PROXIMA DIA

My parents were exhausted after I had dragged them around all through the city yesterday, but I was not about to let them miss any of the cool sites to see in Barcelona. We started the day by going to the Picasso Museum, which of course was in Gothic Barrier. We did not get too lost though. The Picasso museum was one of my favorite museums so far because it showcased all of Picasso artistic genius starting from when he was nine until his death. I think my parents really enjoyed the museum too. Next we headed to the old cathedral near our hotel and at the start of the Gothic Barrier. Since it was Sunday, there was mass going in the cathedral, so you could not walk all the way through it. The mass was in Catalan, so I did not understand one lick of it. After the cathedral we took a detour to the chocolate museum, of course we got a little lost going there. We did not pay to go in, but I wanted to show my parents all the places I had visited with my friends on the excursion. As we were leaving the Gothic Barrier, we stopped by a bakery to buy a baguette for lunch. Next we walked down Las Ramblas to the Mediterranean Sea. Las Ramblas was less crowded because it was Sunday, but it was still bustling with street shops and cafes. Once we were down by the sea we went to grocery store (one of the few that are opened on Sunday) to buy some cheese and fruit to go with our baguette. Once we got to the beach we ate of European lunch while gazing out across the Mediterranean Sea. We walked along the beach for a while slowly making our way back to the Las Ramblas and our hotel. Along the way we decided we would locate the restaurant we had made reservations for that night so we would not get lost looking for it in the dark. We found the restaurant and headed back up the Ramblas. Of course mom the Internet junky needed to check her email and make a blackboard posting so we went back to the hotel.

Before we went back out for dinner, I wanted to show my parents the Magic fountains at Plaza España. We took the metro to Plaza Espana. While we were walking up to the fountains, I realized that the fountains don’t run on Sundays. This was slightly disappointing because I really loved the fountains. We got back on the metro and went back to bay area where our restaurant was. The restaurants specialty was Paella, so we all got Paella. I tried the black rice kind to be different, which was made with some kind of fish ink. It tasted just the same as the traditional variety my parents ordered. After dinner, we walked up the Ramblas back to our hotel. It was another exhaustingly wonderful day in Barcelona. Tomorrow we would make our way back to Madrid and then on to Salamanca.