mallorca was just the beginning

so after we got back from mallorca i had to show my sister the ropes of barca! it was a jam-packed week. tuesday we went to see everything around here, all the sites and monuments and the beach, etc. etc. we walked SO far i don't know how we made it. across the entire city. it was fun though.

the next day we decided to hop on a train and go to Sitges. it's a quaint little town on the water, known for having a lot of gays. so the shopping was really cool and different and the town was really pretty. it had a nice beach and a really pretty cathedral right on the water.

we walked up and down the beach and shopped and ate, the usual. me and jame called this trip the "jame and lisa eat and drink in barcelona" trip! ha

so the next day we didn't have plans but we woke up and looked up some more trains and decided to go to Figueres. it's north of here, and it's the city that Dali was born in. he built this huge mansion and now it is his museum and this guy is insane! he actually was influenced by Gaudi, and makes reference to him a lot. he also had a lot of paintings, sculptures, etc. of this woman named Gala who was married and they had an affair and then got married together. i took a million pictures but here are some of the coolest:

he had so many things like that with dolls heads inside of things and arms twisted all over and just crazy things poking into their bodies. i just wonder what went through his mind...

like, really?? those things behind her are chicken bodies or roosters or something.

so then we just went home from there and ate out and went to some bars. we found some really really cool bars while she was here. awesome atmospheres and the set-up was just really different in all of them. and the drinks were great! all different kinds, things i've never heard of.

we even went to Obama bar! it had live music and they were really good, it was fun

friday we walked around here and saw some more things and did a little shopping. jame had to get her fix of souvenirs! we also went to La Pedrera which is a house Gaudi built nad it was so awesome inside. by the way, i know, my adjectives are getting redundant, there aren't enough to go around! but anyways, La Pedrera showed a ton of house decoration designs that Gaudi made and it also described how and why he made them, and where his inspirations came from. crazy stuff! he didn't just think up wacky designs, he had a process for everything. every house was made for the sun to hit it in the right places, for the windows to be the perfect size, shape, etc., everything he designed had a use.

saturday we went to a city called Tarragona, south of here. and it has super old roman ruins. it was really cool! you had to pay to get into everything but you could see them from outside so we just settled on taking pictures from there.

pretty cool, right on the water

last night we went to one of my favorite restaurants and then one of my favorite bars and it was such a good last night! we did so much, i can't believe how fast it went, but i'm so glad i got to travel outside of barcelona too. and Dali was epic, i will never forget that!