Friday, September 17, 2010

Last day in Manchester, Ibiza and Barcelona, ESPANA!!!!!

Ola!!!!!!!!!

Writing this blog post from our hostel in Barcelona, Spain. AND WHAT a couple of days it has been! We had our last day in Manchester, where we slept in and then headed out to Oldham where Kieran used to live, just to check it out and take a photo!!!! We got there, took a couple of pictures then bailed, the new owner was looking out the window!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhahahaha!!!!!!! Went and had a look at Old Trafford with its Manchester United get up all over it!!!!!!!! took a couple of pictures!!!!!! Went to some epic shopping centre and had a squiz!!!! Ella and Ham got credit, interesting stuff =p Thanking Simon for being our Taxi!

That night we feasted on epic amounts of roast and crackling and I was a happy little vegemite!!!!!!!!!!

4am wake up call anyone???????????????????? IBIZA HERE WE COME!!!! Thanking Margaret for her hospitality and the 4am bacon and cheese sandwich!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Off to the airport we went, got ourselves checked in and were on the plane not long after.

The flight to Ibiza was just under 3 hours from Manchester, slept most of it with my mouth open, classy stuff. But nothing betters hams effort, asleep as we landed!!!!!!!!!!! Before we knew it we had arrived in Spain and were going through Customs, filled out some forms and were in the taxi headed for Lux Mar Apartmentatos!!!!!!!!!

Arrived at the Hostel and was told we had to wait 3 hours before we could get our room. Meh, we put our bags in the baggage room and set off for a walk. Went down the beach, decided to go into Ibiza town centre got half way there then ham realised he left his cam at the beach!!! We legged it down to the beach, thankgod it was still there!!!!!!! Then we took a walk along the foreshore and before we knew it was over 3 hours and our room was ready. We got our bags, and went up to our room. Room was nice, EPIC view. The only issue was, the bathroom smelt of urine... keeping that door closed.

We went down and had lunch at the foreshore, pretty cheaply, before heading off to Amnesia. Amnesia is aparently the ´world club´. We went so Ham could see Armin Van Burren. Was pretty awesome night considering how bloody exhausted we were!!!!

Slept until 12 the next day!!! Spent the next day booking barcelona hostels and flights. Then it was off to the beach. Had a good relaxing couple of hours at the beach then we headed back to the hostel to get ourselves showered and went back to the foreshore to have a nice cheap dinner again!!!!!!!! Before retireing back to the room to sleep, another early wake up call for another early flight.

Welcome to the day we will forever prefer to forget =D
Woke up at 6:30am, got ourselves packed and was out of the hostel in a flash off to the airport. We checked in, got ourselves to the gate and had a half hour of so before boarding. We waited, and waited, past the time the plane was meant to leave. Delayed, delayed, delayed. Then they took delayed to a new level. first it was an hour, then two, then three. Five hours later I was about ready to stab the nearest person, we left at the same time the NEXT Vueling flight to Barcelona left!!!!!!! Finally arrived in Barcelona 5 hours after we were meant to arrive. We got on the train to the main station before catching a metro to where we had to be. But, alas, we are geniuses, and didnt have an address for the hostel. Fail. We got hugely lost, no one knew it!!!!! After a while, I rang Mara and got her to look the address up online! We piled into a taxi and got dropped off 10 euros later! Alas, the taxi driver didnt drop us off at the correct location!!!!!!!!!! We went into an internet cafe and asked for directions and before we knew it we arrived at the hostel. AT 6PM!!! But, WE ARRIVED. We got ourselves sorted out in our dorm and went to go get dinner. We bought pizza, there was no oven and the microwave doesnt work!!!!!!!! Fail. Ended up eating it cold I was that starving!!!!
Ella and Ham were feeling a bit lost and homesick, cant say I had enjoyed the day but we were all looking forward to the next couple of days in Barcelona!!!!
Met our room mates, a couple of Spaniards and a Brit. Not a whole lot of conversation there!!!!!
Now I am writing this post before we head off to the Picasso Museum!!!!!
Adios Amigos!!!!!!

1 comment:

  1. Reminds me of when I went to Kokoda...the plane we were taking from Brisbane to Pt. Moresby broke its landing gear arriving in Brisbane...6 hours later, when QANTAS charters a plane caus apparently a multi-national airline doesnt have any spare planes...

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