{"id":6919,"date":"2016-12-05T09:47:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T14:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/?p=6919"},"modified":"2020-02-05T14:35:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T19:35:53","slug":"spain-barcelona-100616","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2016\/12\/05\/spain-barcelona-100616\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain-Barcelona  (10\/06\/16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*flashback*<\/p>\n<p>This weekend we planned to celebrate one of my best friends birthday in the beautiful city of Barcelona. \u00a0After &#8220;careful&#8221; consideration for a few weeks (really more like a few days) my friend Brittany decided that is where she wanted to go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0325-1-225x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15677 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0325-1-225x300-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The total of people for this trip was six, including myself.<br \/>\nThree of us planned to arrive Thursday night and the other three planned to arrive early Friday morning. When we first arrived in Barcelona thursday night, we sadly realized that Uber did not exist. Being the only one that spoke spanish, we got a taxi from the airport to take us to our airbnb. When we arrived at the house we contacted the owner and he assured us he was 15 min away. After waiting outside of the house for 40 minutes <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0331-150x150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-15678 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0331-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>he finally arrived, gave us a tour of the house and briefly explained transportation around the city.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/files\/2016\/12\/IMG_5801.jpg\">The next morning we waited for the remained of our <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5801-300x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15679 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5801-300x200-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/files\/2016\/12\/IMG_5801.jpg\">group to arrive in order to \u00a0 go out and explore the city. \u00a0To name a couple places we visited throughout our stay in Barcelona:\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; Gaudi Parc G\u00fcell<br \/>\n&#8211; Villa de Gracia \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8211; Port of Barcelona<br \/>\n&#8211; La Sagrada Familia \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211; Mercado de la Boqueria<br \/>\n&#8211; Viladecans<a href=\"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/files\/2016\/12\/IMG_5889.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/GOPR5612-300x225.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15680 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/GOPR5612-300x225-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0397-300x200.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15681 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0397-300x200-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5816-300x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15682 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5816-300x200-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5914-300x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15683 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5914-300x200-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some my favorite memories from this weekend were simply being able to walk through the city and discover new places with such an amazing group of people. I had previously visited the city a couple years back so its was very interesting to see the differences, understand more about the culture and go to places I wasnt able to last time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5867-1024x683.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15684 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5867-1024x683-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5867-1024x683-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5867-1024x683-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5867-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5889.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15685 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5889-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5889-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5889-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5889-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the great highlights from this trip was being able to reach one of the cities highest points of the city and gaining a 360 view. The view was incredible and breathtaking, we were lucky since it was a beautiful clear day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0391-225x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15686 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_0391-225x300-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5836-1024x683.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15687 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5836-1024x683-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5836-1024x683-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5836-1024x683-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5836-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5895-300x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15688 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5895-300x200-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5905-300x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15689 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_5905-300x200-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*flashback* This weekend we planned to celebrate one of my best friends birthday in the beautiful city of Barcelona. \u00a0After &#8220;careful&#8221; consideration for a few weeks (really more like a few days) my friend Brittany decided that is where she wanted to go. The total of people for this trip was six, including myself. Three&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-capa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15690,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6919\/revisions\/15690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}