Day 26: Barcelona Bound

So I didn't have my laptop all trip so I'll do each day separately because otherwise each post will be long winded and I know some of you don't have the attention span for that (namely my siblings). The first day began early with some real stress. We left the hotel at 7 am and took a train to the airport except we realized like 30-45 minutes in that we had missed our stop and that we couldn't make it to the airport if we backtracked. So we had to talk some french taxi drivers into missing some appointment they had in order to drive us to the airport. When we finally got to the airport we were just thankful we had made it and then it sunk in that we were actually going to Barcelona!!
We arrived in barcelona at around 11:30 and we took a taxi to our flat and hung around the neighborhood for a couple of hours until it was time to check in. Our flat was in a great part of the city even though when we pulled up it looked like the sketchiest place in the whole world. It was also beautiful inside with so much room and an oven, filled with amenities we can't find in our apartments in Paris.
We then walked the 30 minute walk to the beach and spent the rest of the day lounging at the beach which to our surprise was bikini top optional. There were also some jellyfish in the water which scared me because I have always been a lake girl and not an ocean girl. However after being convinced that I wouldn't get stung I decided to wade in the water and get my hair wet since I miss swimming too much in the city when it's hot. After no more than five minutes I was swimming around and like a quick bee sting I felt a jellyfish sting my thumb. Needless to say I yelped like a little sissy girl and got right out of the water. I was happy to spend the rest of the day just napping on the beach.
For dinner we all pitched in and cooked a great fajita meal in our kitchen to save money. We then decided to walk around the city and check out where we were. We walked all the way to La Sagrada Familia which was one block from where we stayed. La Sagrada Familia is a church which began construction in 1909 and is still unfinished. It's this huge monstrosity in the middle of Barcelona and it's so crazy looking. Lucy said that most people are very dissatisfied with it and consider it something of an eyesore but that it's likely that its ahead of its time and will be viewed like the Notre Dame when it is much older. It's still crazy to look at because of how huge and detailed it is and it looked beautiful lit up at night. We tucked in early that night because we wanted to get an early start the next day.