On the one hand I met some amazing people like Karime and Sam my first couchsurfers. On the other hand it was really really touristic and big. Stopping in such a big place for such a long time for this trip was a bad idea in my opinion.
After Karime and Sam I checked into a hostel and relaxed there for two days. Then I met up with my next couchsurfer Marco and his sister Mariana. They are both working in the hotel industry. Marco is such a nice host, I stayed with him for 4 nights and he even drove me to the airport in the morning of my flight at 4am.
I also got to enjoy some local culture with Marco. He took me to Mondric to go rock climbing and introduced me to all his friends as we went out for tapas.
The last two days I spent at the beach by myself and read. The water was perfect and crystal clear. The only thing detracting from the whole experience is the amount of people at the beach.
I also met up with Hsing my friend who can speak 24 languages on my last night in Barcelona. He is in Barcelona to help his friend from Midland hostel find a job. Since Marco is a manager at a hotel I passed her resume to him, hopefully that will help.
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| Gaudi church |
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| One of the cathedrals of Barcelona |
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| Sculpture to represent the festival that takes in Catalan of building human pyramids. They build them as high as this sculpture which was about 4-5 stories high. |
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| Me, Marco and Risa |
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| Me and Marta the other couchsurfer of Marco |
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| Marco took me rock climbing! |
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| Parc Guelle |
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| Parc Guelle |
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| Olympic park |
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| Pixar statue |
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| Longboarders going down the steep hill |
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| Hsing and me |
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| Trying to sell my bike at the beach. In the end Marco's friend Tony bought it for 50 Euros. |
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| My hat at in its sweaty glory |
Peace from Barcelona.
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