1. streets
2. interesting things
2.1. the locals all love football and play it wherever they can even if that means playing it weaving through people and restuarants in the town square, everyone's football mad it's in their DNA, it's their culture! and thats what I really like
2.2. lots of tourists
2.3. all the old little winding streets
2.4. all the history barcelona has!
3. the culture
3.1. siesta
3.1.1. most of the shops here in barcelona close mid day for siesta at around 2pm then re-open at around 4:00pm - 4:30pm. thats why everyone in barcelona is so bubbly and bright I think it is a cool tradition / culture and i've even tried it a few times and it really helped me and gave lots more energy! why is there lots of people still out during siesta?, it's because their mostly all tourists!
4. the people
4.1. everyone is so nice, friendly, open to change and new ideas and bubbly!
4.2. LOVE FOOTBALL!
5. the neighbourhoods
5.1. the neighborhood we're living in has got lots of different cullters E.G indian, african, mexican...
5.2. the old/historic neighborhoods are so cool!
6. transport
6.1. the subway was so good and quick for getting around the city because the subway goes to everycity
6.2. more and more people are riding bikes and they are making lots more new bike lanes
6.3. lots of people just walk everywhere!
6.4. not many people drive around in cars because their expensive and there is no where to park it!
6.5. lots of people ride a scooter to work because they are small cheap to run and easy to ride.
7. food
7.1. bakeries
7.1.1. the bakeries here instead of having pies and cream donuts, it's all bread, all types of bread like crossants, cpain au chocolat , anything to do with bread is in there and they have theese bakeries everywhere, they are so good! Coming from me I personally like the real bakeries in barcelona compared with the bakeries in nz! Because you know your going to get a real loaf of bread made freshly by real bakers! (This is probably my favourite thing about Barca's food!)
7.2. fruit shops
7.2.1. in bacelona they have theese fruit shops everywhere, they are a bit like fruitworld but there is one everyone 10 square meters and they are all in someone garage and they are so cheap!
7.3. all the food here in barca is so healthy
8. flight
8.1. really long (30 hours!)
8.2. plane was massive
8.3. luckily got the whole middle row (4 seats) to myself so I decided to laydown and sleep for most of the flight
8.4. food was horrible ( it was like eating mush)
8.5. the T.V screens were cool
8.5.1. I watched some good movies!
8.5.2. the games were fun!
9. apartment living
9.1. the people above us are so noisy
9.2. you get to see how the locals live and what they go through everyday
9.3. everyone goes to sleep at about 3am and the rubbish truck comes and emptys all the rubbis bins at about 4am! which makes it impossible to sleep, but you get used to it and eventually just sleep through it, but the first few night were herendous!
9.4. cool to see the real barcelona and how the locals live
9.5. we are living in a very dodgy neighborhood!
10. markets
10.1. everywhere in barcelona there are all theese markets, all the markets are pretty much the same all with fresh fish, vegtables, olives and all these little sauces Dad likes them but me all those foods i
11. tourists
11.1. I think the tourists come to barca for the...
11.1.1. beach
11.1.2. the barcelona football team
11.1.3. history
11.1.4. archetecture
11.1.5. weather
11.1.6. food
11.2. lots of them!
11.2.1. from a massive variety of different cultures / countries!
12. language
12.1. everyone I've bumbed into speak little or a lot of english!
12.1.1. which surprises me because if a spanish person comes to new zealand and asks someone if they can speak spanish they'll have to ask a lot of people before they get an answer and that person will only be able to say a few words but if you come here everyone has to learn how to speak english it's in their curriculum but here it's in our curriculum that we have to learn maori and don't get me wrong thats important to but no one else in the world can speak moari I just think it'll be more worthwhile learning to speak spanish or something!