Barcelona - First Impressions
Wow! Talk about a lot to take in. I arrived in Barcelona yesterday morning at 11pm and it was already scorching like 23 deg celcius or something. It is still a bit nippy in the evenings but what a contrast with Ireland. Eimear, my friend and her boyfriend Kevin met me at arrivals by car and gave me a quick tour of their lovely apartment. My bedroom is small and cosy and the window looks on to the atrium that most Spanish aparments have so you get to see everyones washing and conversations etc its actually quite nice and keeps you company. Then after something to eat I got into my bikin and we headed down to the beach. We went to Platja Icaria which is the one further down from Barceloneta and the one that is much cleaner, though you don't go swimming anywhere on these beaches cos they are full of crap. You just go there to chill on the beach and tan. I took it easy and we met some of Eimer and Kevins friends, a Norweigan couple and a dutch guy and took it easy, which was nice for m...