I don't know how I'm going to survive Europe.

Taken already halfway through the line - yes it was that far away

So today was La Sagrada Familia Day! They were offering free admission, so the line was RIDICULOUS, but it actually moved fairly quickly. So much of it is blocked off that it actually goes pretty quickly, if you’re not hanging around in awe (which I was). Right NOW I am going through and uploading all the pictures, and Ill just mention that I’m starting with 102 pictures, I believe one of which is not of the cathedral. We’ll see how many of them are bad and how many are almost the same, but I have to mention that pictures don’t even come close to justice. I was legitimately not having an easy time breathing. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything so amazing. It is nice to know that come 2026 (if we survive the apocalypse, my friend pointed out) I’ll be back in Barcelona, because there is no way I will not see this building finished, and walk up those stairs so I can take 102 pictures of just the floor. That’s how amazing it is. I don’t even know what’s going to happen when I go to Italy.

ANYWAY after some gushing we went on to wander down Las Ramblas, which is the big tourist street. There were shops selling all the good tourist things, and some pretty jewelry and scarves and such. This month is sales season, so all the REAL shops along the sides are really nicely priced, so my friend and I were going to do some more shopping, but first we decided to do lunch.

I had DELICIOUS fries and an equally wonderful sandwich at this sandwich place that seemed pretty touristy, but was tasty enough not to matter AT ALL. The only problem is that it’s tiny, so we had to wait forever for a table. Anyway, they just filled a baguette with all sorts of veggies and sauces. SO GOOD. And it was actually one of the few places to find ACTUAL vegetarian food in Spain. Apparently a “vegetarian” is someone who doesn’t eat meat, so there’s tuna in almost EVERY vegetarian dish (I don’t care, but it’s still funny). By the end of it, nobody felt like walking anywhere but to the metro, where we went home and sat around and blogged and felt fat.

Also, last night I had some TAPAS. They actually were pretty mediocre, but we went into a tapas bar at about 1:30am so I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. And they were CHEAP. One came free with a drink and all the others were 1 euro. So now I’m done with all my Spanish things, time to go home.

Wait, I have four more months?