My my my Barrrrrcelona

As we sit in bed before we head out for our last night in Barcelona, Spain we can't even begin to tell you how lucky we feel for this experience. Barcelona is definitely one of the most beautiful city's we have ever seen. The old architecture and cathedrals are one of a kind here and actually all over Europe. Our first and last day we spent at the beach and we have never seen so many people crowded together just soaking up the sun. The days in between we explored all over the city day and night ( and by this I mean we walked everywhere). I loved going down random alley ways just to see what each one offered; a lot of the time you do see the same little shops selling the tourist things, but the farther out of the main city you got the more you can start to see some of the culture. La Rambla is the main strip in Barcelona which is the main tourist trap but still a beautiful part of this big city. We even tried to go out one night and party like the Catalonia's do but us Americans in no way can keep, especially till 5 am. Pretty sure that's why they take a siesta lol. By far our favorite place we visited was Parc Guell or Guadi Park, which was absolutely beautiful. You will really never see anything like it  with the mosaic art everywhere. As with our hostel and as always our room hopping we finally stayed in a place long enough to meet some pretty cool people. First was the manger ( who just actually quit.. long story there) Facundo. It was fun hanging out with him day after day and learning about Spain culture and South American culture because he is from Argentina. Then there was Bri and Adam (our roomies) who we got to spend their last couple of days with and watch the Euro cup final between Spain and Italy. And as I´m typing this we have a few new friends  just hanging out in the the common room sharing beers. Barcelona is a beautiful city and we have decided we will make a trip back one day but we would also want to explore out side of the city to experience the real culture of Espana. We leave for Nice, France tomorrow for some more adventures. Love you all- Colleen and Eugene