Barcelona

Ciao tutti!
So the last post was written last night, but i couldn't post it until just now.
Anyways I arrived safely in Barcelona, the train ride didn't have the best accomodations, but we dealt. We were in a 6 bunker small room, and had to have the couple there with us help load our (very) heavy suitcases up onto the ceiling storage area, it was quite the task. But it was kind of fun to fall asleep to the rocking of the train.
We arrived in Barcelona around 8 am this morning, and since we couldn't find a place to stay ahead of time, we went to the travel place at the train station, and we ended up booking a 3 star hotel, that was the same price as a hostel. So we took the metro to find our hotel, which is a little above las Ramblas street, in a very nice area fairly close to the center. Its a really nice hotel for the discounted price we paid for it.
So we stored our bags at the hotel and walked around Barcelona for a while, we found the cathedral, and some other amazing buildings! Barcelona is gorgeous!!! Its a really sunny warm day (but all the locals are dressed warm, so I think its a colder day for barcelona, even though we think its so hot, especially since Madrid had been freezing). All of the buildings have so much detail, its amazing! I also cannot understand anything anyone says, they are speaking Catalan, which is half spanish half french, and completely impossible to understand. But parts of Barcelona that we walked down are considered to be pick pocketers paradise, so I made sure i had my hand around my little over the shoulder purse thing (Thank you nani!) and nothing was stolen.
So we finally checked into our room, and now I am in the hotel lobby using the internet, as we decide what we are going to do later!
Arrivederci!
~Alyson~
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