Alrighty, so I suppose I should begin this day with the 7 am train ride home. Absolute success! After so many fails we finally did it right. We got some crazy looks from the people commuting to work, but you'll have that lol.
So we get off the train and crutch to our hotel, just in time for breakfast!!! Oh the wonders of cereal. This was a really great night. Lakshmi, Ally, and I got pretty close, and we could have kept talking through the next day I think. At 8 am we forced ourselves to lay down and crash.
Our plan was to wake up around 1 get on the train and get to the beach! but....somehow we got behind schedule. We woke up a little later than 1...like 2, then we showered and "putzed" (as lakshmi always calls it). So we didn't get to Barcelona until about 4:30 pm. Considering our last meal was breakfast at 7 am, we were starving. We attempted to go to the indian/vegetarian place again, but it was closed. So we splurged for some paella at a nice restaurant across the street.
By the time we finished there, it was about 6 pm. Perfect time for the beach right??? haha we decided to jump in a cab, but naturally we got a little distracted. There is a really famous market in Barcelona that sells fruit, veggies, candy, and other yummy stuff. We just so happened to stumble upon it while we were walking to get a cab. It was slightly overwhelming tho. There were tons of people, and although the fruit looked amazing, we didn't get anything. So slight detour over, we get in a cab to the beach.
Oh the beach was glorious. I really don't have to say much about it because we were at a beach! What do you think we did? layed in the sun? got in the water? talked about the night before? duh! Although one funny story that came out of our beach adventure was the return of my magic hair. Lakshmi refers to it as my weapon lol. In the rest of spain, I more or less stood out, but in Barcelona there are a ton of tourists and people from other countries so I am less of a rarity. BUT...on beaches in barcelona, blonde hair will still get you free lounge chairs for you and your friend in a cast!
After the beach, we FINALLY made it to the indian/vegetarian place for dinner. I liked it a lot. It was fun having lakshmi there so I knew what I was getting into. Even though it's not "her kinda indian," she was still better off than I was. Of course today, we were smart enough to bring a change of clothes/makeup in our bags with us. We took turns changing out of our swimsuits in the bathroom of the restaurant, with minimal stares from the other diners.
We had kinda planned on making our last night in Barcelona a crazy one, but we were too tired when it came down to it. We splurged on a cab home (actually only 20 euro, so less than we expected).
Oh so sad, I never wanted to leave Barcelona.
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