I am going to keep this one short. We just arrived at our hostel in Florence, Italy. After spending 3 nights in a row in 3 different yet somehow the worst hostels ever in Barcelona, the hostel here is like a paradise. We desperately needed to do laundry and there are laundry facilities on site, as well as a restaurant and a pool, plus the rooms have air conditioning! (Giant sigh of relief...)
Our last couple days in Barcie were really fun however. Our last hostel was right off of Las Ramblas, the main artery of the downtown city area. We visited some more with our friends from Florida and had some good food and drinks in the downtown area. My final impressions of Barcelona were quite good. The city is clean, beautiful, the layout makes it easy to get around plus all the public transportation services are very good. It is a very international city compared to Valencia and Madrid, which felt much more like a Spanish culture majority. The language in Barcelona is Catalan, a mixture of French and Spanish that can make it somewhat hard to get around. We unfortunately didn't make any new friends on this leg of the trip, but it was very nice to hang out with some old ones that we hadn' seen for a while. I wish all the best of luck to Rachel, Anne, and Whitney as they pursue their English teaching certification and enjoy the Barcelona city lifestyle!
I will put up some pictures later, hopefully after tomorrow when we get some good shots of Florence. My friend Amanda, who lived in Florence for 13 weeks during a study abroad program, prepared a list of "must see" items for me. Tonight, we seek the Lions Fountain which is supposedly a cool bar area where alot of students and Americans hang out. More later!
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