1. Quiet historic plaza in the Barrio Gótic, the old historic part of the city. Just visited it for the first time a few weeks ago and absolutely love it. The roads are cobbled, the buildings are all made of stone in gorgeous old-style architecture, and there are lots of small cafés and fun stores. The walls around this plaza have holes in them because of a bomb dropped in it during the civil war (side note: the spaniards are absolutely obsessed with their civil war. Every famous book, movie, historic site...everything deals with the civil war. It's a huge deal here.)
2. Churros con chocolate- also in the Barrio Gótic are a TON of churros places. Churros are just fried dough that you often eat with this very very thick melted chocolate/hot chocolate weird hybrid drink/dipping sauce. They are very good, and are all over Spain. Needless to say, I've only had them twice and felt disgusting afterwards!
3. Carnival de Sitges- Sitges, the costal beach town about 30 minutes by train from Barcelona. Huge art , cultural, and gay hub. We went to the Carnival parade in Barcelona and it was pretty underwhelming, but in Sitges it was absolutely insane. This picture gives you somewhat of an idea...bright floats, bizarre sequined costumes, tons of people, and lots of Rhianna (they adore her). It took us probably 2 hours to get out of the city. And that wasn't even the biggest night of Carnival for Sitges...insane.
4. Antibiotics- After enduring the coldness that was Carnival Venice and Carnival Sitges, my body just couldn't make its way through the virus I had. I had to go to the doctor and explain everything in Spanish, which was definitely an experience. Luckily my program was great about it and got me an appointment within 4 hours. I got antibiotics and, three days later, the horrible 3 week virus was over. But before then, I made sure to stock up on tissues....
I am very happy to not be sick anymore. :P
Coming up next: London! Chao amores.
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