Day 14: Last day in Barcelona :(

9:30 am: Last night was by far my favourite night of the trip. Park Guell is amazing and full of crazy Gaudi art. We climbed to the top of a hill with a giant cross on it and we just sat there drinking and eating delicious treats that Brian brought while we watched the sun set and Barcelona get lit up at night. It was a gorgeous view and I'm glad I got to spend a moment like that with friends. As the wine kept flowing, hilarious discussions ensues including a glorious rant by myself on why I hate the wind (if only I could remember it so I could blog about it). There was also plenty of singing including a non-stop performance of four songs from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. We stumbled back to the apartment around midnight and we were really craving some grease. We went to this pizza place and I had an entire pizza to myself topped with ground beef (it looked like diarrhea but tasted fantastic). It was nice having some pizza. I haven't had any greasy food in so long!
We fell asleep around 2 last night.

Nat left for Girona this morning for work but she will be meeting us in Madrid tomorrow. Brian has also left for work so its just me and Biskal today. We are going exploring...if she ever gets ready...geez.

11:30 pm: Biskal and I had a sweet adventure day. Our first stop in the morning was a search for delicious treats lol. I'm addicted and am going to miss fresh pastries every morning when i go home (Tim Hortons does not compete at all). As soon as we left the apartment and got to the end of the street we already needed to bust out the map because we were lost. I didnt realize how much we were relying on Nat and Brian for directions haha. We set off for the Royal Palace which apparently no one in Barcelona knows its location. As soon as we got there we knew why no one knows it. First off the building is not that impressive as far as palaces go. Secondly, the place was completely deserted. The only living creatures around besides us were the hundreds of birds mating all around us. It was disgusting. We spent 30 minutes pretending we were on Lost and taking pictures in the bushes lol. That is why I love Britt lol. Then we found a play ground and played on it for a bit. Apparently, the Spanish royal family is not popular in Barcelona and they know better than to actually live here so the palace is never used. After our royal adventure, we walked to FC Barcelona stadium. I was considering taking a guided tour inside but figured it was just a waste of money. It was still cool to see from the outside though. Then we went on an epic walk up a massive hill to the Olympic Grounds which was really really cool. I got to go into my first Olympic Stadium!! Then we decided to take the cable car from the hill to the beach which was also amazing. We had incredble views of Barcelonetta (Barcelona's beach) and the rest of the city. It was a hilarious ride due to 1) Britt's fear of heights and her squeals every time the car shook and 2) the old British ladies having a converation about tomatoes. It was nice to get to a beach finally on this trip even though it is cool and overcast. Ever since we've been in Barcelona, Brian has been telling us about "naked man" who apparently is always at the beach just pacing up and down nude and everyone knows who he is. And guess who the first person we see is when we get to the beach? NAKED MAN lol. Hilarious. We sat on the beach for a bit and dipped our feet in the Meditteranean. We walked along the beach for a while and Biskal stepped on a half-buried rock, taking off a good chunk of her toe nail.

Next we went to the Ramblas so I could get a shot glass (we realized that if you ask the chop owner the price and then say that its too expensive and start walking away, they'll sell it at half the price they were asking). Then we went to Desigual, a clothing store with some really cool lame clothes that I love and in typical Biskal and Piskal fashion, we walk out of the changerooms with the same shirt on lol. We bought our matching shirts and got back to the apartment around 5 and went to the grocery store to get some dinner and to get some beer for the guys as a thank you gift for letting us stay with them the last 3 days. We ate and Britt had a nap while I did some reading on Lisbon. Brian came home and we watched Niel Patrick Harris. Dr. horrible which I had never seen and loved it. Then we spent the rest of the night chilling and wacthing tv. We were thinking of going out tonight but decided just to stay in since Britt and I both had colds right now and we have to be up at 5 am tomorrow. It's sucks that we'll no longer have Brian on our adventures. It's too bad he lives in Calgary, he would have fit nicely in the group. Anyways, bed time. Heading to Madrid tomorrow!