Barcelona - Parte Dos

After settling and taking a much needed nap we got back up and decided to walk around and explore the city around our hostel.

The beach we found was not very far at all and so we headed down to check it out. This is one part of it.

After relaxing on the beach bit, because it was actually quite warm, low 70s F approximately, we were there long enough to see the sun start to set. Below is another photo of the other end of the beach right before then.

Walking back on the boardwalk we decided to get lunch at an outdoor cafe that was actually an Irish pub as well.

After leaving the pub and heading back into the direction of the heart of the city we heard what sounded like Bob Marley playing in the distance and came upon these street performers.

Getting near the center of the commercial district I recognized a seemingly familiar logo, that is until I got close enough to read that it actually said Dunkin Coffee, not Dunkin Donuts. I wonder if Dunkin Donuts is aware of this, and if it's their spanish branch, why the name change?

Once we were in the older district near our hostel we came out into a small plaza where we found this little outdoor market.

The market was directly in front of this church and I didn't even notice till I looked up randomly and was surprised I hadn't immediately noticed it, I found it kind of funny that something that large could surprise me like that.

After walking a bit further towards our hostel I heard the sounds of instruments playing in the distance, and as we came upon yet another plaza this is what I saw.

After that we arrived back at our hostel and went to bed. The next morning we went and got breakfast at a little crepe restaraunt that only serves crepes.

After breakfast we met up with the others from our group who were still in the city and proceeded to walk to the famous Gaudi park where everything in it was designed by the famous architect. On the way there we walked through an open air market sheltered under a giant metal roof. In it we found all the local food and ingredients one could purchase to cook authentic Spanish food. Also note the spelling of some of the words here and there on the stands, it looks almost like Spanish but it's not quite, it's actually a dialect called Catalan which actually is it's own language more than a dialect. It seems to be French mixed with Spanish. And yes, in the beginning of the video that is rabbit you see in the butcher's.

Here is the entrance to the Gaudi Park.

There are a lot more pictures I took at the park however so I'll upload the rest tomorrow in part 3 of my trip to barcelona.