Our last night in Barcelona, Lisa and I ended up wandering through Barcelona streets near the water. At one point we passed a man who was singing a song that I can only assume is called Soy Feliz because it was the repeated line throughout. Armed with his guitar and a microphone, the street singer seemed to capture my life in a single phrase. Soy feliz, not estoy, the temporary and fleeting happiness that comes from mere moments, but ser. Life is happy if you let it be.
Barcelona provided a whole set of adventures. Our first few hours were spent wandering La Rambla, the big main touristy street of Barcelona, with our suitcases in tow going from hostel to hostel asking if people had double rooms open for the night. After visiting 6+ hostels and stealing internet in a McDonalds by picking up a random receipt off of a table, we finally gave in to our weary legs and settled for proximity over higher rates. We did a quick run around of La Sagrada and Park Guell, meeting up with a girl from Brazil at Park Guell who was wandering around alone and decided to take on to us.
Our second day in Barcelona we hit up the Picasso Museum and then zipped [by which I mean grudgingly got redirected multiple times] to Sitges, the nearby beach town for the day. It was great to get out on the sand and relax in the beautiful ocean for the day. Sitges is an adorable area full of fun cute shops and interesting beaches. Hopefully I'll come back again some day. I never thought I'd be visiting La Sagrada again so soon after the P2P trip in high school, but it was great to reminisce and come full circle in Park Guell and think about how far I've come since that summer before high school. I've definitely changed and grown a lot as a person, but I still have a long way to go. In the meantime, life is good and soy feliz.
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Barcelona provided a whole set of adventures. Our first few hours were spent wandering La Rambla, the big main touristy street of Barcelona, with our suitcases in tow going from hostel to hostel asking if people had double rooms open for the night. After visiting 6+ hostels and stealing internet in a McDonalds by picking up a random receipt off of a table, we finally gave in to our weary legs and settled for proximity over higher rates. We did a quick run around of La Sagrada and Park Guell, meeting up with a girl from Brazil at Park Guell who was wandering around alone and decided to take on to us.
Our second day in Barcelona we hit up the Picasso Museum and then zipped [by which I mean grudgingly got redirected multiple times] to Sitges, the nearby beach town for the day. It was great to get out on the sand and relax in the beautiful ocean for the day. Sitges is an adorable area full of fun cute shops and interesting beaches. Hopefully I'll come back again some day. I never thought I'd be visiting La Sagrada again so soon after the P2P trip in high school, but it was great to reminisce and come full circle in Park Guell and think about how far I've come since that summer before high school. I've definitely changed and grown a lot as a person, but I still have a long way to go. In the meantime, life is good and soy feliz.
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