Day 7 - Peniscola / Barcelona, Spain - June 17th

We left Valencia today. I was sad to leave it. I would have liked to stay for a few days and get the know the city better. We drove to a beautiful coastal city called Peniscola. The Mediterranean sea was such a beautiful color of blue, and the beaches looked amazing! We were only stopping here for an hour lunch break, so we didn’t get time to play on the beach. We walked up to the castle and on the top of the tower walls and got to see some amazing views of the city and sea below us. We also had time for lunch and we got some pizza at a restaurant. It was delicious! We drove another 2 hours to Barcelona. We waited over an hour in our hotel room for our bags to be delivered. We wanted to change our clothes and put on sandals and get on the metro and find the beach. By the time we left the hotel it was almost 6:00. We saw a cat and 5 kittens on the hotel grounds as we were leaving the hotel. The metro took us to a stop that on the map, should drop us off right at the beach. When we got off the metro it was raining and there were tall buildings all around us. We knew the beach was supposed to be south of the train station, but it was cloudy and raining so I had no idea which way was south. We walked up the street one direction, then pulled out the city map and realized we were heading north. So we turned around and walked south. The road seemed to go on and on and no beach or sea in sight. It was still raining and we were getting a little discouraged. We didn’t bring our umbrella or rain jackets, so we were getting really soaked. I looked down a side street and saw water, so we walked that way and found the beach! Megan immediately perked up and ran to the sand and started looking for shells. After about 10 minutes on the beach, the light rain turned into a down pour. Thankfully there were public restrooms nearby, so we went and washed off our week and waited for the rain to slow down. We then decided to walk back toward the metro and get something to eat. We saw a fry stand so we got some yummy chili fries for dinner. We also stopped at a market and got a couple oranges. They are delicious here in Spain! We got back on the metro to go to the hotel. When we got off the metro the rain turned into a lightning and thunder storm. We had to walk about 15 minutes in the storm to the hotel. It was a quite an adventure filled night.