After getting our phones we stopped into the ISA office to say hi and they gave us some good tips on things that we could go do while we're here. We had lunch in the Parc de la Ciutadella again and just lounged around for awhile. We played cards and just enjoyed the sun. It's been like 70 degrees ish here every day and there's a nice breeze since we're close to the ocean. It's so nice. There are some pretty amusing people in the park to watch. There are always men walking around yelling "CervezaBeerCocaColaAgua" trying to sell you stuff to drink out of their lunch boxes lol. It never stops. After our afternoon in the park, we just sort of lazily made our way back towards my house. We stopped on the Passeig de Gracia to watch the USA game in a nice bar and just hung out there for awhile. After that we walked around Gracia, the part of town that I live in, and just explored for a little while. We saw a lot of people, debated going to the theater close to my house, and eventually settled on a place for dinner. We were going to try to go to one of the places that Luke had recommended to us before, but the menu was in Catalan and we weren't sure what we would be eating so we went to a Lebanese pizzeria instead. The food was amazing and we shared a bottle of wine and watched the England game while we ate. There was a kid at the table next to us and he kept smiling at me. Finally he got up and very excitedly asked me if I was from England lol. He was still excited after I told him that we were from the States, and his mom talked with me for a minute or two. After dinner (at like 11:00) we went and sat in one of plazas close to my house.
It was so different than the United States. There were old people out, young kids, teenagers, and adults out drinking. There were men selling beer again for a Euro. A lot of dogs were running around without leashes and just playing with one another. The funniest thing that we saw was a group of drunk friends who ended up getting into this massive brawl and having the cops called on them. It was pretty hilarious to watch and nobody in the square was doing anything about it, they all just sat around and laughed and watched because this is part of daily life. After the cops came we headed out because nothing else amusing was happening there and we wandered into some other plazas. We eventually called it a night, but I think that yesterday was probably one of my favorite days so far.
I hope that all is well back home! Miss you guys very much and I can't wait to see you in a few weeks!
Love,
Sarah
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