Feetup Hostel was great, low cost & relaxed vibe. A lot has happened since then! We visited the beach to see what all the fuss was about. Turns out people live to get a tab lying on fine grained dirt and occasionally wash off in a rubbish-tip themed ocean.
Spent one day walking around Montjuic & it's citadel that overlooks the entire city, forward by an insanely salty (but delish) seafood paella. 17€ each. Barcelona caught a bit of rain which kept the city nice and cool for the next 24 hours.
For our last day we caught the train out to Les Planes and trekked for 3 hours through the hills surrounding Barcelona. It was here where we found the best view of the city. More tapas of olives, Iberian ham and Russian salad was had before prepping for our journey to Edinburgh on the 10th.
No trouble was had getting out of Spain.
When we stopped over in Brussels the customs officer declared us as illegals because we never recurved a stamp when we flew into Barcelona. It was an empty threat though because he promptly stamped our passports and moved us along. We regretted going through customs so swiftly though because we got cut off from all the cheap food options. Found a bar though and started hearing reports that the Brussels Airport's ground staff were on strike and some travelers had already encountered 3 hours of delays. It didn't end up being a problem for us though & we caught our tiny, scary plane to Edinburgh. It was scary because half way through the flight there was a strong odour of burning electricals coming through the vents which caused the hair on my arms to stand on end in fear. It didn't help that at the time I was reading a quarterly essay on ISIS...
Dan was awesome enough to greet us upon arrival at e airport with a bottle of Black Bottle whisky and lead us back to our hostel.
Geez, when they said that Containers Hostel was on the docks, they really weren't kidding. Was a super well set up Warren of about 10 shopping containers all placed to create a wall to surround the hostel and paths through to each room.
We spent our two days in Edinburgh going to free comedy shows at The Southsider Hotel as week as one paid (but terrible) comedy about fan fiction.
Arthur's Seat was a short walk with terrific views of all of Edinburgh. We took an hour out of our day just to relax at the top. Despite being so high up you could still hear the bagpipes being played down in the city centre.
Bars of note:
- The Royal Oak for cheap whiskey
- The Cowshed for free live music
- The Bar Bados because the floor was covered in sand but otherwise the place sucked.
13th: We took a bus to Glasgow (7.70 pound) and spent the night in Bunkum Hostel where they were quite friendly until the clock hit 10.30am at which point we may as well have been trespassing!
We haven't spent much time in Glasgow, basically stayed a night before picking up our Van. Managed to have a fiery argument with Dan around where we should go and why. Never really sorted it out but just acknowledging our different travelling styles at this point which has gotten us by, just!
The trains in Glasgow look like they were shot straight out of the 70's. Bright orange & white tubes with car horns to alert you of their presense!
By the way, on our 2nd night in Edinburgh we slaughtered some massive kebabs on our walk back to Containers. Well worth mentioning I reckon!
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