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15 thoughts from my first full day in Spain

Hey all, I did bring my laptop, so I want to keep this blog updated, but it may be more of a journal while I'm in Spain and Andorra. Anyways, let me tell you a bit about my day.

  1. Dear god there are so many pigeons. I was at Plaça de Catalunya and there were were more than I'd ever seen in my life. If you told me I'd ended up in Birds, I would have believed you.
  2. The Gothic Quarter is beautiful. It feels like a slice of history you get to walk through, but with modern stores.
  3. There is a lot of graffiti around. My favorite so far is this one puppy that keeps repeating.
  4. I do not remember as much Spanish as I'd hoped. However, my accent seems to still convince people for a moment that I know what I'm doing.
  5. Picasso painted a lot more animals than I knew. He had a lot of paintings of pigeons, but I really liked the one of his dog. I just found itPeople very sweet.
  6. Drinking chocolate is very thick. I feel like someone had told me this already, but I had forgotten. 
  7. Drinking chocolate must have always been intended to dip churros in. It was incredible. I never knew churros needed anything else.
  8. How is sangria cheaper than coffee? Yes this may just depend on where I go, but still. How did I find very good sangria for less than two euro?
  9. I saw so many dogs today. I think I just found myself on a popular walking path, but as I ate my breakfast this morning, I saw so many cute doggos. Perhaps I'll go back tomorrow.
  10. Never fully trust the weather. The weather told me it was going to be pretty cloudy all day and rain a bit, so I brought my umbrella. For the first part of the day, it was incredibly sunny and I internally grumbled about having to bring my umbrella and not bringing my sunglasses. Then it rained and I felt as though I had been proven right. And then it got sunny again. Sigh.
  11. I need to have tapas some night. I was planning on doing it tonight, but then I found amazing paella. I have no regrets.
  12. There are a lot of markets. This could be because it was the weekend, but I think I stumbled across at least three outdoor markets today.
  13. I love that no matter what country I end up in, I can still find alligator things to buy. Today it was an eraser and a bottle opener.
  14. Wandering remains great. I had a few things I wanted to hit up today, but I'm glad I wandered off the route a bit. I don't think I ever would have found some of the things I did today otherwise.
  15. Street performers pretending to be statues creeps me out. I looked up once and one of them was staring at me when before he had been looking away. 
(Prompt by me)

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