Im in Barcelona! I decided Friday night because if i join this team, Don Bosco, which it looks like i will, im not gonna have a whole lot of free weekends so i thought it would be the perfect time. i came by train yesterday. we watched slumdog millionare on the train so that was fun. it was in spanish but it also had spanish subtitles so that makes it easier. i had decided that when i got in i was going to do a bike tour of the city that i had found on the internet. i had to print of the ticket when i got there. oh ya but i did miss my train yesterday morning cuz i left my passport so i took the later one and had to reschedule to the night tour. anyways it took the whole afternoon but it wasnt too bad. finally got it and was killing some time before it started when all of a sudden i smell smoke. then i see smoke so i decide i should leave. as i stood up the cops rush upstairs and yell at me to get out of the hotel. i was like the last one out cuz im on the top floor. when i get outside they had taped off the street. there were probably 1000 people watching and taking pictures along with the news cameras watching the fire. turns out burger king next door is to blame. so i was outside for like 5 hrs with no money or anything but we finally got back in and the hotel was all good. unfortunately i missed my bike tour...again. but i had really good salad and calamari for dinner and then got to sleep as i had been awake for like 40 hrs.
this morning i changed the bike tour to this afternoon. before i went to camp nou-the barca soccer stadium. i took a tour of it and it was awesome. i also took a lot of pictures that we will never see cuz guy swiped my camera on the metro. im done stressing though and am just gonna enjoy the rest of my stay cameraless. anyways, the stadium was awesome and quite elaborate. there was even a chapel inside the stadium for the players. we got to walk next to the field and it was unbelievable. the stadium holds 100,000 people. it also had the biggest merchandise store ive ever seen. the ccheapest thing there was a t shirt for around 50 bucks but it was packed so i think they were doing alright. then i came back. bought myself a huge water bottle and am currently working on that and watching simpsons before 4 30 when i go on my tour. its been really fun here. im really glad i came. i think tomorrow before i leave imgonna check out the modern art museum next to the hotel. oh and the hotel is a really cool deal. it is practically the middle of downtown but is pretty small. it shares an entrance with a watch store and a dentists office. my room consists of a single bed and a tv. the bed is pushed up against one wall and there it is impossible to walk in the space between the opposite wall and the bed. its like a little box. there is a bathroom though. so im paying like a third of the price of all the other hotels next to me and im right downtown. alright, check in soon