Thursday, February 14, 2008

Escape!

The hostel we had in Barcelona turned out to be the exact opposite of us, so after one unpleasant night in a smelly room full of 15 people in drunken slumber, we just had to get out! Sunday night around 11 pm, we realized that we really could not stay there any more.
Quickly, we drafted an escape plan: leave the hostel and see what sights we could on foot in Barcelona, stay out all night, and catch the earliest train to Perpignon France Monday morning (3hrs away). We reserved a hotel online, bundled up, and went out and about in Barcelona. Have you ever walked all night? It gets pretty tiring by 4am. We visited the Columbus monument and tthe Arc del Triomf and Sagrada Familia church in the dark.
We were starving around 2am, and, oddly enough, there was a Burger King open, of all places. So yes, we each had a Whopper at 2am. shudder. Well, to make a long night shorter, we got our train reservations at around 6am, got our stuff from the hostel, and left! Freeeee from Barfalona forever!

On Sunday afternoon at Montjuic castle/park. We took a pleasant stroll along the Mediterranean.

L'Arc del Triomf at around 3:30am.

Sagrada Familia just after 4am. Sadly, we couldn't go in and climb its towers at that hour.

Shaina out like a light on the train to France.

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