Today we started out on what can only be described as a journey of a lifetime. Over two years in the making, but in reality what is probably over 15 years of dreaming of being able to travel and work overseas! The seemingly sudden arrival of this day caused lots of tears and nerves however once we said our final goodbyes and walked through the last airport gaits you could not have seen two more excited people (well not SO excited for the plane ride, but one cannot be blamed for that)!

After approximately 27 hours of planes, movies, indulgent chocolate breakfasts, someone smoking in the airplane bathroom and uncomfortable naps we arrived in the beautiful city of Barcelona and luckily enough found our 3rd travel buddy accidentally in the customs lines (who needs pre-arranged meeting plans anyway!)!

There was no way we were going to whittle away our first day, so once we found our hostel we decided to wander – what better way to get a feel of a city? After our first taste of tapas and sangria of course (delicious)! Now I can not possibly tell you exactly what we saw in our travel-frazzle state, but I can tell you it was spectacular! We walked from Placa de Catalunya to the waterfront and back and found (mostly by accident) many beautiful things along the way including Palau de la Música Catalana. We also found some other interesting (unsure how beautiful) sights around like street performers, acrobats, delicious market foods and plenty of rollerblading Spaniards. After we realised that it was closer to 10pm than 5pm (that Spanish sun playing tricks on us), we went in search for a well-deserved dinner and sleep! On a recommendation of the hostel we found ourselves at what we now fondly call “the McDonalds of Tapas”, certainly not the most amazing food in the world, but a funny little place where the beer comes in buckets your order may not be exactly what you expected. 
All in all I would say a pretty good start to what will hopefully be a wonderful experience!