Bar"th"elona Day 1

Sorry it has taken me so long to write about Barcelona...

The exploring of Barcelona started right when we arrived. Trying to find our way through the people and to the nearest metro station was a challenge in itself, the signage was lacking and the women at the info booth wasn't very informative (not a very good info booth). Neeka and I had chosen to start at L'arc de Triomf metro station as on the map it looked close to where we wanted to go for the evening. Once we arrived here, we saw no sign of an arc but decided to walk somewhere and then look at the map. At this point we realized were going the wrong direction but had noticed a bridge and at least thought we reached the water. No water, just a futball field, this was rather dissapointing, but still worth a photo.


After having to turn back we stumbled upon a nice little park right behind the metro station, sometimes I guess its worth getting a little lost. Once back on track we found the Arc de Triomf (proper spelling) and another beautiful park. A few museums, art sculptures, many people and most importantly the Geology museum in the parc (well not so much for me but for Neeka). We didn't end up going in though.


Now once again reorienting ourselves, we thought it was best to start looking for a hostal as it was getting dark. This was slightly stressful as the many places we asked were booked for the night, but after trying 5 or 6 we found a place, Hostal Nilo. We decided now that we were much more relaxed from finding a place we would explore the area a bit. The location of our hostal was excellent, right near the port, la rambla (a very popular street), and a short walk away from la barrio Gothic (a community with lots of nice shops and restaurants). We wandered down la rambla and then went to la barrio Gothic for some diner. We returned to a place which we had spotted during out search for the hostal. The restaurant was really busy and seemed to be a popular spot for locals. They served tapas, where you could hand pick what you wanted and bring it to your seat. Mmm it was just what we needed for the night. Once returning to our hostal we were exhausted and went right to bed.

Crab Croquetas Mmmm