Criss-Crossed Travels

Oxford, England.

I miss this place so much, guys.

Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. There haven’t really been any travels I’m going on, especially since I’m in school. The only possible trip I see would happen in December. I’m getting more active on another one of my blogs here on Tumblr, so hopefully I’ll remember to post in this one too!

Love you all, hope you’re having great travels without me! As always, I’m open for questions. <3

- CC

(Source: kayezilla)

Reblogged 1 year ago from fyeahoxford by criss-crossed

17 notes

Tags: Oxford, england, sorry i've been gone so long, i miss this blog,

Quick Link Sharing

Hi guys, I’ll post here again soon, have a mini recap post to do about my last two days of travel (yes, not 1 but 2 marvelous days! *sarcasm) but first I have a link to share.

Here

A beautiful aerial photo of the planning of Barcelona. :] Thought it was pretty cool, and relevant to my blog, so thought I’d share. Enjoy, and be back soon!

- C

Posted 1 year ago by criss-crossed

2 notes

Tags: barcelona, spain, photo, link,

The Last Night…

Okay guys, it’s been a blast writing this blog (I can’t believe the end has come already!) and hopefully this page will still be updated. :P When I get home I’ll upload the rest of the pictures, but, right now I can’t wait to get home!

Yesterday my parents and I went to Mountjuic (in Barcelona) and the castle-fort thingy on top, along with the Olympic stadium. We ate pizza at an Italian-ish(?) run by asians and then we packed. Left this morning and took the train to Madrid where we are now. I slept on the train, I slept when I got here….I swear my body is realizing the trip is at an end and is trying to recoup.

Also, I think I may be getting a cold or something. :[ Woke up with a sore-ish throat today, and wasn’t feeling too hot during the day. Gonna sleep now since I need all the rest I can….hopefully the flight from here to London and then the 10hr flight home is good….I really don’t want to be sicky on a long-ass flight. :[

Okay. Need sleep. See you guys when I’m back home! Thanks for reading. :]

- C

Posted 1 year ago by criss-crossed

9 notes

Tags: travel, spain, madrid, barcelona, montjuic, london, flying, last night,

Mini-Note 4

Realizing that it’s my last night abroad, but I can find 4 channels in english, 3 of which are news. One is Fox, but who likes Fox? (The Simpsons were on earlier so that was fun)

Also, I thought it was pretty cool, I got a really neat poster of a drawn Flamenco dancer with my name printed on it. :] I’m excited to put it on my wall when I get back to school!

And, last note: I think I’m going to miss the tapas in Spain a lot. (gonna go look up good places in LA! :P )

Okay, random ramble is random. Gonna go do things. Lataaaaa

- C

Posted 1 year ago by criss-crossed

2 notes

Tags: madrid, poster, spain, travel, tv, random post,

Hey guys!

Okay, so I’ve got to get up early tomorrow and pack, because my trip is coming to a close! Tonight is my last night in Barcelona; tomorrow we spend a night in Madrid and then we catch our flight back home the next morning.

SO.

I won’t be able to recap until tomorrow, pictures and all, so please be patient! Thanks to all those who’ve liked/reblogged my posts!! I really appreciate it. :]

After I get home I want to make this blog dedicated to something else (since I won’t really be traveling much afterwards). Maybe make it about summer adventures? Maybe. Any suggestions? Maybe it’ll inspire me to actually get out and DO STUFF. ~~heck yes!!~~

Anyway, gotta sleep, thanks again and post tomorrow! ><

- C

Posted 1 year ago by criss-crossed

4 notes

Tags: travel, spain, barcelona, sorry!!,

Mini-Note 3

If you didn’t already know, people smoke a lot in Europe (especially in Spain, even more-so than London). I mean, A LOT A LOT.

At least a fair amount more than most Americans are exposed to. Everyone lights up on the streets, on restaurant terraces, in their cars….

I’ve gotten a bit more used to it (the smoke fries my nose >< ) and now it definitely doesn’t seem as strong to me.

And even though I have smoked a couple times, I don’t make a habit of it, but I know the taste. And right now, I swear I taste it in my mouth. It’s….kind of freaky.

Or maybe I’m just crazy YOU KNOW WHATEVER.

Anyway, not bashing people who do smoke or anything, just noticing the difference and how much of a change it is versus super anti-smoking-anywhere California. Okies. Lata!

- C

Posted 1 year ago by criss-crossed

5 notes

Tags: smoking, california, europe, spain, travel,

This, by the way, is where we’re going tomorrow. The Catalan Music Theater (i think it’s name is? auditorium? something.)

We’re gonna take a tour or something around in there, so hopefully that’s interesting. Late here, so I’m off to sleep, NIGHT!

- C

Posted 1 year ago by criss-crossed

10 notes

Tags: photo, day 14, theater, auditorium, barcelona, spain, travel, tour,

Very ingenious way of painting. This guy was outside the Picasso Museum selling his work for a Euro each. Really quite amazing. I’ll post a picture of one later, after I figure out which one I’m gonna have for myself! xD

So prettyful….

Posted 1 year ago by criss-crossed

4 notes

Tags: art, spain, barcelona, travel, painting, photo, day 14,

Wasn’t allowed to take pictures inside the Picasso museum of course, so here’s the inner courtyard. I really love it’s style.

Posted 1 year ago by criss-crossed

7 notes

Tags: picasso, art, museum, barcelona, spain, travel, photo, day 14,

Forgot to mention, we also went in to another covered market. Oldest one in Barcelona, (older than La Boqueria at least) as we were told, but a bit smaller.

Thought it was super fascinating that they actually sold ostrich eggs!! O_o

Posted 1 year ago by criss-crossed

Tags: ostrich, wtf, lol, food, barcelona, travel, spain, photo, day 14,

Cathedral in Barcelona, Spain. I was too sexy to be let in.

Me and my shorts. Ah, well.

Posted 1 year ago by criss-crossed

3 notes

Tags: lol, barcelona, cathedral, spain, travel, photo, day 14,

Day 14 - Picasso and….

not much else. Seriously, today was a pretty laid back day, and nothing much got done. We even left the apartment earlier than usual! (ugh, and even earlier for tomorrow! ><) All we did was walk around some more, and I was proud of myself because when we needed to head back I KNEW WHERE WE WERE. HELL YEAH.

(I wasn’t sure how we suddenly ended up back at the place we began in the morning, but I knew where we were from there! xD )

When we were walking around, we ended up at the city cathedral. My parents wanted to check it out, and when we walked up, I couldn’t get in because of my shorts. Ah well, I’m too sexy for that church. Literally. LOL….ANYHOO I just chilled outside in the warm sun (it’s getting a bit cooler and tolerable out nowadays) and waited for them to come out.

Then we were off to the museum. I’d been to the museum before, but it seems like this time they set it up a bit differently. It was a bit easier last time to navigate, since it was pretty chronological. IMHO: I really like Picasso overall as an artist, but I am probably a bigger fan of his sketches and his early work, before he got into his Blue Period and Cubism and such.

As we were leaving, I saw this guy making really cool painted glass things, for about a Euro each. He wasn’t that well off, but just about EVERYONE passing by stopped to take a look at what he’d painted. Myself included! I bought some, and as I put them in my bag I saw that he’d actually painted them with his fingers! (too poor for a brush I assume.) Ahhh I’m glad he was getting lots of business. He was really good!

Then, we stopped at two bakeries, I got some delicious cookies…and pastries…and oh my god I’m going to gain weight stop looking at me like that I AM NOT A FATTY.

Oh wait. Yes I am. :]

I ate two of them (chocolate chip and hazelnut) when I got home and promptly took a nap. The trip is winding down, but I definitely think my body feels it. Ahhhh only one more day in Barcelona! Let’s make it a good one! :P

- C

Posted 1 year ago by criss-crossed

2 notes

Tags: picasso, museum, barcelona, spain, travel, day 14, walking, cubism, art, desserts, omg i'm such a fatty,

Mini-Note 2

It’s raining in Barcelona now. It’s so weird, I feel like the only place that was actually constant with it’s weather (in that I got what I expected for summer weather) was in Madrid. Hot, and a bit humid.

Now its warmish, and really humid. Luckily, the AC in the apartment keeps out the humidity. But I can hear the rain outside. So that’s nice.

However, that also means I can hear every noise our neighbors make, whether it be upstairs or across the space between buildings echoing in the alley. Yup.

Okay. Early morning, let’s hope I can make it! >< (and that the weather isn’t too bad!)

Night!

- C