The Catalonian Way of Life

The second day in Barcelona we slept in a little bit and didn’t end up leaving the hostel until noon. We took the metro to the marina and bought lunch from a street vendor. We all got these pizza type things will pork, tomato sauce, and cheese inside a crust. They were sort of cold and I think they were meant to be heated before eating but they were still pretty good.

Around the marina there were also street vendors selling clothes and souvenirs so we did a little shopping. I bought a pretty purple picture frame that had Barcelona 2012 written on it. After shopping we went to the aquarium. It was fun and I loved seeing all of the different types of sea animals. They even had penguins!

We were going to go check out the beach after the aquarium but the sky turned grey and we decided to just go back to the hostel. A nice siesta later we woke up and got ready to go to dinner. We decided to have a nice seafood dinner at the marina so we went back and ate at El Rey de La Gamba, “the king of the shrimp”. Dylan and I split seafood paella which is a traditional Spanish dish consisting of shrimp, chicken, and shellfish overtop of rice, probably my favorite meal yet. We also drank sangria. The atmosphere was great and I had a wonderful time. I would go back in a heartbeat!