I just got financially stuck here in Barcelona because i hugely overestimated the money i could earn here.
And because i have to cover a lot of things in my blog now then dont feel offended if i forgot to mentions you.
Between 24.11 and 01.12 i took some time off from everything and just stayed in the apartment the hole time. That consisted off watching movies from the moment i woke up until i went to sleep. And sometimes even for the hole night also with out sleeping.
But that's good because now i have watched most of the good movies from 2014.
Tuesday (02.12) i decided that i move out from the apartment and start earning some money.
But once i arrived in the center, one very lovely girl with a beautiful smile came to talk with me.
So we decided that we walk around the city together, go to a park and to the beach to watch sunset with some street artists concerts. So i didn't earn any money but i had a very nice day.
Then Wednesday after almost two weeks of staying in Barcelona i tried to earn money here.
But that didn't go so well and half of the day was also raining.
And because now i didn't have a dry place to sleep i went to the main street in the center, hoping that somebody will come to talk with me and offer a place to sleep.
After two hours i got myself a place to sleep in an apartment where 6 guys lived. And they even had a room that was turned into a proper greenhouse with ventilation's and everything (if you know what i mean).
Thursday was pretty much the same story. But instead of 6 guys it was 5 nice girls and with out a greenhouse.
For Friday i had high hopes on earning money. I did slept until 4 pm but still. So far in every city Ive stayed there has been always more money to be earned on the weekends.
But apparently that's not the case in Barcelona. Here the streets are too crowded on the weekends and everybody just wants to get out from there and has no time for something else.
Saturday was a bit better for earning money so in the evening i went to my home bar where i decided to have a beer. There i met some people who offered me beers and tequila shots. The last thing from the bar i can remember was a tequila shot right before closing and a drunk idea to go to a karaoke bar with them.
What happened in the next 3 hours i have no idea. My memory comes back somewhere 2 am with me sitting in a park in the other side of the city doing a cigarette and with no money (i only had 14 euros anyway).
Sunday when i woke up with no money and no tobacco the plan was clear. It was time to earn some money.
In the late evening my situation was a bit better already but that's not the case here.
I was sitting in the main street again around 12 pm when one backpacker came to talk with me.
He offered me those 1 euro beers that the beer guys sell on the streets and we drank and talked for the hole night.
Then around 5 am the police came and said that its not allowed to drink in public here in Barcelona.
We said that we didn't know that (and we didn't because so far in every other city its been allowed to drink at least a beer) so we put away our beers. Then 10 minutes later we decided to have another on and the same police saw us again. That time they already asked our documents and started writing a fine. In the mean time i went to the other police officer and asked what happens if i don't pay a fine because i only had 8 euros. Then thay talked something in Spanish, threw away the fine with a warning that next time we go straight to the Police department. So we called it a night and went to sleep.
Monday and Tuesday nothing really happened and i just tried to earn some money.
Again i just earned enough for food and tobacco and for some occasional beer.
Wednesday i went to my Mike-s bar (the host in whose place i stayed for almost two weeks) to get my new debit card that was sent to his place from Estonia. And he offered me free beers for the whole night but in return i had to help him out with the cleaning before closing.
And he also decided that i can stay in his place again but i have to leave in the mornings so i could earn some money.
Thursday i tried to earn money again for the whole day but still it was going bad.
Then Friday was the first day it was going a bit better. But that's mostly because i changed places constantly and was out until 3 am.
Saturday and Sunday are like one day for me. I woke up when it was sunset already and went to earn money again until 3 am. But i still wasn't sleepy so sat on the main street on the benches again until 8 am. Then i was hungry and a bit sleepy so i went to McDonald's to have some coffees and burgers. But before i could drank my coffees i felled a sleep. And then 5 hours later i woke up and walked down from the second floor and the workers just laughed (Ive visited McDonald's a lot here and the girls know and like me).
After that it started raining so i went to the bar where i sat for the hole day.
In the evening it had stopped raining for two hours so i thought that its okey to sleep outside.
But i was wrong and half an hour later it started raining again and was raining for the hole night.
And i got very-very whet when sleeping. But at least my sleeping bag holds the heat in so it wasn't very cold.
Monday it was still raining for the hole day so i sat at my bar again and tried to dry out.
In the evening i called Mike and went to sleep in his place again.
Tuesday i took some time off again and we watched movies together.
Wednesday i tried to earn money again but still the same story.
But in the evening i went to my bar again and there was a pub quiz night again.
Our team lost only with 0,5 points unfortunately. But the winners were kind so they shared their Jagermeister with us.
Thursday i earned money for the first half a day. Then in the evening i went to my bar for a coffee and met a guy who offered me many beers again. So i stayed there for the whole evening again.
Friday in the first half of the day i earned money and in the evening i went to my bar. And there was a 2 for 1 night so i could even afford buying beers and met some cool people again who also offered drinks.
And Friday should have been the last night here for me also.
Saturday i went to my bar to say bye to all the workers and other regulars but because i got there late i decided that I'm going to stay one more night. So i tried some money in the night time.
Sunday should have been for sure the last day for me here in Barcelona.
But again i slept until 4pm and then i went to say bye once more.
After that i went in front of the cathedral to write my diary. But because I'm a really lousy diary writer i had to cover 25 days and pages. And that took 4 hours for me. And by that time the big shops were i could buy food were closed and also the Internet points so i couldn't write a blog post also.
And also actually one of the reasons why it was so hard to earn money here was that its not allowed.
I always had to keep an eye on police (and theres a lot of them here) and hide my hat. When they did saw me there was 3 options. They saw me but were nice and didn't do nothing. They saw me and asked me to leave. Or the worst case was that they saw me, took away my money from the hat and asked to leave.
One of the police officers was even so serious that he said that i cant have my sign with me because its an advertisement to my blog and i have to pay for the city hall for that.
I'm going to make some little advertisement to my home bar also.
Its called Travel Bar and its on Carrer de la Boqueria (take the first street to the right on Rambla after the McDonald's. There you can have different free walking tours everyday and many other things. Also there is a great staff working over there. And when you go there say hi to Henry from me (the bartender with pony tail) and tip him well because he is an awesome guy.
And I'm not so enthusiastic tourist like most of the people are. Ive been in Barcelona for a month and I'm still leaving without visiting Sagrada familia. Before i did the tourist tour usually on the last day before leaving to take photos for my blog but without camera i dont care so much
And today i already received some Christmas presents in the form of money on my bank account so i can finally leave with out worrying about money. The next stop should be Valencia.
So far 2577 km.
