Song(LISTEN TO THIS ONE and come kick it with me):
The story continues:
Last we heard our heros, Les Trois Mousquetaries (Arash, Miriam, and Sepanta) and the wannabe/4th Mousquetaire (Arya), they had had a amazing new years and a horrible sleep on the floor of the smallest apartment ever. Wake up at 9 AM run to Seppy's uncles place. Get pretty , leathering up, and meeting up with Miriam and head to Airport to go to Barcelona.
Apparently Scooby Doo is kind of a big deal when it comes to safety?
Barcelona Airport:
I have never seen such a clean place in my life. The floors were sparkling.
Is this when I realize that the quality of my blog has gone to shit that I am talking about how clean the airport was or is it that interesting and shocking. Really if you go there... see how clean the floors are. All the trash cans are empty. I was happy and suspicious what was waiting in Barcelona.
I give you La Rambla:
I would like to prelude Barcelona by giving a shout out to Idin for giving us an amazing guide (which we really didn't use but kinda did)
This is the main tourist street. Its at the heart of the old city. Every other store is either a Barcelona FC shop or a paella/ tapas restaurant
Walking through La Rambla I noticed something... everyone was leathered up.
Which makes me give Barcelona the distinction of having the highest percentage of people wearing leather per capita.
At the start of La Rambla there are lions and knowing me, someone had to ride the lions
We walk down the pier and we see random African and Brown people setting up little blankets selling shopping bags and fake DVDs. It was really weird so weird but we didn't think any of it (but this is actually my favorite things about Barcelona). We go into a shopping mall.
Barcelona/Spanish people are
1. super tacky
2. have something going on with pooping. they think its funny
Them being super tacky was a huge turn off for me. It was weird cause they would get entertained by the lamest things like a guys dressed up with flowers on him.
As we walk out those people with the fake bags were gone. Super weird. We keep walking and see them setup a little further out. What was also so weird was that they had lines on the corners of the bags
Still a little confused... THEN THE POLICE COME. You see all of them quickly grab the line and all their stuff goes in the knapsack and they start running onto the grass (the cops were on their motorcycles).
Then you see them all running away from the cops. I am sure the bag people kept setting up and getting chased by cops but it was so funny and if you go to Barcelona its a sight to see (I am weird)
Song(my future):
The Hostel:
The first night we stayed at Hostel Parisian, not much to talk about other than it was funny that it had Parisian in the name and FREE DINNER.
I give you Kabul Hostel
Super party hostel
20 minutes of internet per day <- this is why I was so MIA. Hated my life.
Over looking the best square in Barcelona, Placa Reial
I am sure everyone has done this. They are sitting in your plane seat and everyone is boarding... you see a beautiful girl/guy coming towards your seat. You're like, dear god, please sit next to me. But as fate would have it, you never sit next to that person, and to top it off you get a big guy or someone with a kid sitting next to you.
NOT THIS TIME FATE. Imagine a beautiful girl, educated, super social, speaks American really well, fun, can tell you about the cheapest foods (2.99 subway) around... now multiply that by 3 and you have our roommates. To top it off two of them had the same name. I give you Mariana 1, Mariana 2, and Tatiana.
Day 2:
Get lunch at this little square
And Arya spots some writing on the wall
(btw Barcelona has graffiti on the shop doors. I will post a facebook album with the pictures because there are just way too many).
We dick around some here and there but don't really remember what we did, BUT there was a Barcelona game at 6 so we take the metro to the stadium. We have no tickets but hear we can get them there.
The original name of the post was "Barceloooonnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaaa... or the land of lines"
I swear, anything you wanted to do, there was a line for it in Spain. LIKE A HUGE LINE. I think its because people and by people i mean people who work there and people who are buying love to talk. They take their time. Have a conversation. As a American that just wants to hit it and quit it, it gets to us. Esp me as a TSPer and Imaginary Engineer.
And bam wes at the games
After the game we go to a jazz club to meet up with Seppy's friends
^ biggest regret is not recording more. It was really good.
Seppy's friends made me realize that I am a suit/leather and being a hippie is not for me:
Meet the hippies. Well just one. The guy in the back. He goes by the name of Colton.
This is the conversation I had with him
Me: So where are you from?
Colton: Arkansas
Me: Oh cool. How long have you been here?
Colton: A few days.
Me: How long will you be here?
Colton: 2 weeks. But I dunno man I might stay longer.
Me: How long have you been travelling?
Colton: Like 3 years....
^WTF THREE YEARS. OMG I mean cool brah, but damn. Honestly I kinda admire him, but I know I am way too leather for that.
A few days later, we hear Colton and a girl go hitchhiking to Somolia... as Miriam put it "They're going to get robbed."
Oh Colton.
NAME SIGHTING!!!!!!!
Brazilian party:
Sucked... but Miriam starts talking to this guy. Blah blah blah. She introduces him to us and hes like "My name is Shaheen"... and were like wtf he also says it with a lahjeh of sorts. Turns out that Hes half Mexican and half Native American. Confused... we were too. Turns out when he was young, his parents only had Iranian friends. Even crazier, he only spoke farsi till he was 4 years old but now he can only say "Mekham beram khoneh"
You might be wondering what is he doing? Well he paints and sells it and travels. Also he made a CD and gave it to Miriam. People are weird.
Song:
DAY THREE:
Go see Gaudi's works on a free walking tour. Gaudi is a famous architect that has made a lot of famous building in Barcelona including
Palau Guell
Casa Batllo
Casa Mila
Actually on the way to Casa Mila, we get lost and I ask this sweet looking old woman "Donda esta Casa Mila?" She tells us which way then she gets super angry. She says "Punta Americans" Over and over again. A side note, Barcelona people are Catalan and they speak Catalanian. They hate the Spanish. Gaudi himself never spoke Spanish his whole life. A word of advice, when you go out side the tourist areas, don't speak Spanish to people. They might get offended. Everyone speaks English. Better to speak English than Spanish, unless you want old women to call you bitches.
Parc Guell
And the grand daddy of them all
Sagrada Familia
Read the wiki on this. It is the craziest thing I have ever seen. The detail is wonderful. The architecture is amazing. I can go on for days. Biggest mistake I made was not going inside. This was mostly because the line was more than half the block. It was crazy. Only reason I would go back to Barcelona is to visit it. A side now its still being built even after Gaudi's death (there is a lot of information about how its being done). and the admission money goes to building it. Its estimated to take 25-30 years to finish. Its really a crazy structure. I loved it and admired it.
Tapa tapa:
Overrated. If you follow Idin's guide, don't follow this one.
Later that night Miriam, me, Arya, Seppy, Mariana 1+2 and Tatiana go to Nochos(?).
Super broish with Italians and Aussies er where. Miriam is an old woman now so she wants to leave. I tell her I'll go with her since Seppy was having fun and Arya and Tatiana were kinda hitting it off. But she tells me "It always sucks at the beginning, but trust me it gets better. I just don't want to wait." I obviously don't believe her but I stay. Then the weirdest thing happend.
Seppy and I go to bathroom (Arya was dancing with Tatiana)
This British guy was walking out all drunk and cursing, and this guy is like fuck the British, and as a joke I am like yeah I hate them. Then the guy turns to me and is like, who are you to talk, what are you Iranian?
Seppy and I are like wtf... HOW DOES HE KNOW. So were like, how do you know?
He says "You have accents." Seppy flips a shit. He's like wtf I have an accent, I was born and raised in the states. Turns out hes Turkish and his sister married an Iranian guy last week.... also he invites us into VIP
Meet Ali in the back. He gives us drinks so we balling out in VIP (not really but we each have one drink). Mind you a beer is 7 euros and mixed drink is 15 euros. Ali is a professional poker player from Sweden. The guy that had VIP is a promoter that promotes all the clubs (get invited VIP opium the next day). More talking talking Ali is like come stay with me next time you in Barcelona blah blah. Meet his other friend also named Ali.... it was cooler than what I've typed. Miriam was right
Head back to hostel in Taxi. Get donar kabobs and go to sleep at 6 am. It was a true Spanish going out experience. Now what do i mean. Well no one goes to clubs till 2 am and they don't leave till 6 am. Bars close at 3 am. I think its all becuase in Spain people eat at 10 pm, so this causes everything to be pushed back which results in early morning clubbing.
Last song:
Day FOUR:
Seppy had to study for finals so we went to the BEACH!!!!!!!!!!!
Hate on me.
Later that night we went to Espit Chupitos. This place is a must see. They have one and two euro shots (the two euros are the only ones mentioning.) We had Harry Potter (the waitress recommended to me) which was an orange on fire, Willy Wonka (cream and chocolate),
A crazy ass shot with fire and inhaling the alcohol air. OMG boy scout was the coolest. They light the table on fire and give you marshmellow on a stick. You light the marshmellow and put it out in the shot. OH PULP FICTION, they shoot it into your mouth with a huge syringe. Honestly it was the coolest bar I have ever gone to. This and Sangaria Familia make Barcelona. They need more cool shot places. There is nothing like this in the states. It was sooo creative.
Sleep and make the 7 AM flight we had. God hate early flights.
I separate from group and head to Madridddddd (this blog will come up later)
Hipster Ironic things:
I was throwing a foot ball around with some Italian boys (they don't know how to throw mechanically something I've learned about rest of the world. They arent taught how to throw)
When I leave They start kicking the ball and playing soccer with an american football
IRONIC
There was a kid playing basketball with a soccer ball
SUPER IRONIC
The pictures might be small but trust me. Its ironic.
How Barcelona is setup:
I always like to see how a city was developed.
So the Ciutat Vella is the old part of the town. You can see La Rambla there. The city used to be surrounded by walls as you can see in the black. Then during the industrial revolution they tore down the wall and grided up the rest. But the old town has a lot of crazy ass streets and most of them you can't even drive in. Which leads to many cool little streets and little shops in them. Then it expanded out and its now the city that we see.
Barcelona Graffiti:
I said before that Barcelona has good graffiti. Each store has its own design. If you want to see them check out my facebook album. Thought it would be easier to do it that way
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2308692&id=12805037
Thoughts on Barcelona:
Blog Reviews:
Nadia Rahgozar: but yes you should write. your blogs make my life
your blogs are amazing. i have been sitting here just lawling everywhere
^ I think this means I am winning?
The story continues:
Last we heard our heros, Les Trois Mousquetaries (Arash, Miriam, and Sepanta) and the wannabe/4th Mousquetaire (Arya), they had had a amazing new years and a horrible sleep on the floor of the smallest apartment ever. Wake up at 9 AM run to Seppy's uncles place. Get pretty , leathering up, and meeting up with Miriam and head to Airport to go to Barcelona.
Apparently Scooby Doo is kind of a big deal when it comes to safety?
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| I guess our Scooby Doo adventures can begin now? THANKS SCOOBY!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Look at the boss ass airplane. I can already feel what Spain will be like. |
I have never seen such a clean place in my life. The floors were sparkling.
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| THERE WERE NO TRASH IN THE TRASH CANS EITHER YES IT WAS SUPER BIZARRE |
I give you La Rambla:
I would like to prelude Barcelona by giving a shout out to Idin for giving us an amazing guide (which we really didn't use but kinda did)
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| LEATHER UP!!!!!!! |
This is the main tourist street. Its at the heart of the old city. Every other store is either a Barcelona FC shop or a paella/ tapas restaurant
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| If you get your kid this, then there is something wrong. The description for this is "This puppet will help your child develop their imagination and enjoy one more friend" |
At the start of La Rambla there are lions and knowing me, someone had to ride the lions
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| Seppy is so cool, handsome, and strong. Arya was too scared to get on. |
1. super tacky
2. have something going on with pooping. they think its funny
Them being super tacky was a huge turn off for me. It was weird cause they would get entertained by the lamest things like a guys dressed up with flowers on him.
As we walk out those people with the fake bags were gone. Super weird. We keep walking and see them setup a little further out. What was also so weird was that they had lines on the corners of the bags
Then you see them all running away from the cops. I am sure the bag people kept setting up and getting chased by cops but it was so funny and if you go to Barcelona its a sight to see (I am weird)
Song(my future):
The Hostel:
The first night we stayed at Hostel Parisian, not much to talk about other than it was funny that it had Parisian in the name and FREE DINNER.
I give you Kabul Hostel
Super party hostel
20 minutes of internet per day <- this is why I was so MIA. Hated my life.
Over looking the best square in Barcelona, Placa Reial
I am sure everyone has done this. They are sitting in your plane seat and everyone is boarding... you see a beautiful girl/guy coming towards your seat. You're like, dear god, please sit next to me. But as fate would have it, you never sit next to that person, and to top it off you get a big guy or someone with a kid sitting next to you.
NOT THIS TIME FATE. Imagine a beautiful girl, educated, super social, speaks American really well, fun, can tell you about the cheapest foods (2.99 subway) around... now multiply that by 3 and you have our roommates. To top it off two of them had the same name. I give you Mariana 1, Mariana 2, and Tatiana.
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| Tatiana + Sep + Mariana 2 |
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| Mariana 1 |
Okay fine... I don't have the best pictures. Hi Mariana 1 and 2 and Tatiana if you stumble on my blog.
Day 2:
Get lunch at this little square
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| For those that want to see food |
(btw Barcelona has graffiti on the shop doors. I will post a facebook album with the pictures because there are just way too many).
We dick around some here and there but don't really remember what we did, BUT there was a Barcelona game at 6 so we take the metro to the stadium. We have no tickets but hear we can get them there.
The original name of the post was "Barceloooonnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaaa... or the land of lines"
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| line for tickets |
And bam wes at the games
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| This was second half, and this picture is without me zooming in. |
After the game we go to a jazz club to meet up with Seppy's friends
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| The guy in the middle was the happiest man I have ever seen. |
Seppy's friends made me realize that I am a suit/leather and being a hippie is not for me:
This is the conversation I had with him
Me: So where are you from?
Colton: Arkansas
Me: Oh cool. How long have you been here?
Colton: A few days.
Me: How long will you be here?
Colton: 2 weeks. But I dunno man I might stay longer.
Me: How long have you been travelling?
Colton: Like 3 years....
^WTF THREE YEARS. OMG I mean cool brah, but damn. Honestly I kinda admire him, but I know I am way too leather for that.
A few days later, we hear Colton and a girl go hitchhiking to Somolia... as Miriam put it "They're going to get robbed."
Oh Colton.
NAME SIGHTING!!!!!!!
Brazilian party:
Sucked... but Miriam starts talking to this guy. Blah blah blah. She introduces him to us and hes like "My name is Shaheen"... and were like wtf he also says it with a lahjeh of sorts. Turns out that Hes half Mexican and half Native American. Confused... we were too. Turns out when he was young, his parents only had Iranian friends. Even crazier, he only spoke farsi till he was 4 years old but now he can only say "Mekham beram khoneh"
Song:
DAY THREE:
Go see Gaudi's works on a free walking tour. Gaudi is a famous architect that has made a lot of famous building in Barcelona including
Palau Guell
Casa Batllo
Actually on the way to Casa Mila, we get lost and I ask this sweet looking old woman "Donda esta Casa Mila?" She tells us which way then she gets super angry. She says "Punta Americans" Over and over again. A side note, Barcelona people are Catalan and they speak Catalanian. They hate the Spanish. Gaudi himself never spoke Spanish his whole life. A word of advice, when you go out side the tourist areas, don't speak Spanish to people. They might get offended. Everyone speaks English. Better to speak English than Spanish, unless you want old women to call you bitches.
Parc Guell
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| Miriam being all artistic |
Sagrada Familia
Read the wiki on this. It is the craziest thing I have ever seen. The detail is wonderful. The architecture is amazing. I can go on for days. Biggest mistake I made was not going inside. This was mostly because the line was more than half the block. It was crazy. Only reason I would go back to Barcelona is to visit it. A side now its still being built even after Gaudi's death (there is a lot of information about how its being done). and the admission money goes to building it. Its estimated to take 25-30 years to finish. Its really a crazy structure. I loved it and admired it.
Tapa tapa:
Later that night Miriam, me, Arya, Seppy, Mariana 1+2 and Tatiana go to Nochos(?).
Seppy and I go to bathroom (Arya was dancing with Tatiana)
This British guy was walking out all drunk and cursing, and this guy is like fuck the British, and as a joke I am like yeah I hate them. Then the guy turns to me and is like, who are you to talk, what are you Iranian?
Seppy and I are like wtf... HOW DOES HE KNOW. So were like, how do you know?
He says "You have accents." Seppy flips a shit. He's like wtf I have an accent, I was born and raised in the states. Turns out hes Turkish and his sister married an Iranian guy last week.... also he invites us into VIP
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| Notice how Tatiana and Arya took a different cab ;-) <3 |
Last song:
Day FOUR:
Seppy had to study for finals so we went to the BEACH!!!!!!!!!!!
Hate on me.
Later that night we went to Espit Chupitos. This place is a must see. They have one and two euro shots (the two euros are the only ones mentioning.) We had Harry Potter (the waitress recommended to me) which was an orange on fire, Willy Wonka (cream and chocolate),
A crazy ass shot with fire and inhaling the alcohol air. OMG boy scout was the coolest. They light the table on fire and give you marshmellow on a stick. You light the marshmellow and put it out in the shot. OH PULP FICTION, they shoot it into your mouth with a huge syringe. Honestly it was the coolest bar I have ever gone to. This and Sangaria Familia make Barcelona. They need more cool shot places. There is nothing like this in the states. It was sooo creative.
Sleep and make the 7 AM flight we had. God hate early flights.
I separate from group and head to Madridddddd (this blog will come up later)
Hipster Ironic things:
I was throwing a foot ball around with some Italian boys (they don't know how to throw mechanically something I've learned about rest of the world. They arent taught how to throw)
When I leave They start kicking the ball and playing soccer with an american football
There was a kid playing basketball with a soccer ball
The pictures might be small but trust me. Its ironic.
How Barcelona is setup:
I always like to see how a city was developed.
Barcelona Graffiti:
I said before that Barcelona has good graffiti. Each store has its own design. If you want to see them check out my facebook album. Thought it would be easier to do it that way
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2308692&id=12805037
Thoughts on Barcelona:
- Too many hippies
- Cheap (compared to Paris but what isnt. Apparently if youre rich you live in barcelona)
- Tacky sometimes
- People don't dress that well
- I didn't explore much outside of the old town
- A lot of cool places to go and see at night aka bars and each one has its own flavor
- Warm
Blog Reviews:
Nadia Rahgozar: but yes you should write. your blogs make my life
your blogs are amazing. i have been sitting here just lawling everywhere
^ I think this means I am winning?
Read on my phone painful but good! Will comment later when I have Internet!
ReplyDeleteMe encanta Barcelona
read. good blog, it was very arash
ReplyDeleteread. hope Idin noticed the hearts around his photo. that jazz band was sooo awesome!
ReplyDeleteBamboleoooooo
ReplyDeleteIf this post was a youtube video, I would press "favorite". If this post was a picture in someones fb album, I would press "LIKE". Have I made myself clear?
ReplyDeleteYour pictures of Mariana 1 & 2, and Tatiana were so bad that they could be men with really bouncy hair for all we can tell. Loved it.
messi would have scored that free kick :(
ReplyDeleteLOL @ the FC Barcelone children imagination comment..
ReplyDeleteWhen you said for "those who want to see food" .. did you mean me ?
okay so here we go:
ReplyDelete1. wow on Churros and chocolate...i know you had it in madrid but still i can totz see you going to space/faza/dubai with it.
2. You said "Catalanian" which is wrong.
The language is Catalan and Cataluña (or in Catalan they spell Catalunya) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities in Spain.
Sorry but you know how much pride they have and wickedly obsessed with all that! :)
3. i'm really impressed with your "How Barcelona is setup" section...good job on that!
4. i'm super jealous that you saw a barca game
5. i'm super jealous that you were in barcelona
6. Nicknames for Barcelona:
-Ciutat Comtal (City of Counts),
-Barna
-and of course, BCN
7. i envy you.
8. i enjoyed your blog which reminded me of memories and it was really informative.
9. i'm really jealous.
10. why didn't you guys go the clubs that i mentioned? (i.e Opium...etc.)
I feel like this song should be on the soundtrack when they make your trip into a movie.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wi1d0FNgdQ
@Ahmed, yes love all the food is for you
ReplyDelete@Idin I love you. We were going to go to Opium but we chickened out and Sepanta had to study. We went to another one. We just got realyl tired and had an early flight. We arent leather like you.
@Dan Lets make a movie... or better yet lets go on a trip brah