I love google.

Ok I know this seems like overkill with the blogging, but in my defense this hostel has free wifi so I want to make the most of it while I can.  Also I'm writing this while sitting in bed, and also everythings new so seems worth talking about.

The hostel is pretty great, I was worried it might be pretty awful considering its price, but it works pretty well for me.  The owner is lovely, and speaks english very well.  Though the hostel is quite far from the centre of town, the metro station is 2 mins down the road, and it only takes about 15 mins to get into town.  It also feels very safe here, our dorm is 6 beds, but split into two rooms, and the door to it locks, so I feel ok about leaving our bags just shoved under the bed when we go wandering about.  Also we get breakfast, admitedly its only half a bagette, coffee and orange juice, but it saves a lot of hassle.  And did I mention the free wifi?  There is also a supermarket very close by, though it took us many attempts to find.  The man at reception when we arrived tried to explain where it was to us, but considering the state we were in I'm surprised I even realised he was talking about a supermarket.  Thats where google comes in.  I googled 'supermarket near reina elisenda' (the name of our metro stop) and it found it for us.  When we still couldn't find it I googled it again and got directions, which lead us straight to it.  Turns out the main reason we couldn't find it is that we hadn't realised there was a road that passed over the top of ours.

However the wandering to find the supermarket wasn't all bad, it lead us to a street that had a great fruit shop, and bakery, and chocolate shop, though I haven't visited that one yet.  We also went for a wander around our neighbourhood this afternoon which turned into a wander to find dinner, which saw us walk quite a long way, and accidently end up right where we wanted to.  I can't say the dinner we had was the best food I've ever eaten, but it was warm, edible, cheap, and we managed to order it despite the wner not understanding english and us not recognising anything on the menu.

Finally, as I'm about to fall asleep, we visited Sagrada Familia.  I can't describe it, its incredible.  Even better than last time because they've finishd the floor and opened it up.  I think I took 100 photos.  I'll post some of them soon.

Hope the weather is getting better where you are.