Barcelona Blog:
We got into Barcelona yesterday at about 11 am and checked into our apartment (I wish I had the pictures with me to post for you of the apartment... it´s the most amazing thing I´ve ever seen. I wish I could move here and live in it... red hardwood floors, stained glass windows, two balconies, white cake frosting ceilings, a wall of beautiful shelves, amazing art, a gorgeous gaudy mirror in the entryway, three bedrooms and two bathrooms, a huge kitchen and dining room... it´s like a dream apartment... pictures to follow). We ate some good Barcelonic food (dry sandwiches and horchata... mmmm!!) and showered, napped. I slept for six hours. It was beautiful. We woke up and got ready for.... LAS RAMBLAS!!
I have never been with so many people at once before. The street of La Rambla was literally PACKED with people, so diverse and wonderfully drunk, just wandering around, celebrating the new year... we stumbled around with them, screaming, laughing, running around... it was just nuts and we had such a good time. Shannon sprained her ankle and a couple girls got sick (not me, though!) and miraculously we all got home together in one piece. We had to shake off a couple weird guys who were following us around, but it´s to be expected. Seven beautiful women? Clearly. We slept but I couldn´t sleep past 5:30 am, so I woke up and took a shower, did some reading.
The light in Barcelona is truly different from anywhere else. There´s a thinness to it, a sort of transparency. It´s not just clear, it´s invisible. Everything looks pure and definitive. I don´t mean to say that everything in Barcelona is this way, just the light. The people are not London pushy and they´re not American friendly but they´re happy and full of love and food. I have to say that Barcelona is more inviting to me than London was, AND the men are more attractive- as though that is the most important defining characteristic of a city. Anyway, all is well and everything is expensive, but so go the days of our vacations. Love to all.
