So, Saturday! One of my friends from UMass is studying in Seville this semester, and she came up to Barcelona for the day! We took the metro and hiked up to the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (and by "hiked" I mean we took these awesome escalators up the giant hill). Even though we didn't pay to go into the museum, there was more than enough to do- we walked through the beautiful gardens to get to the Olympic stadium from when Barcelona hosted in 1992! We took the opportunity to try out some Olympic feats of our own:
We were determined to take a tour starting at 2:30, so around 1 we headed through more gardens and Montjuïc towards the main town. On the way, we feasted on deliciously authentic Spanish cuisine including a rice & veggie burrito and a noodle and meat type dish thing. Very descriptive and very tasty.
Our walking tour was lovely, if a little long. I'm pretty sure I know almost everything about Barcelona. But don't quote me on that because it's probably not true. But i do know a lot. FOR EXAMPLE did you know that since Catalonia wants independence from the rest of Spain, they have a special flag with a star in a blue triangle that signifies that they're willing to fight for their independence? And whether that star is white or red says whether they're willing to fight peacefully or... Not so peacefully... For that independence. Stay out of the red star district, folks.
When we got back to the hostel, we learned how to make paella! Take a gander at this epic display of awesome-ness:
It was a glorious day followed by a glorious evening and glorious food.
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