Saturday and Sunday 30/9-1/10:

So our 1st weekend in Barca was pretty boring. We went to a couple of parks (duly filled with a lot of gays on the grass!) and saw the Barca equivalent of the Buland Darwaza. Still getting used to the city... Oh, we also go to El Corte Ingles, a pseud store (the first we see in Barca) to ask for (of all things) a phone connection. And after getting the lady to open the pack and explain the stuff, I also tell her, "I'll be back later" :D So we get back to the hostel and go to the Afghani who runs an internet store close to our hostel and also sells phone connections. So here's the deal. He offers us a phone card for 20 euros (as opposed to 25 by the other stores) and gives us 29 euros of talktime (as opposed to 19 euros by other stores). Obviously we would buy the card from him, right?! So the first card he gives me, I manage to figure out that it has only 12 euros of talktime on it. Sorry dude, I'm not buying that. "No problem", he says, "doosra de dete hain". The 2nd card he gives me has 28.51 euros of talktime (pretty close, eh?), but then I manage to figure out that it's valid only till the 5th of October, which is 5 days away! So after that he starts to get agitated, and says, "Lena hai to lo, nahin to pareshaan mat karo". Ok dude, I'm done with you. I'll buy the more expensive card. So we leave the ranting Afghan at his store and decide to go back to El Corte Ingles (stupid decision coz we cud get a card much closer to home, but then, we have an unlimited travel pass, so...).

Oh, did I tell you, there's a wonderful coffee shop near our hostel :)