Beautiful.Tropical.Beaches.Water.Warm Weather. Sun. Just a few of the words that come to mind when I think of Barcelona,Spain. I along with five of my friends from London traveled to the beautiful country of Spain. We boarded an hour  train from Central London to Southend airport to embark on our journey. We flew with the airline easyjet. Disclaimer: NOTHING IS FREE! I guess cheap flights do not also come with free refreshments and our pockets learned this the hard way. We arrived at El Prat airport in Barcelona around 9:30pm and our journey began.

The language barrier was not as big as we assumed it would be. Everything at the airport also had an English translation as well as English speaking staff. This made our transition out of the airport fairly easy. So, our next obstacle was figuring out how to take the bus to get to our hotel. The buses did not have apple pay as they did in London so we were a bit stuck. None of us could speak English very well so we wondered awhile until we lucked up with a woman at a ticket booth who spoke English. We explained where we wanted to go and she sold us the tickets. This route ended with a 1.7 mile or about a 40 minute walk to our hotel. So with bags in hand and overly excited nerves we made the walk. We decided to play a little game to pass the time. We each decided to count the number of black people we passed because we had not seen many since we left the airport. Surprisingly in our 40 minute walk, we passed by 4. A surprisingly low number I thought for Barcelona. I assumed Barcelona to be as diverse as London. I am not sure why but obviously this was very ignorant on my part. Nonetheless, we reached our hotel, settled in and meet up with some other friends from London for a night of fun in the city. 

The next day we spent our time exploring the city and looking for the best photo spots. That of course was not our original intention but after wandering for hours with no luck of finding food we could all agree on we just started taking pictures. Pictures always seem to solve the situation. After having our own photoshoot for hours, we boarded a bus and headed back to the city. We walked a few strips and found a little restaurant named Chalito. I had a Rosca with chicken and mozzarella cheese. Rosca meaning ring or bagel in Spanish is a bread dish. It was extremely good and very cheesy!

During our time, we also visited La Sagrada Familia, Park Guell, Plaça Espanya and the Port of Barcelona. To top off our trip, we reinvented our own version of the Cheetah Girls! I can’t think of a better way to spend my time than with my amigas cheetahs, good food and warm weather.