was the view from the room. Excited I ran to the window shouting 'I wonder what the view's like!!', pulled open the curtains only to be confronted by a rather stunning brick wall.
Walking down to reception one of the hundred times to ask questions we saw a note in one of the other doors from a couple of Aussies who wanted people to join them and go out somewhere. Since we decided we should make serious effort to befriend fellow traveller's we went and took them up on the offer. With the navigation skills of NJ1 (the other is called NJ2, true story) we headed down to La Ramblas and subsequently were accosted (although harmless) by street sales men. Ended up consuming two of the largest glasses of sangria man could create which resulted in a pretty rough morning for M and myself.
The lovey Leah is in Barcelona! She is here for as long as we are so today we met up, hit the beach and relaxed. Beach is great here, not as pretty as Valencia (I know Raffe will be pleased to hear that) but still very nice. Met some Italian's who's friend had just opened a cafe, so as it was their opening they were inviting people to come and drink free coffee which was well and truly needed. Free coffee and free ice tea! Whoever said there's no such thing as a free lunch has clearly never bummed around in Barceloneta.
Tonight we are going to go to a place Leah spotted which offers ALL YOU CAN EAT TAPAS.....for €12. Hello weight gain!
More updates coming soon along with pictures when I can be bothered.
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