Day 9: Barcelona Beach Day

We started the morning by going to a fabulous market and got fruit smoothies.  Danny and I are obsessed.  I got them the last time I was in Barcelona and I forced Danny to get one.  For €1 you get a blended fruit drink.  It was pretty much straight blended fruit.  So amazing!  We both got two and then went for a walk down Las Ramblas.  We both wanted to buy paintings...  Last time I was here there were so many more street artists.  Danny got lucky and found a really great painting of a guy playing the saxophone (I'll post a picture later)  I didn't fall in love with anything and left empty handed. :( We continued our walk and saw the pier again and then went to Starbucks and to write some postcards.  We then made our way down to the beach... 

The beach in Barcelona was my second favorite thing we did while in Europe.  I absolutely loved this beach.  Danny coined the phrase "beach economy" because people would come around with virtually everything you could want.  I said "woah a massage would be really nice right now" within moments some Thai lady came by asking if I wanted a massage.  This massage was the best deal ever.  I ended up spending €10 for a very long Thai massage.  Worth every penny.  People came by selling coconut slices, Indian food (yes, seriously), fruit, beer, soda, water, towels, sarongs... just about everything you could desire was available.  It was awesome.  We really just relaxed on the beach for most of the day.  I went into the water.  A little cold for my liking.  Read my kindle.  People watched...  

I must say... People watching on a beach in Europe is interesting. I saw a lottttt of boobies and a lot of men in speedos.  I was just amazed at how comfortable people were with their bodies.  I was self conscious wearing a bikini to the beach... but I could NEVER imagine going topless.  I must say that it was quite the self esteem booster because I realized that if 90 year old women could go to the beach wearing virtually nothing... I shouldn't be embarrassed about not having a "perfect" body.