On Tuesday the 24th of April we all gathered at the school at 12:45 am. We were all full of energy getting on the bus and a lot of people stayed awake for the two and a half hour bus journey. We arrived at Dublin airport at 3 am. We went through security and no one got stopped. After that we all got breakfast and went shopping. Our flight left at 6:30 and we were all sitting separately but my friend had two spare seats beside her so I moved up and was sitting beside two of my friends. The flight was two and a half hours long. I slept for an hour of it. When we arrived it was 10 o clock in Barcelona. We got on the bus straight away and went on a tour of Barcelona. We had a tour guide that was showing us all the interesting places and buildings. We went to the science museum in Barcelona. It was really good because you could wander off and look at whatever you wanted yourself and there was no guides. We got our lunch there and then we got back on the bus and went to the Gaudi Cathedral. We got about an hour of shopping but the place was so big we didn't have enough time to know where we were going so we didn't go into a lot of shops. Then we got back onto the bus at around 2 o'clock and went to the mountain Montjuic. We got cable cars up to the top of the mountain. The cable cars were really nice because we got to see a really good view of the city and it was something I've never done before. Then we went back to the hotel for an hour to leave our bags in our rooms and get dinner. The food in the hotel wasn't great. It was a buffet and it tasted like the food had been sitting there for a while. We went bowling at eight and stayed there for about an hour and a half. After that we went back to the hotel and went to bed as we were all really tired after our long day.
On Wednesday we stayed in Salou and went to the Gaudi Museum. We got phones there and you could listen to the information about all the different exhibits. When we were finished in the museum we had two hours of free time to go shopping and look around the town. We got lunch there aswell. After that we went to Port Aventura. We stayed there for 5 hours and I only got to go on 4 rides because it was so big and the lines were so long. Port Aventura was right beside the hotel so we went back to the hotel straight after and got changed into our swimming togs really quick and went to the beach. The beach was only a 2 minute walk from the hotel and it was a small beach so it wasn't very busy. It was late in the evening when we went to the beach so it was a bit cold so we didn't stay very long but it was still fun to go swimming. We went back to the hotel and got our dinner and showered. Then we went for a walk around the town and we got more food there because a lot of people didn't eat the dinner at the hotel. On Thursday we packed all our stuff and got on the bus to go to Tarragonna and saw the Ampitheatre. We got two hours free time there aswell but I didn't do much shopping because it was the last day and i didn't have a lot of money left. We went to Camp Nou after that and got to see all the awards and trophies. We went to the conference room, the changing rooms, the seating area and the subs benches. We went shopping for an hour and a half after that in the shopping center Maremagnum. We got our lunch there and then went to the airport. We all got through security fine and we had loads of time to go shopping and get food. Our flight left at nine o'clock and arrived in Dublin at around 11 o'clock Irish time. We got straight on the bus and got back into Portumna at 3. I really enjoyed the trip and would recommend it to any other group thinking of going. |