On Monday I went to the Colosseum and the ancient ruins that use to be market. It was a crappy rainy day though so I didn't spend much more than 3 hours there.
Tuesday my roommates and I had to take our bags to our friend's place, in Roma, and we woke up to a horrible downpour. We hoped for the best and packed our bags anyways. As we were leaving it was only sprinkling and as we walked down the street we saw our bus but thanks to traffic we were able to beat it to the bus stop. Never in my life have I wanted traffic so badly. Once we had our bags stowed at Colm's Maggie, Paula, and I broke off and went walking around for our last day. We didn't make it far before the rain picked up again and we ran into a coffee shop to grab some liquid goodness. The rain was on and off all day so we just decided to walk around in it and shop, sight see, and say good-bye to this awesome town.
After Dinner on Tuesday Maggie and I were off to start our own adventure. We had to leave at 5:40 in the morning so we went and stayed at a friend of Maggie's in the center of Roma so we could save some money on a taxi.
Wednesday morning we woke up at 5 so we could get to the airport to catch our flight to Spain. That is all the morning consisted of, traveling. Once we arrived in Barcelona we just stayed in the general area of our hostel and walked around. We wanted to find this huge park that was on our map but we kept getting lost. By the time we found it, two and a half hours later, it was fenced off for construction. The whole dang park, lake and all! We were a little let down so we just headed back to the hostel because we were so tired.
Yesterday Maggie and I went out and started out a Sacred Family Temple. We aren't sure what religion it is but it is a church that is being built and probably has another 30 years until it is done. First sight at looking at it you have to think this architect was tripping on acid when we designed it. It is the most bizarre structure I have ever seen. I couldn't even describe it if I wanted to. I bought a picture of it to show everyone because I couldn't get a picture of the entire structure.
After that little experience we went to the market that is by the sea and walked around. It was just the opening to the BEACH! We were really excited about this. The only problem was about 10 minutes after we got there the clouds began to roll in. After 1 hour it was total overcast. I still got into the water because it was surprisingly warm. It felt fantastic. Maggie and I concluded that experience with a walking rosary on the the beach. It sounded like a good idea at first but it was really hard to walk in the sand. I don't know how people run like that because walking was hard enough. We cheated and ate at a Mexican place for dinner last night because the traditional food was so expensive.
Today Maggie and I are packing and heading out for our next stop...Paris!
The Sacred Family Temple
2 comments:
i have pictures of that same place! the jesus is on my wall! i'll post a pic later.. but i took i tback in 2004 when i went there and i love how the guards look like they're from star wars :)
O no, Jackie, you'll get my aunt started on Star Wars. Don't bring that up! LOL
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