Bizca Barca

so after finally receiving my luggage upon arriving to my second destination, i felt suitable to go a-touristing throughout the catalan capital. hil and i weren´t quite sure exactly where to go (who does homework on vacation), but we knew that headin to the main drag (la rambla) was the thing to do.

it was a pretty fun day from the get go. we saw some street performers, looked in some souvenier shops, stopped off at an open air grocery market (for some reason hil didn´t appreciate the lamb´s head or pig´s head in some of the butcher´s setup - i don´t know why), checked out the pet shops in the middle of the street (yeah, didn´t get that one either), and then cruised along the beach and onto the gondola ride overlooking the city. after that, we decided to go see the church that looks like somebody made it outta wet sand at the beach, you know the one where you let the mud drip between your fingers to make huge spires... all i can think of is that person musta been really, really big - and prolly usin wet concrete instead.

after accomplishing all that touristy stuff, we decided to retire to the hotel for a well earned siesta. before dinner, we decided to figure out our train ticket situation (very complicated for some odd reason) and after waiting 3 hours in line, we finally got my tickets that i had pre-ordered online... yea, it was about as fun as it sounds...

from there, we headed out to dinner... we had a nice sea oriented meal (after all, we ARE on the mediterranean). the highlight of the night was hil attempting to open her lobster claw and body to retrieve the tasty meat (she did a better job than i coulda)...

and for my next trick, we´re headed off to pamplona... LBB will be joining us en route on thursday and j.reis will meet up on friday (there may be a few guest appearances by arne, dan, sep and his wife) i figure i´ll introduce the cast before they make appearances. doin the bull dance, feelin the flow... just feelin it
apparently they play hopscotch in spain too
the city of barcelona (or is it ypsi, really, i can´t tell)
a little lunch on la rambla (yes, there was food too)pickin out a juice drink at the open air market
i spy, with my little eye...something that begins with...H
this is for all the italians who like watchin construction
the dinner out in barcelona
apparently there are a lot of pittsburgh steeler fans in barcelona