Jamie's Great Adventure Part 2

Tuesday I headed to the airport bright and early. I got an overpriced breakfast there because, for some reason, I was starving at 4:30 a.m. I got a window seat on the plane, which was awesome, and I slept most of the flight to Porto. I had a 4-hour layover and then continued to  Madeira . Flying into Madeira was a bit scary. We were so close to the water, and I still couldn't see the runway, and it was windy. It was so gorgeous, though, with the mountains, lush green trees, water and my favourite Portuguese red clay roofs. I hung out in the airport for a while and waited for Tori to land. We picked up our rental car and set off on our adventure when she did. In Madeira, they drive on the same side of the road as Canada, so that was nice. The only thing was they gave us a big SUV when I booked a Fiat 500 (or something similar)... the roads around the island are small and windy, so that was exciting in our monster vehicle. We got gas and some groceries and drove to our Bed and Breakf

Friday When I arrived in Barcelona, I felt overwhelmed and tired. I was not feeling the whole solo travelling thing for a minute. It wasn't check-in time yet, so I dropped my bag off at the hostel, got some snacks at the grocery store, sat in  Passeig de Lluís Companys Park , and relaxed for a while. I saw the  Arc de Triomf  and watched the people in the lively streets. When I returned to my hostel to check in at 2 p.m., my room was dark, and everyone was napping! I unpacked, rested and then headed out with a group of people from my hostel.  I stayed at  Black Swan Hostel Barcelona  in an 8-person dorm room. The hostel itself was quite nice; it had some excellent common areas, and the rooms were nice. They had group activities daily, which I enjoyed as a solo traveller, and they had a free family dinner every night. You could sign up daily, and they would make you a dinner - it wasn't the best, but it was free!  After settling in, a group of us from the hostel went to the  Bun