Monday, April 7, 2008

"Hola Guappa!" or "Welcome to Barcelona"

March 29: So in all honesty, my mind was just exhausted from seeing/learning so much in the past week. That meant I spent most of my morning in Rome wandering around aimlessly, just relaxing and enjoying the nice weather.

Around noon, I hopped the metro to catch a bus to the airport. I heard some people speaking French, so I started talking to them. We ended up talking for about an hour waiting for the bus, and an hour and a half or so on the bus, and then while waiting for the flight. It was amazing to finally be talking to people speaking in a language I could understand! Turns out they were from the south of France, had kids my age, and invited me to stay with them if I ever make it to that area.

Well, when I got to the airport in Barcelona, there was no security check-in. That was my first tipoff that Spain was going to be pretty laidback. From the airport, I again had to take a bus into the city, but it was okay because there was a beautiful view of the sunset over the mountains.

Then, I got my first cue that my hair was going to get me in trouble here. I was leaving the bus station, and this guy comes straight across the parking lot, gets in my face and real creepily says "hola guappa". Aww.. what a nice greeting from Spain. :-( After talking to my friend who lived there, I found out that it's pretty much the blond hair in a dark-haired country that would have creepy guys following me the whole trip. No worries though... I'm hardcore. ;)

Well, after some confusion between the train and metro stations, I finally made it to my hostel right off of La Rambla (the main street going to the Mediterranean in the city). I met a couple nice German people, Bika and Hauke, who happened to know of the city our family originally came from in Germany. And then FINALLY, I wasn't travelling alone. My friend had arrived from Paris, and I had someone I knew with me.

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