2014 Addition – In editing and reformatting the travel posts, I noticed that my original writeup covered 3 weeks of time in a short, hastily-written post.

“Barcelona was simply an amazing city.  Our first hostel was right in the heart of the city, the old Olympic grounds were very nice although they seem to be falling into disrepair as of late.

Our second hostel there was in the mountains and a ways from the city.  It still turned out alright, I was able to see an amazing sunset and an even more spectacular sunrise from the tallest point in the city.”

While all of that is true, finding our second hostel was a real pain. Especially since we stopped one tram stop too far and missed the easy-to-follow signs. Instead, we walked around for a couple hours in the June heat only to hitch a ride with a nice gentleman looking for the same hostel.

My diet was also suffering at the time which I believe was made up of an entire loaf of bread each day and water. At the time, it seemed to make the most sense in order to preserve my limited resources for another 5-6 weeks.