Friday, August 21, 2009

The end nears.... :-S

As the end nears, my heart sinks. But it also makes my mild zoom with wild ideas. What should I do when I get back? What will be different when I get back? I may have new neighbours! (Hopefully another 2 good looking girls ;-). ) I'm actually eager to get on top of paying off my debt. Making me want to go out and get a better job (hopefully being able to still keep the one I have). I know it'll be lots of work to have two jobs, but I'm sure I can stand it for a couple of months. And then what will happen? Move? Stay put? Travel again? Who knows. I will be keeping this blog for my travels, even if they are around Toronto (seeing as how I rollerblade a lot). And I would definitely enjoy doing small trips to the states every once and a while. Of course, after my debt is paid.
Anyway, here goes maybe my last post (maybe not), in Europe. Hopefully I can find free internet/ cheap internet somewhere.

So our 'last' day in Barcelona we toured around for a few hours viewing 2 of the major things. First was the mosaic dragon. It wasn't as big or cool as I thought it would be, but the area around it was pretty enough that it made up for it. All behind the whatchyamacallit was beautiful forestry which seems to be rare in these parts (way to hot to keep anything green). Before we left I sat on the dragon to grab a quick pic, because I saw a bunch of little kids doing the same. I guess I was to fat for it or something because I was told to get off in Spanish. That's okay, Warren grabbed a shot of me glaring at the security dude :-P.
Next stop was the 'Sagrada Família' which is a Cathedral still in the process of being built. Apparently still has another 20 years or so to be finished. It was interesting to see the difference in the new and older part of the building. You could tell which is which because the stone walls faded from white to a kinda beige cream colour. I thought the older part was a little more epic, but maybe that was because it was the front of the building, or maybe they just aren't as artistic anymore, or they haven't finished the cool design of the new part.
Or next mission was to find an all you can eat sushi place. We walked all over the south part of Barcelona with no luck. But we did see a cool two person band (Called 2 - O) playing Didgeridoos. So far, these guys were the best music buskers we've heard. If you can check find them on the net, listen to some of the music for a bit.
We couldn't find a sushi place so we settled for an all you can eat Chinese place. After stuffing our faces, and feeling bloated, we slowly traveled up a street full of street performers. This was the most memorable part of Barcelona so far. We saw a guy underneath a sheet that used a puppet for his head, he was hilarious even without understanding what he was saying. We saw a statue guy, sitting on the john painted in all white. Whenever someone went up to take a picture with him he let on rip as they walked away. We saw a headless corpse, with the guys head on a platter on a table. He squeaked high pitch noises whenever people walked by. We saw a person dressed as an alien from the Alien movies. His little donation bucket was one of the eggs which they come out of, which I thought was sweet. And of course there were some crazy break dancers.
Wow, I guess I already posted this. A well, now you have a more in depth idea of what the buskers were.
Alright, the next little bit is pretty lame (for you readers anyway).
So we got out of Barcelona and headed to a small town called Sant Pol De Mar. We traveled around for a bit, lost without a GPS to tell us where the campsite was. Which was lucky. We ran into a festival that was happening, and people were just pitching up their tents for free. So we wandered around the small festival for a bit, eager to hear what music will be playing. Nothing happened. So we hit the hay, even though it was still lively. At around 11 or 12, the music STARTED. What partiers, eh? The first band was alright, nothing fancy. But the next one or two, played songs like; Mustang Sally, Great Balls of Fire, and an Evanescence song. But I was mid sleep, so I just listened to them, to lazy to get out.
At some point of the night some kid tried to go into our tent, but I yelled something like 'What do you think you're doing, BUDDY?'... Maybe a little more ruder than that, Iunno, I was mid sleep. So I guess it was lucky that we were in there.
Morning was filled with loud children yelling their vocal cords off until their eyes popped out. A few were slapping our tent and trying to reach our zipper, but we made some growling noises or something to scare them off. When I got up to get my towel I noticed it lying on the ground in the dirt. Great thanks a lot kids. Then I looked for warrens. UH OH! This was our first run-in with something stolen! Warrens towel go snipped. Wow. Whoever steals a towel is a REAL thug. Not to mention a wrinkly-stinky towel that hasn't been cleaned for a month and a half.
Anyway we packed up, went to the real campsite. It was cheap, but rough. Again not real camping (unless you count RVing real camping).
Next 3 days we spent on the beach. Nothing to tell really. Just found a nice shaded spot 4 feet beneath a train track. It was cool to lie under there while the train passed. The large cement blocks would actually bend against the wait. We read, tanned, napped, swam for the next few days. Or first beach day was grand. There were large waves we were running into, doing flips, flops, drops, and many dives into. We sat right near where the waves were and let them drag us through the sand. I'm sure we looked like 2 kids who escaped from the special camp, but that made it all the more fun. Second beach day (or third, the days were kinda blended together) there was a guy who had a water board (one of the things that glides along water for a short distance) and he offered for me to try. It was a lot harder than I expected. I slipped, fell on my ass, face, and belly. But it was worth the try and laughs for sure.
So, on the 20th, after the great days of beach bumming, we headed back to Barcelona to go to Paris. Trains were full, until the next day (today). Oh well, another day here :-). We found a hostel 'Alberg Oere Tarres'. We also booked everything except our last bus. So our schedule is up on our twitters. We only need to book the bus from Brussels to London, and then we only need to worry about food!
So hopefully I can post another post after or in Paris, but I'll definitely post one once I get back and get my computer.
Oh haha and a little bit of funnyness for today:
SO I woke up excited for the free breakfast, and free coffee. The breakfast wasn't all you can eat, but that's okay, the coffee was. So I drank 4 espressos and a coffee, WHIZLE WHAM BAM! Energy is STILL going after 3 hours. So I go onto my email and this is part of my horoscope I have posted '' Think about turning down that second cup of coffee today, for you'll already be buzzing without any extra caffeine ''... haha WOOPS! Guess I shoulda went online BEFORE breakfast.
Anyway, I'm gonna go out and explore some more before we leave!
Taataa
Cody

4 comments:

  1. Sounds like beaching was fun. Also sounds like you might be looking forward to returning to Canada? Thanks for all your postings. It has been fun to follow your printable travels!

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  2. Hi Cody! Watch out for chocolate-covered espresso beans! I had a similar caffeine buzzed day once....:-)

    Thanks for all the detail in your blogs. It's almost as good as being there.

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  3. Welcome back to Canada! Hope you had a good trip back. Give us a call when you get your phone reconnected....or head out to a phone booth and call collect.
    Love you!
    Mom

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  4. Quit slacking and post the final days!!! :P

    cheers dude

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