Barcelona 9/3/2008

We slept a little late today and then walked around aimlessly toward the water. We ended up at the entrance to the zoo, home of Snowflake the albino gorilla, but we decided to walk around some more instead. There was a nice park that we strolled through for a while and then we headed toward the water. Frank O. Gehry (best architect EVER) designed a sculpture that looked like a giant goldfish overlooking a public beach. We hadn’t originally planned to stay at the beach, but it was really hot and sunny and the water looked like it would be fun. At least that’s what I told Kelly. I really wanted to go to see all the BOOBIES!!!!! So, we ran back to the hostel and changed clothes and brought our towels. Of course when we arrived, clouds had rolled in and it was hardly sunny anymore. We tried to get in the water once, but neither of us made it past our knees because it was so cold.

So, after becoming even more tan and more beautiful than we already were to begin with (hard to believe, but true), we left the beach. Next we went to the Contemporary Art Museum designed by Richard Meier. The art in the museum was disappointing, but the building itself was pretty cool. We have studied several examples of Richard Meier buildings throughout our schooling, so it was neat to finally see one in person. Outside of the museum, there were at least 69,000 skateboarders in the plazas on both sides. There was also a large group of Spanish high/middle schoolers that were freestyle rapping to that new “hip & hop” music that the young people listen to these days. It was amusing.

It was our last night in Barcelona so we decided to go back to Tapa Tapa because we enjoyed it so much the first night. We got different food and it was very good again. Also, Win had gotten a recipe for sangria when he had been there a year ago, yet lost it afterwards because he’s a big idiot. So, we traded an ink pen for a copy of the recipe to give to him.