Barcelona continued: Sunday March 14

If you haven't read about friday/sat in Barcelona, you'll want to scroll down and read that part first, since i got too sleepy Sunday night when i finally got home to write about Sunday hehe! So now i'll finish her off now!
Early sunday morning, at about 530am, the rest of the girls came back from being out partying. It was at that point that i rolled over and was very happy i had gone to bed 5 hours prior :) I then woke by 9, showered, and packed up all of my stuff into the backpack that i'd packed..(by the way..dad,,the next time we go somewhere and i have to pack, you're going to say to me "Lauren, is this all you're bringing?! Wow!" b/c i've become a pro at packing enough things to live out of my backpack hehe for 4 days!!! I'm a real traveler now ha). Anyhow, we got to enjoy one more amazing breakfast of cereals and milk, toast and jelly, my favorite crackers that i'm addicted to, cafe con leche that is free!!!, magdelenas, and fruit (i didn't eat all of these things but i just have to list them b/c again,,,it was like i was on survivor just being handed free reign these options!!!). Then we met in la plaza catalan, and walked to take the metro to el parqueguelle. I"m telling you, this was my aboslute FAVORITE thing that we did. It was SO incredibly beautiful outside first of all, so the sun just made me SO happy. There was not a cloud in the sky, and the sun was SO warm. It must have been about 70 degrees and i was walking around in my t-shirt and jeans. We had to hike up a large hill to get there, but it was so worth it. Then we just split up and made a plan we'd all meet up again around 2, so i then began trekking around the park. It was literally like a small community (Gaudi the architect had intentionally planned for this region to be a neighborhood in which he would design all of the homes, etc, but it didn't really work out, so they turned it into a park). There are two buildings he designed right at the entrance, and then throughout the park there are beautiful stone structures/walls, bridges, a little cute house, and lookout structures that look out over ALL of Barcelona. YOu are able to see in EVERY direction. It was just SO incredibly beautiful. I took lots of video-taping with my camera and also lots of pictures. I felt like i was in a tropical state park to be honest, because there were palm trees, pine trees, deciduous trees, waterfalls, streams of water running along the paths, stone-made steps and bridges to cross..it was like i stepped right into a movie. YOu will have to look at the pictures i have on facebook,,and i'll be putting more up. I even got sunburned a little on my face hehe!!!--what a nice problem huh??!!. It was really awesome just to reflect and think about my life, what i'm thankful for, and things like this. It also really made me miss my parents since it was just so beautiful and breathtaking to look out over all of the city, i could see the Mediterranean Sea, and everything. I got tears in my eyes at one point, just because i was so happy. I can't explain it to you. I just got this feeling that i wanted to travel for the rest of my life. That i wanted to just stop dead in my path, pick up just my backpack with the clothes and shoes on my back, and just never quit traveling. It's hard at times b/c sometimes i get to thinking about my path ahead of me, and the long road i will need to continue on with my studies to achieve my goal, however, a good friend of mine reminded me that my life will continue on this road. he said life will move, and you WiLL travel during your studies. YOu can make time for it in the summer he told me. He is from Sweden and i met him on this trip--he was a very nice guy. But anyway, his advice was so true..yet sometimes,,when you have these breathtaking moments, that dreaming side takes over me..or i see a mom pushing her little girl in the stroller and her 4 yr old little boy with a cute little hat on walking with her and i just think,,"Man i wanna be a mom,,and enjoy stuff like this"..hehehe,,but i can't rush that. Don't get me wrong i am LOVING the way my life is now, being single and free to do what i want, but also don't get me wrong that i cannot WAIT for secure things in my life,,for certain things to have certainty, and then go..I can't imagine how i will feel when i have those breathtaking moments in the future while knowing what is of certainty in my life. ONe good lesson i've realized though, is that nothing really ever is certain, or for sure, so you just have to cherish every single moment you have with the people you are with or in the place that you are at. And that is what i'm getting to do each and every day that i am here in Spain, and it is wonderful. the people that i'm meeting, that come and go i our lives, it's really neat to be able to realize or understand what their purpose in our lives were, and for this how we changed from having known them, or knowing them.
After the park, i went with a few girlfriends from Concordia to a pizza place back in Las Ramblas. It was pretty good, not the best, but it was hot food/a meal, so of course i ate it. Then i headed back to the hostel to gather my backpack and got on the bus. We left Barcelona around 415pm, and arrived back in Pamplona by 1145pm..so it was a long ride, but i enjoyed listening to my ipod (singing and having to be asked to be quiet hehe), looking out the window, talking to Maite, Megan, and Kasey and laughing, sleeping, and eating my leftover pizza for supper haha.
All in all, it was an absolutely awesome, fun, quick weekend. would i go back?...DEFINITELY...in a heart-beat in fact. I loved Barcelona. It just has something about it that you can't understand until you go there and see it, and feel it. It's awesome. You'll see the pics.
I will close this blog, but i'll write another to fill you in on my last two days hehe :-) I should be studying this afternoon, but i feel compelled to write
xoxoxo