i arrived saturday night around 9 pm, took the bus into the city, and met my girls at their hotel. none of us had eaten dinner yet, so we put on our finest and went in search of the perfect paella. i was planning for it to be an early-ish night.
however, every time i hang out with these chicas, we always accidentally end up staying up way later than planned. dinner ended around 11, followed by a cab ride to the beach (i was able to have a conversation in Spanish with the driver the whole 10 minutes!), drinks by the beach, then dancing at a random club with some Frenchmen the girls had met the night before.
after a few hours of mind-numbing techno music and G&Ts, i ended up in the mediterranean for a quick dip (in my clothes) before we headed back to the hotel. the paella we ate wasn't really holding us over, and we were all starving! but nothing was open at 5:30 am for us to munch on, so we pled with the hotel manager to feed us.
kind soul that he was, we got a nice (albeit random) plate of chorizo, hard-boiled eggs, cheese, and ciabatta bread. i woke up at 9 am at the foot of the bed, covered in egg shells. this is what the "snack" plate looked like the next morning.
we finally got out of bed at 1 pm, at which point i poked my head outside to see what the rest of the world was doing.
despite not seeing any famous landmarks, i did get to see the side streets and back alleys of barcelona on a our long, lost walk to lunch, which were pretty cool in their own right.
we finally ended up in a tasty cafe around 4 pm, where we gnawed on crepes and sarnies (that's English for sandwich).
we spent the rest of my first/last day in barcelona relaxing at the beach. i had to hold the camera up really high to take this shot, because everyone on the beach except for us was naked.
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