June 29: Barcelona
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Morning
"coffee" and the "paper" |
Ugh. This is going to be short because I spent most of my 24 hours today in bed. I am trying to ignore the fact that I can't really breath, I have a very attractive Typhoid Mary cough and I sound like I have been chain smoking since birth. Super Toby went to the pharmacia and managed to gesture and Spanglish his way to getting me some meds so hopefully I am on my way to better days! This was NOT in my scheduled trip itinerary! I am a TOTAL planner and this is NOT part of my plan!
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| Pre-Prophylactic Discovery |
Before I tapped out, we had decided to divide and conquer today with the male contingent heading to the beach (with Princess Emily Holland) and the girls (and Jerremy Holland as our token testosterone) heading to the market. Aside from Bailey getting totally sunburned and VERY FEW photos being taken, I heard it was quite fun. The boys did flips of the rocks at Playa Barceloneta, got yelled at by the Spanish coastguard, played soccer and volleyball, and, in a most disgusting turn of events, discovered several condoms floating in the water. (Please feel free to dry heave at this time:)
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| La Boqueria offerings... only a few! |
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| Spices! |
At the polar opposite of the disgusting spectrum was La Boqueria! Oh. My. Gawd. It was incredible! Everything there was gorgeous and fresh and.... just wow! They had really interesting foods for sale in little "newspaper" cones so of course we had to try the whole shrimp and octopus, freshly juiced fruit of every color of the rainbow, and pretty much anything you could ever desire on the food spectrum.... unless you are SUPER into processed and chemically enhanced food, then you are out of luck here!
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| Juices! |
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| Me and a few of the nursemaids. |
And.... that is where I fell apart. Apparently the elixir that Toby acquired for me had a little cocktail of codeine with whatever medicinal properties it contained and I was down for the count. I woke up a few times as the rest of my people transitioned from dinner to bar hopping and again as they all gathered at my bedside at 1:00am force feeding me inhalers, cough drops, more codeine, and water.... all while giggling. I had no idea my illness was so humorous. I'm sure in part was the fact that they were circling my bed in the "church room" like some sort of religious ritual, performed by drunken adults. Good times for all.
Tomorrow is our last day in Barcelona before we leave on Nana's FEATURED trip, a two week Mediterranean cruise. I still have a small list to accomplish now that I feel moderately well, so off I go!
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