Darcy and I were very attracted to Barcelona, not only because it's Spain, but there is a beach there. Seeing as both of us are extremely pale in complexion, a little sunlight never hurt! So we wandered over to the beach for a day in the sun! Of course, first we decided to run up the hill to the castle overlooking the entire city and take a terrifying trip down a cable car to the beach. There were a few cable cars up to the castle that are extremely nice! They are new and pretty and don't look like they may just fall out of the sky, but the one we ended up taking down to the beach was a bit different..... Our lovely cable car was run by a completely different company that was clearly not the same. The cable car we hopped into was crammed full of about 15 people and went sky high over the water and parts of the city. It creaked and jerked and made lovely sounds the whole way, and then decided to lower you to the platform with a lovely dropping stomach sort of feeling. But the view was incredible!!!! The amazing blue water right below you even took a bit of the stress of dying in a cable car accident out of your mind!
We didn't end up dying in the cable car, but I'm not going to lie, I did think about the headline of my obituary saying "Dropped out of the sky in a blaze of glory!" or even "American tourist falls out of cable car and into Mediterranean Ocean never to be seen again." So, needless to say, not exactly the safest of adventures, but we made it to the beach, which is really what mattered. We enjoyed a lovely day sitting on the beach, watching the waves, shivering in the ice-cold water, and watching all the crazy people pass by. One of my new favorite things to do is watch the people selling illegal things anywhere. The second they see a cop, the drop to the ground and pretend they aren't there, or they run like a chicken with their head chopped off... Best thing ever!
Love, Alison
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