We arrived in Barcelona pretty late, so we said hello to Jan's sister, Val, and went to sleep.
Our first day in Barcelona we visited La Sagrada Familia. Very cool. We then walked through the Gothic Quarter. I was very surprised by the weather in Barcelona. I was expecting sunny and warm, but was met with cold and rainy. January 6th was Three Kings Day, so the night before the city had a parade welcoming the three kings into Barcelona. We got to watch it and it was fun! So many people lined the streets despite the weather. All of the different floats threw candy to all of the children. It was fun. That night I went to a bar with Christina and Monica (Val's daughters) to watch the football game with a bunch of their friends from school. It was a lot of fun. They are very passionate about their football. It’s a small world. All of the guys I met at the bar all knew Rebecca Waddell, and they were amazed that I knew her too. At one point in the evening, one of the friends who perhaps had a little too much to drink, got in a very passionate argument about politics with Monica. It was hilarious! I could follow maybe 30% of the conversation, as most of it was in rapid Spanish, and my Spanish is not so good. Secretly I sided with the guy and not with Monica. It was really fun to go out into the city and experience some normal life instead of the tourist version of the city.
Our first day in Barcelona we visited La Sagrada Familia. Very cool. We then walked through the Gothic Quarter. I was very surprised by the weather in Barcelona. I was expecting sunny and warm, but was met with cold and rainy. January 6th was Three Kings Day, so the night before the city had a parade welcoming the three kings into Barcelona. We got to watch it and it was fun! So many people lined the streets despite the weather. All of the different floats threw candy to all of the children. It was fun. That night I went to a bar with Christina and Monica (Val's daughters) to watch the football game with a bunch of their friends from school. It was a lot of fun. They are very passionate about their football. It’s a small world. All of the guys I met at the bar all knew Rebecca Waddell, and they were amazed that I knew her too. At one point in the evening, one of the friends who perhaps had a little too much to drink, got in a very passionate argument about politics with Monica. It was hilarious! I could follow maybe 30% of the conversation, as most of it was in rapid Spanish, and my Spanish is not so good. Secretly I sided with the guy and not with Monica. It was really fun to go out into the city and experience some normal life instead of the tourist version of the city.
Three Kings Day was very nice weather. Val's husband, Jaime, was off work, so he took us around Barcelona. We drove all around and saw many pretty sights. We then parked and walked along the beach. It was very sunny. The air was very cold, but the sun warmed us up in our coats. Very disturbing… as we were walking along the beach we noticed a man sitting in the sand. Second glance told us he was a rather large amputee man (no legs), also wearing no pants, sunning himself. Disturbing. After that, we had a pretty low key evening. I really want to return to Barcelona and go to some of the museums there. It was a very nice city. Not to mention… the Spanish men are very good looking!
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