Barcelona Stinks
Sunday, June 19th, 2005Sometimes I feel like I´m in Barcelona…oh wait! I am!
When I say Barcelona stinks, that is not to say that it isn´t a fun city. It just reeks, that´s all. When we were walking from our apartment to the Internet cafe we had to dodge several suspicious looking puddles whose origins began on the sides of the buildings. I had no idea just how touristy Barcelona would be until we got here yesterday evening. We hadn´t booked a hostel yet because we were going to wait till we got here to walk into a place we had found online, but when we arrived we spent about 45 minutes on a payphone trying to call places up. Everything was fully booked. The reception desk attendants practically laughed at us each time we asked if there were beds for 5 people. Apparently there is some massive music festival taking place and all of Europe booked their rooms months in advance–except for us. But it all worked out beautifully and we ended up getting apartments for our two nights here. Last night we stayed in a really nice place, and we just left our stuff in our new place. It´s three bedrooms, has a huge lounge area and a kitchen with a washing machine! We are in heaven…we´re about to go to the market to get some food to cook tonight since we have a stove.
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