Oliva, te amo.

Barcelona keeps on getting better and better, which is why these posts are shorter and shorter!

Although maybe it´s a good thing we end here, because it´s exhausting to be in a city that sleeps. . . . who knows when!

We have discovered many gems in this city, actually, even on the block we´re staying on. Right next door there is a bakery called Oliva, run by the greatest two people ever to live. We don´t really know if her name is Oliva, but she will forever be Oliva to us. She runs the bakery with her husband, and for the past three mornings we have gone over to enjoy delicious chocolate croissants for breakfast. Actually, delicious isn´t strong enough of a word. They are to die for. Literally the best I have ever had, and we just came from Italy and France. . . . and they sure love their croissants there.
Were so sad to leave Oliva´s, and in broken Spanish we told her we´re leaving tomorrow, so we took a picture with her, and told her we´d be back tomorrow for our usual. Oh, it´s great.

the other Barc obsession has been a Thai restaurant right across our street. Pad thai is possibly my favourite food ever, and I eat it a lot, and again I can say with absolute certainty that they have the best pad thai I have ever had, hands down. No competition with any thai place I´ve been to. We´ve been twice. . . we´re skimping on dinner tonight in order to justify going out to the same restaurant twice, especially when we´re supposed to be backpacking, and cooking our own meals. . . . but it really is so good we can´t help it.

So, despite the previous paragraphs, we are doing more in this city than just eating. This morning we went to Gaudi´s Sagrada Familia. . . yep, still being built, and it won´t be completed until about 2030. Going there and seeing it, you can definitely understand why. It´s the most visited site in Spain for a reason, and we waiting in a decently long line to be able to get inside and head down the intense spirally stairs.

Last night wasn´t as eventful as our previous night here, but Thomas who works at the hostel played guitar, and we all hung out here. Danielle and I almost decided to go with these girls to a salsa club. . . but maybe better judgment stopped us. Anyways, Thomas played everything from Sublime to Jack Johnson, to Brasilian songs, to Ben Harper, and it´s amazing to see how universal some songs are when they have messages of peace and love.
He also love Mason Jennings, so obviously we´re bff.

so the night before, about 15 maybe people from our hostel went out to this popular club called Razzmatazz. It was an experience. Mom, if you´re reading this, yes we were safe! But it really is true that you do not go out before 1 am. We got there maybe at 130 and it was empty. But the time we headed back around 530, people were still lining up to come in, and it was packed. Different lifestyle for sure. Also, it was nice to hear Metric and Crystal Castles play. Canadian indie represent.

Anyways, we´re going to do some more Gaudi and other touristy things tonight. The Wailers are apparently playing somewhere on this street, but our hostel is also organized some sort of fun night, except they probably have a cooler name for it than that!

Were home in two days. . . not ready, I wish I had a year here, but Ill be back. . . . mostly to see Oliva, our new bfffffff (for lifeeeeeeeee).

P.s if anyone mentions that 20 lbs I have gained I will kill you fuckers. That is all.