You know what happens when you wear the same clothes and shoes for six months? Yes, they smell, and wear out, becoming threadbare, sad, faded and limp, with holes in embarrassing places - not to mention that you get totally sick of them. So sometimes you have to go shopping. In Badalona (suburb of Barcelona, right on the beach) this is not hard. "It's a capital purchase!!" we justify to ourselves as we sweat over our (sort of) strict daily budget. I got new shoes, a shirt, pants, earrings, had my legs waxed (too much information?) and even thrifty Miles broke down and had his hair cut and bought some shorts. We also went into Barcelona and visited the park and a few other sites, though we have pretty much done all the highlights of this great town. Spain is seriously cheap and a great place for shopping, I mean, making capital purchases. And when you are hot, tired, sick of shopping, and negotiating how to get your legs waxed and your hair cut in terrible Spanish, you go home, don your cossie and walk across the palm tree lined boardwalk and under the train tracks to the beach (yes, Badalona is also very very close to transport with train right next to boardwalk) and swim in the nice warm Meditteranean. We even have squeaky green parrots here that remind us of our rainbow lorikeets in Sydney. Best of all, there are loads of inexpensive tapas bars where you can eat a three course meal with bread and a pitcher of Sangria for like $15 - seriously : ) That means you have more money left over for really important things, like new socks and underwear.
Next stop, Lloret de Mar - north of Barcelona on the Costa Brava. We're a bit scared as the lady at our Badalona hotel has described it as the Las Vegas of the Costa Brava. I am sure we will have stories to tell. Stay tuned!
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