After our room switch we absolutely had to figure out what we were going to be doing for New Years Eve, which was the following night. We didn’t want to be stuck with nothing to do on New Years and end up sitting in our room or worst enduring the crowds on La Rambla… We ended up finding this nice little restaurant called “La Villa” (which is behind Hotel Citadines @ Ramblas 122) who offered a very nice New Years Eve dinner, drinks and party for pretty hefty price of €75 per person. Again, not wanting to be stuck with nothing we bit the bullet and decided this was the way to go.
Feeling confident in the following nights dinner decision, we spent some time exploring the local market on La Rambla. Wow, what an amazing place… they had everything there, and it was all fresh as fresh could be. In fact, some things such as the whole skinned rabbits, piglets and chickens, were a little too fresh for me to stomach. The fruits and vegetables were amazing though and we ended up buying a bunch of fresh fruit and juices before heading back to the hotel to call it a night. Karla and I were both exhausted from our lack of sleep from the previous night, and we were really looking forward to getting a good nights sleep tonight.
Well, were we in for a surprise… did you know Spanish people like to party and that you can party and drink liquor on the streets and in public in Spain? Remember, we were now on the street side of the hotel (where we thought we wanted to be) and remember that sea of people I talked about earlier? They don’t go away after it gets dark. Hour by hour went by and Karla and I were kept up listening to what was the equivalent noise level of a school cafeteria or mall food court right outside our window. Talk about frustration… the roar of the crowd didn’t die down until nearly 5:00AM at which time I finally was able to sleep until about 8:00AM.
WOW! Great job capturing our trip. That’s amazing. I do have to point out there are a _few_ spelling mistakes, but after writing a 13-page blog, that is expected. I would also like to add to the currencies part of your blog; you mentioned that you paid almost $10.00 CAD for a coke for me, but conveniently left out the fact that you paid almost $20.00 CAD for a rye and tonic water at the disco, which you learned is _not_ a good drink like drunk Matt thought it was on new year’s! HA.
Glad you had a good holiday all in all. Easy holidays that go exactly as planned don’t actually exist… they are just a hopeful dream… so it sounds like you did alright.
Sorry we didn’t get to see you while you were there!
What an amazing story! I’m so happy that you took the time to write it all down! It is definitly a wonderful addition to the pictures (which I haven’t seen yet, but will be heading there next!) All too often people have only the photos, which is great, but it’s always nice to have that extra little bit and write down everything that is still fresh in your memory! Scary conversions and bad hotels aside, I do hope that you and Karla have the opportunity to return to Spain (all inclusive, of course!) and enjoy the things you missed out on the first time! It sounds like you had a wonderful time in England though (minus snotty hotel clerk!) and I was very happy to live vicariously through your tale!
Haha… thanks for the reminder about the Jack Daniels and Soda Water… it was actually 10 Euro’s, which is about $15.00CAD. Yeah, it was expensive, but comparatively not as expensive as your Coke still! haha.
Any who, in-case anyone is interested I finally got my photo’s online. Sorry for the delay… I know I disappointed both Karla and Brianne for taking so long.
1. England Pictures: Click here
2. Spain Picutres: Click here
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