Barthhhhhhhelona or Spain expedition number two

So, I took off to Barcelona, Spain last weekend with a few other students. It was great to be back in Spain. Me and one of the other girls were the only people who spoke Spanish, out of the seven of us, so I felt really cool translating for everyone. The first thing we notices about Barcelona was the oppressive heat! Just stepping off the plane you could feel it. Now, most people know I'm not a heat person, so you can imagine how I felt. It was really hot, but in looking back, it really wasn't so bad after the first day. You just drink a lot of water and stay in the shade when you can. Oh, and not worry about smelling worse then you ever have in your life. There were plenty of sites to see and we started right away. Most of the things there are from an architect - Gaudi. Look him up if you don't know anything about him. His work is amazing! There were also street markets and fun stores as we walked around the city. For one of our days there, four of us decided we wanted to spend some time at the beach. I didn't bring my swimming suit so I consigned myself to sit by and one of the other girls even said that she wasn't planning on getting in, so I didn't feel too bad. Well, we got there and the water looked so lovely and cool that I really couldn't resist. We went to a little clothes shop and I bought a swimming suit and something to go over it (because of course the only suits they had were skimpy bikinis) and headed into the water. IT WAS AMAZING! The water was really cool and was just the remedy we were looking for on the hot day. We played in the waves and body surfed a little. It was nice even to just stand or lay in the water. After we decided we had enough salt water up our noses, we went out to dry off on the beach. Unfortunately we hadn't brought towels so we all ended up kind of sharing one because the beach chairs they had on the beach it turns out you have to pay for. We probably laid out for an hour or so until our clothes were mostly dry. Little did we know that we would pay for it later. After getting out of the sun we started noticing that everyone was really red. We stopped to take in the damage and decided we needed some aloe. Well, suffice it to say that we were all in great pain the next few days, and I know that at least I am still in pain. I found a blister on my shoulder today. I don't know if it's been there the whole time or if it is recently formed. I'm also peeling, but apparantly pulling the skin off was not a good idea because it hurts even worse now. Oh well, there's really not much I can do but wait it out. The only real complaint I have is it makes it rather hard to sleep. And carrying around a backpack all day can be rather taxing. But don't worry about me! I'll be fine. It was completely worth it to spend the day swimming in the Mediterranean. Now I'm back in London and we really only have one and a half more weeks here before we take off. Were going to be traveling outside of London to places like Cardiff, Bath, Salisbury (home of Stonehenge) and other places this weekend. I just hope I don't get more bug bites. That would really make my day to deal with those on top of my sunburn. But I don't know what I can really do about that short of sleeping on the floor. I'll just keep my fingers crossed that the hostels are nice.