Taking the overnight ALSA coach from Madrid to Barcelona was quite an enjoyable ride. The seats were comfortable and there was even mini toilet attached to the bus (Mind you, there are no toilet attached to any of the busses in Malaysia). However, I realised something different about the highways in European countries compared to Malaysia. There were barely any street lights installed along the highway in Europe, making the journey slightly creepy and dark. After some seven hours of journey, we finally made it to the Barcelona's bus station.
Then we went to the nearest metro which was the Arc De Triomf to get the T-10 tickets that cost 9.90 Euro before heading to our accommodations. The T-10 tickets meant that we were issued with 10 tickets at once and it was way cheaper compared to single ticket each since we were going to use the metro anyways to travel around Barcelona. After dropping our belongings at our accommodations (two of us tried the Couchsurfing app which I will tell in another post while the rest stayed at hostels).
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| Gelatos! |
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| Amazing Paella! |
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| Churros! |
Our first destination was Passeig de Gracia street. It was one of the most famous shopping streets in Barcelona that linked the historic city center to the old village of Gracia. The boulevard consisted of famous high end stores ranging from Ermenegildo Zegna, Burberry, Jimmy Choo, just to name a few. The one thing significant was that the Zara items in Barcelona were filthily cheap as the brand was from Spain itself. I was not talking about 5 euros cheap, but € 10-20 cheaper compared to the exactly same items sold in Asia!
- November 11, 2018
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