we just got to our hotel in barcelona... after about 40hrs of traveling. wayyyy too many! knackered now. but, somehow, we were upgraded to premium economy on our way to singapore from melb (7hrs) and on our way to london (13hrs), which meant bigger seats, fancy tvs, awesome food, leg room, blankies... it was way better than regular economy :P i watched 'mao's last dancer' (among other things) and it was nowhere near as good as the book . the new jennifer aniston movie is good though!
we went on a bus tour this morning (freeeeezing cold) and saw a lot of the main attractions. gotta say, spain isn't all that interesting... some of the architecture is pretty cool though, very intricate. gaudi is apparently very famous and designed heaps of stuff here. i don't know, it just doesn't seem super cultural. and nobody speaks english! which is interesting.
oh, here's a friends reference - barcelona is at the base of mount tibidabo. sound familiar? :P it's a pretty mountain, but in don't think we'll be headed up it. still. do you know the reference ?
im trying to get mum to do lots of shopping for me while she's here. i think i'll be moderately successful, wooot :P even though i can't afford to have my suitcase weigh anymore... ah well, i'll worry about that later! i got some awesome purple suede ankle boots. im in love.
we wandered in the gothic quarter today, which was just a maze of streets winding all over the place. there were some cool shops, and some big cathedrals and stuff... nothing too exciting though. i just don't feel the magic here. i like magic. there's magic in paris. and london. the gothic quarter is just a section of spain that´s made up of old, gothic-style buildings. its pretty cool, there´s lots of intricacy and gargoyles and cathedrals and stuff.
i kind of don't want to leave my family, cos then i'll be all on my own and will miss boyfriend so much more :( being on my own is scary sometimes, especially when i get so anxious and can't breathe. normally that's when i have you! but im going to be on my own :(
...the coat mum gave me has a fur hood on it, and when i put it on and huddle against the cold, i look like chandler when he's in monica's coat on the roof cos he's feeling chilly...
yesterday we went to a gaudi museum - he´s this weird old architect who designed some reallly weird buildings here. still, the detail and colour on them is cool, so it wasnt too boring. i´ll show you pictures when i get back. we also went to an amazing cathedral, which has been started 100 years ago and still wasnt completed. they´re aiming to finish it in 2030 ;p. it was amazingly detailed and quite breathtaking. the stainglass windows were radient and the patterns carved into every inch of the walls were fantastic. poor daddy was looking forward to seeing it, but by the time we got there he was exhausted and couldn´t walk anymore so he had to wait outside :( but he forced us to go in, and i´m glad he did!
last night was christmas eve here and the streets were blocked off for their christmas pagent. it was cool but the adelaide one is 100 times better, woo!! now everything is closed today (which doesnt help when you´re trying to contact the airline!! stupid flight to london being cancelled!).
we had tapas for tea, which is a whole lot of plates of tiny portions of different foods. i liked it, but im fairly sure you wouldn´t´ve eaten much... the dessert was pure chocolate, so i was happy!
mum took me shopping again, so i´m nicely decked out now. being with mum is much better than shopping alone cos she has the credit cards! she even got me a bead for my pandora. woo!
spain is boring, so im pretty sure i´ll end up spending the day at the hotel, watching fox and indulging in illegal downloads, hehe. best part about the hotel. mum and dad left this morning and i´m stuck here until i can get a flight into Heathrow, which is currently snowed in! grr...
i´m sure london will make me much cheerier (fingers crossed...).
we went on a bus tour this morning (freeeeezing cold) and saw a lot of the main attractions. gotta say, spain isn't all that interesting... some of the architecture is pretty cool though, very intricate. gaudi is apparently very famous and designed heaps of stuff here. i don't know, it just doesn't seem super cultural. and nobody speaks english! which is interesting.
oh, here's a friends reference - barcelona is at the base of mount tibidabo. sound familiar? :P it's a pretty mountain, but in don't think we'll be headed up it. still. do you know the reference ?
im trying to get mum to do lots of shopping for me while she's here. i think i'll be moderately successful, wooot :P even though i can't afford to have my suitcase weigh anymore... ah well, i'll worry about that later! i got some awesome purple suede ankle boots. im in love.
we wandered in the gothic quarter today, which was just a maze of streets winding all over the place. there were some cool shops, and some big cathedrals and stuff... nothing too exciting though. i just don't feel the magic here. i like magic. there's magic in paris. and london. the gothic quarter is just a section of spain that´s made up of old, gothic-style buildings. its pretty cool, there´s lots of intricacy and gargoyles and cathedrals and stuff.
i kind of don't want to leave my family, cos then i'll be all on my own and will miss boyfriend so much more :( being on my own is scary sometimes, especially when i get so anxious and can't breathe. normally that's when i have you! but im going to be on my own :(
...the coat mum gave me has a fur hood on it, and when i put it on and huddle against the cold, i look like chandler when he's in monica's coat on the roof cos he's feeling chilly...
yesterday we went to a gaudi museum - he´s this weird old architect who designed some reallly weird buildings here. still, the detail and colour on them is cool, so it wasnt too boring. i´ll show you pictures when i get back. we also went to an amazing cathedral, which has been started 100 years ago and still wasnt completed. they´re aiming to finish it in 2030 ;p. it was amazingly detailed and quite breathtaking. the stainglass windows were radient and the patterns carved into every inch of the walls were fantastic. poor daddy was looking forward to seeing it, but by the time we got there he was exhausted and couldn´t walk anymore so he had to wait outside :( but he forced us to go in, and i´m glad he did!
last night was christmas eve here and the streets were blocked off for their christmas pagent. it was cool but the adelaide one is 100 times better, woo!! now everything is closed today (which doesnt help when you´re trying to contact the airline!! stupid flight to london being cancelled!).
we had tapas for tea, which is a whole lot of plates of tiny portions of different foods. i liked it, but im fairly sure you wouldn´t´ve eaten much... the dessert was pure chocolate, so i was happy!
mum took me shopping again, so i´m nicely decked out now. being with mum is much better than shopping alone cos she has the credit cards! she even got me a bead for my pandora. woo!
spain is boring, so im pretty sure i´ll end up spending the day at the hotel, watching fox and indulging in illegal downloads, hehe. best part about the hotel. mum and dad left this morning and i´m stuck here until i can get a flight into Heathrow, which is currently snowed in! grr...
i´m sure london will make me much cheerier (fingers crossed...).
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