Las Ramblas, Salvador Dali, las playas etc.

Wats up everyone, its been a few days since I last blogged for all of you so Ill try to give you an update.

First off, I just want to say that I am having such an awesome time here in Barcelona, so shout out to la familia who helped get me here...

Random facts, people have seen Barry Bonds LL Cool J and Chris Bosh (I have only seen Bosh) since we have been here in Barca anyway...

So the other day after school I went cruisin around La Rambla which is a giant street with street performers and lots of shops which cuts through the center of the city and runs down to the beach. I got some awesome pictures of some performers, some with wild costumes (alien, missing head, gargoyle weird things) or would stand like statues they were pretty cool. they also sold all types of animals-baby squirrels, groundhogs, chickens, baby ducks, pigeons, all types of weird things.

the month of july is also the month of las rebajas, giant sales, all over the city where the stores are trying to get rid of inventory for the year. Everything is still pretty expensive and I dont have the money to be buying much but it would be a great time to get some really nice clothes and stuff for much cheaper.

The next day we did an entire day trip to the salvador dali museum and went to this beach on the mediterreanean and right on the French border. Salvador Dali is the coolest artist I have ever seen and his works are amazing! he doesnt just draw or do paintings, he does every type of art imaginable, the museum was 5 or 6 floors of just crazy stuff, look him up. One room was an entire room that was made into a face, there were couches for eyes, a weird sculptor nose drapes for hair a bed for the mouth. it was awesome. he also liked experimenting with 3d and optical illusions, there were some works that if you close one eye they look different or there is a mirror that projects different things when you look at it from different angles. you could stare at his works for hours and see different things in them they are so intricate. i wish i could explain better but they are so hard to understand without actually seeing them...

Then we went to the beach which was so beautiful! the water is amazingly clear you can see the bottom from something like 20 ft. The water is also so salty in the mediterreanean that you can just float out in the middle with no effort...

My roommates are really cool, we are getting along great, we split up chores and shopping lists for what people needed to get for the apartment and are going to rotate them by weeks. we have a great time going out together, and it is cool starting to really get to know them ...

I am trying to figure out a trip to Pamplona to run with the bulls (and yes i am running) and maybe get to san sebastian to visit my friend who is studying abroad there

Random facts: it is incredibly hot here! it was 95 degrees today and i could not even sit on the beach for an extended period of time without having to jump in the water (which is the absolute perfect temp). There are a ton of people here in the city, however traffic does not seem bad at all, and all means of transportation seem very well organized, the infrastructure of the city must be well done (and the subways are awsome and fast and come every 4 min) taxis are cool too cuz you dont need to tip. it doesnt get dark here till about 10 and thats when people start to eat dinner.

Well have a good 4th of July talk to everyone soon!

David