So I just had the craziest experience of my entire life this past weekend. I will try to give you a quick run through but I am tired and have early class tomorrow so I will go into a little more detail in a future blog.
We saw the tour de france on thursday, I camped out in the rain for 2 hours to get a good spot on the inside corner of one of the biggest turns on the stage through barcelona that was actually walking distance from our apartment. It was pretty incredible, I was close enough to touch them as they screamed by and I actually freaked out a little bit when the pentalon came through because I held my camera out to far over the side and the first person had to swerve a little bit. But it was really cool to be that close to one of the biggest sporting events in the world.
Later that night we went to a concert put on by the biggest DJ in the world right now, DJ Tiesto (he's from Sweeden I believe) he plays this crazy electronic techno dance music and builds the crowd into a frenzy it was pretty wild. There were probably 4000 people in one of the biggest clubs in Barca but it was so packed you had a tough time moving.
Then we caught the early train to san sebastian and hung out there for basically 2 days. It is a cool little beachy town that reminds me a lot of Santa Barbara. The whole town has a really laid back vibe and everything is slow moving. The food there was awesome, I forgot off the top of my head what there famous dish is, something with an x in it oh well. I got to see my buddy from school there, hung out in a cool hostel and then caught a bus to Pamplona, adorned in the traditional white pants white shirt red belt and red bandanna around your neck.
San Fermin (running of the bulls) was the craziest 24 hrs of my life. There is a gigantic party where everyone is dressed all the same run around crowding the street hanging on balconies bar hopping and just having a blast. The popular drink there is red wine mixed with coca cola and you put it in this wine satchel and spray people in the streets with it, it was pretty wild.
After a quick nap in the park with tons of other people, I proceeded to make my way down to the street where the running of the bulls takes place. the street were absurdly crowded and very narrow, and I had no idea what to expect. we started our run right after dead mans corner and waited a little bit letting people run past in order to be able to actually run besides the bulls. Suddenly you heard thundering hooves on concrete and everyone sprinting towards us and knew that was the time to take off. soon enough 5 of the 6 bulls went sprinting by me about 4 feet to my right. we then followed them into the sold out 15000 person stadium where everyone is cheering and chanting. The last bull finally made it into the stadium (after mauling and goring 5 people, one very badly) and then they have a festivity.
They release one bull at a time (he jumps over a group of people sitting on the ground in front of the release gatte), with corked horns, and let him run around the stadium attempting to buck people. Everyone tries to run by and touch the bull (except if you grab his tail the crowd starts booing and chanting puto because it is really disrespectful to the bull) I was able to slap one of the bulls on the butt a few times, but then one of our friends got bucked pretty hard and so we jumped out of the stadium to take care of him. after a 9 hour train ride i am back home, alive, with no gorings, and ready to chill in barca after a wild weekend. talk to everyone soon.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Arc del Triomf, parc de la Ciutadella, Jardins de Fontsere, Parc Zoologic, Museo de Picasso and Esglesia de Santa MAria del Mar
So as you can see from the title of this post, I have kept myself very busy the past few days. I visited the Arc del Triomf which is this gigantic arched structure in the middle of these three really beautiful parks. It is pretty amazing and was supposedly a "triumphant" accomplishment (hence the name) because the finished building it on time, something like 40 years...I will try and post a picture online of it, but if not just look it up, it is really cool. The parks around the area were tranquil and beautiful, it kind of reminded me of central park with this peacful scene of people lounging around, playing games, excersising, relaxing and talking, smack in the middle of a bustling ruidoso city. There were also a few museums but since I went on monday I was not able to go into any of them. There is also a zoo with some thousands of animals, however I think I wil pass on that one considering we have one of the best zoos in the world in san diego.
The next day I made a trip down into one of the older districts and saw the Picasso museum. A few cosas sobre lo:I dont like museums that much, so this wasnt the most exciting thing for me (the Dali museum being a great exception) I never really liked picasso that much either, i thought he was just a weird expressionis, cubist artist. But i heard it was something worthwhile to see so I went. I took away a few things from it first off, I didnt realize that Picasso was actually an amazing artist, he didnt just paint weird cubist things. The museum contained most of Picasso's earlier works, from when he was a little biy until around his 30 somethings. In this time he went through many experiemental phases where he tried many different artistic styles. He copied famous styles from his era and the ones earlier than his, mastered them and then got bored and experimented doing differet things. So it was kinda cool to see him progress through the beginning of his life and how he kind of morphed into the strange cubist style he is mostly known for. I was not allowed to take any pictures (there were actually guards in every single room) so there is not any visual evidence of what I saw there...
Then I checked out the Esglesia de Santa Maria del Mar which is a gigantic gothic catholic church in the middle of what is now a cute shopping district. The church was amazing! the walls were covered in stained class windows (some which were upwards of 50ft tall) and the ceilings were upwards of 100 feet. There were many statues and scultptures etc and the whole scene was very somber with locals there praying and buring candels saying hail mary's etc. It was very dark and I therefore was not able to take very many pictures either, but it was a really cool thing to see.
For the nightlife, we found a cool Irish pub called George Paynes, went to an "Ice Bar" where you need to put on a parka and hat (its 4 degrees celcius) and gloves and go inside this freezer where everything is made out of ice-the bar the tables the counters the glasses the seats (with fur on top of it) the ground, everything! it was really cool but you couldnt stay in there long because it just got too cold after a while. So hopefully you enjoyed the update talk to you soon!
David
The next day I made a trip down into one of the older districts and saw the Picasso museum. A few cosas sobre lo:I dont like museums that much, so this wasnt the most exciting thing for me (the Dali museum being a great exception) I never really liked picasso that much either, i thought he was just a weird expressionis, cubist artist. But i heard it was something worthwhile to see so I went. I took away a few things from it first off, I didnt realize that Picasso was actually an amazing artist, he didnt just paint weird cubist things. The museum contained most of Picasso's earlier works, from when he was a little biy until around his 30 somethings. In this time he went through many experiemental phases where he tried many different artistic styles. He copied famous styles from his era and the ones earlier than his, mastered them and then got bored and experimented doing differet things. So it was kinda cool to see him progress through the beginning of his life and how he kind of morphed into the strange cubist style he is mostly known for. I was not allowed to take any pictures (there were actually guards in every single room) so there is not any visual evidence of what I saw there...
Then I checked out the Esglesia de Santa Maria del Mar which is a gigantic gothic catholic church in the middle of what is now a cute shopping district. The church was amazing! the walls were covered in stained class windows (some which were upwards of 50ft tall) and the ceilings were upwards of 100 feet. There were many statues and scultptures etc and the whole scene was very somber with locals there praying and buring candels saying hail mary's etc. It was very dark and I therefore was not able to take very many pictures either, but it was a really cool thing to see.
For the nightlife, we found a cool Irish pub called George Paynes, went to an "Ice Bar" where you need to put on a parka and hat (its 4 degrees celcius) and gloves and go inside this freezer where everything is made out of ice-the bar the tables the counters the glasses the seats (with fur on top of it) the ground, everything! it was really cool but you couldnt stay in there long because it just got too cold after a while. So hopefully you enjoyed the update talk to you soon!
David
Saturday, July 4, 2009
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
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
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Flamenco Show
Whats up everyone, so let me try to remember where I left off...I am starting to love Barcelona more and more every day that I am out here, the city has so much going on all the time, especially late at night, and has so many people in it from all over the world. The architecture is amazing, the beach and boardwalk is awesome, and the metro system is so convenient (i still need to figure out the bus and the train).
Some things are very different here though. the culture is so much slower than in the US (except for the cars and mopeds which drive crazy and wont stop for pedestrians), everyone strolls everywhere they go and seem to be in no hurry. The ciesta is a real deal, especially in the non touristy sections and most shops shut down and there are much less people walking around the city in general. There is some word which i cant remember which kind of translates into "sitting on the table", and it is where everyone just sits around and socializes for a good while after eating, usually smoking a cigarette (almost everyone seems to smoke out here) and having a coffee. Street signs are confusing, with them up on the sides of houses and never really in a logical place, and many times they arent even up there. so I have found walking around the be troublesome, but I am getting it down more and more everyday...
So for an update on what I have been up to...it takes me about 20 min to get to the beach, walking and taking the metro station. I have gone running on the boardwalk there, which is really long and wide with concrete and wood. In the middle of my run there is a kind of jungle gym thing for working out, with pull up bars and push up and ab workout devices, so I am extrememly sore after running and working out the past few days, Im actually hoping to come back in decent shape with a combo of excersising and eating small, healthy portions.
On that note, most people out here seem to be in very good shape, mostly thin and fit. The prefelance of obesity in the US embarrassing, we should stop eating at so many fast food places and not deep fry everything and have gigantic portions where a lot of food gets wasted. Not to mention our huge gas guzzling cars and the fact that most people over here can speak english but most americans cannot speak another language, we should stop thinking the US is the center of the world and try to be more respectful i guess, but anyway i digress...
I went to a discoteca last night the was themed in tribute to michael jackson (RIP you were the man), which was really fun, many of the big discotecas are underground and have multiple stories, and they dont get popular until 2 in the morning...
I saw a Flamenco dance show which was really cool, the dancer was awesome ill try to post videos as soon as I can. It is a spanish singing/guitars/knid of bongo things and a kind of tapdancer, with a really pretty tight long and flowy spanish dress. After that a group of us went out to eat papas (small almost appetizer like meals) and sangria and tonight I am going to relax and get some sleep, cuz tomorrow I am going to walk around the entire city and keep figuring out stuff.
Upcoming events on my agenda...There is this enormous sale during the month of July where most of the cities stores have good deals all month, Im gonna get a FC Barcelona jersey for sure, the girls here are all excited to go shopping though lol, there is a huge shopping scene with tons of different shops (girls be jealous)
On friday we are going on a day excursion to the Salvador Dali museum, which should be awesome, I really like his work. The fourth of July is coming up when I am going to be that obnoxious american, and the tour de france is coming though Barcelona for the first time since 1965, so that should be awesome as well.
Well until then, adeu!
David
Some things are very different here though. the culture is so much slower than in the US (except for the cars and mopeds which drive crazy and wont stop for pedestrians), everyone strolls everywhere they go and seem to be in no hurry. The ciesta is a real deal, especially in the non touristy sections and most shops shut down and there are much less people walking around the city in general. There is some word which i cant remember which kind of translates into "sitting on the table", and it is where everyone just sits around and socializes for a good while after eating, usually smoking a cigarette (almost everyone seems to smoke out here) and having a coffee. Street signs are confusing, with them up on the sides of houses and never really in a logical place, and many times they arent even up there. so I have found walking around the be troublesome, but I am getting it down more and more everyday...
So for an update on what I have been up to...it takes me about 20 min to get to the beach, walking and taking the metro station. I have gone running on the boardwalk there, which is really long and wide with concrete and wood. In the middle of my run there is a kind of jungle gym thing for working out, with pull up bars and push up and ab workout devices, so I am extrememly sore after running and working out the past few days, Im actually hoping to come back in decent shape with a combo of excersising and eating small, healthy portions.
On that note, most people out here seem to be in very good shape, mostly thin and fit. The prefelance of obesity in the US embarrassing, we should stop eating at so many fast food places and not deep fry everything and have gigantic portions where a lot of food gets wasted. Not to mention our huge gas guzzling cars and the fact that most people over here can speak english but most americans cannot speak another language, we should stop thinking the US is the center of the world and try to be more respectful i guess, but anyway i digress...
I went to a discoteca last night the was themed in tribute to michael jackson (RIP you were the man), which was really fun, many of the big discotecas are underground and have multiple stories, and they dont get popular until 2 in the morning...
I saw a Flamenco dance show which was really cool, the dancer was awesome ill try to post videos as soon as I can. It is a spanish singing/guitars/knid of bongo things and a kind of tapdancer, with a really pretty tight long and flowy spanish dress. After that a group of us went out to eat papas (small almost appetizer like meals) and sangria and tonight I am going to relax and get some sleep, cuz tomorrow I am going to walk around the entire city and keep figuring out stuff.
Upcoming events on my agenda...There is this enormous sale during the month of July where most of the cities stores have good deals all month, Im gonna get a FC Barcelona jersey for sure, the girls here are all excited to go shopping though lol, there is a huge shopping scene with tons of different shops (girls be jealous)
On friday we are going on a day excursion to the Salvador Dali museum, which should be awesome, I really like his work. The fourth of July is coming up when I am going to be that obnoxious american, and the tour de france is coming though Barcelona for the first time since 1965, so that should be awesome as well.
Well until then, adeu!
David
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
So its been a few days since I last posted so this will be a long one. First off I am realizing how expensive it is to live out here, food and drinks are expensive but I didnt even think about all of the random things I would need to buy like fans for our house (its hot here!) detergent, notebooks, cleaning stuff, and im going to need to get some stuff i forgot to bring like good flip flops and a beach towel, which I cant believe I didnt bring!
So here is an attempt at a little update, there is just so much to say its hard to fit it all in (and i apologize for the bad informal writing in advance im just blabbing my thoughts and typing as fast as I can)...
Classes started monday and they are my favorite thing that has gone on so far that Im here if you can believe that! i am in such a easy spanish class, I am one of the better ones in it but i am still horribe, there are two people who have never even taken spanish before but the class makes me realize just how horrible I am at spainsh, i wish i would have taken it later in high school when I actually might have been interested in it.
My teachers name is Nuria and she is the coolest, sweetest lady ever! she looks like she is in her youung twenties and acts and dresses like it too, but she is actually 39. she is rele nice and helpful and speaks mostly spanish but mixes it in with english to help us every now and then (the other spanish classes are entirely in spanish, which would have been good but I am such a beginner it is helpful) she is so funny, she asked me if i had a novia, and i said yes (y ella es una novia muy guapa) and asked me how long i was dating her blah blah but she told everyone if they could get a spanish novio/novia then they would get extra credit cuz suppossedly one girl got one last session and she got rele good at spanish cuz he didnt speak english. but yeah she is just rele entertianing haha
so there are only 7 people in our class, and it just so happens that 5 of them are from cal poly, how weird huh? the only one i knew was one girl though but yeah classes go 9-12 with a 15 minute break in the middle and they actually go by rele fast. But the class is kind of intensive, we have homework everynight due the next day, class is mandatory (if you miss more than 2 you automatically fail the course) as is participation. there are two midterms and a final at the end, i think four "compositions" which are writing assignments and an oral presentation at the end of the class session. so hopefully i learn some good stuff, so far everything has been review, but it is good for me anyway...
I went to the beach with my roommates the other day, it was pretty crowded (but nothing like on the weekend when I saw it from this bus tour of the city we got to go on) and it was kind of trashy. but its funny there are the persian guys who walk around and try to sell you beer and drinks on the beach and these little asian women who try to give you a massage. the sand was not that nice but the water was, im gonna try and check the other beaches eventually to see if they are any nicer...
So one different thing about these beaches, people dont really mind showing off there bodies haha all the guys wear tiny swim trunks or speedos and a lot of the women are topless. but it seemed that the only ones who were topless were the older women which was pretty strange haha but yeah its kinda weird seeing the women being so nonchalant about their boobs hanging out everywhere haha...
the metro is a good way to get around here, but it seems like i am mostly just walking everywhere and taking taxis, i am still rele confused about all the streets and everything, i rele need to go out on my own and just check them out. all the street names are hidden up on the sides of buildings and some streets just dont have any signs so it gets really confusing. i think i am going to take the metro down towards the water and just find a place to be able to jog around and just check out the area, i really need to get around more but the city is huge!!!
sorry that turned into such a long ramble, but im sure you like hearing about it, ill try to keep updating as best I can!
adeu!
David
So here is an attempt at a little update, there is just so much to say its hard to fit it all in (and i apologize for the bad informal writing in advance im just blabbing my thoughts and typing as fast as I can)...
Classes started monday and they are my favorite thing that has gone on so far that Im here if you can believe that! i am in such a easy spanish class, I am one of the better ones in it but i am still horribe, there are two people who have never even taken spanish before but the class makes me realize just how horrible I am at spainsh, i wish i would have taken it later in high school when I actually might have been interested in it.
My teachers name is Nuria and she is the coolest, sweetest lady ever! she looks like she is in her youung twenties and acts and dresses like it too, but she is actually 39. she is rele nice and helpful and speaks mostly spanish but mixes it in with english to help us every now and then (the other spanish classes are entirely in spanish, which would have been good but I am such a beginner it is helpful) she is so funny, she asked me if i had a novia, and i said yes (y ella es una novia muy guapa) and asked me how long i was dating her blah blah but she told everyone if they could get a spanish novio/novia then they would get extra credit cuz suppossedly one girl got one last session and she got rele good at spanish cuz he didnt speak english. but yeah she is just rele entertianing haha
so there are only 7 people in our class, and it just so happens that 5 of them are from cal poly, how weird huh? the only one i knew was one girl though but yeah classes go 9-12 with a 15 minute break in the middle and they actually go by rele fast. But the class is kind of intensive, we have homework everynight due the next day, class is mandatory (if you miss more than 2 you automatically fail the course) as is participation. there are two midterms and a final at the end, i think four "compositions" which are writing assignments and an oral presentation at the end of the class session. so hopefully i learn some good stuff, so far everything has been review, but it is good for me anyway...
I went to the beach with my roommates the other day, it was pretty crowded (but nothing like on the weekend when I saw it from this bus tour of the city we got to go on) and it was kind of trashy. but its funny there are the persian guys who walk around and try to sell you beer and drinks on the beach and these little asian women who try to give you a massage. the sand was not that nice but the water was, im gonna try and check the other beaches eventually to see if they are any nicer...
So one different thing about these beaches, people dont really mind showing off there bodies haha all the guys wear tiny swim trunks or speedos and a lot of the women are topless. but it seemed that the only ones who were topless were the older women which was pretty strange haha but yeah its kinda weird seeing the women being so nonchalant about their boobs hanging out everywhere haha...
the metro is a good way to get around here, but it seems like i am mostly just walking everywhere and taking taxis, i am still rele confused about all the streets and everything, i rele need to go out on my own and just check them out. all the street names are hidden up on the sides of buildings and some streets just dont have any signs so it gets really confusing. i think i am going to take the metro down towards the water and just find a place to be able to jog around and just check out the area, i really need to get around more but the city is huge!!!
sorry that turned into such a long ramble, but im sure you like hearing about it, ill try to keep updating as best I can!
adeu!
David
Sunday, June 28, 2009
So today has been a pretty long day. we went out to the clubs last night and stayed pretty late (they dont really get popular until 2am and i would say prime time is around 4am) in fact, everything here in barcelona seems to be running late. everyone moves around slowly, and eating is much more than a meal, it is more of a social experience. breakfast is usually small and late, lunch is around 2pm and then there is the ciesta period (kind of a nap time where the city slows down and a lot of shops close and some people get it off work) before waking up again later at nigh. dinner is usually around 9 or 10pm. i have only been here for a few days however so i am just getting caught up with all the different cultual aspects.
this mornign we had a bus tour of the city, got to see where they had the olympic games in 1992, go through the gothic district, the realy old parts of town, shop in a barrio thing, check out the beach and the bay and got to see some awesome structures, including a few of Gaudi's masterpieces, including the still unfinished yet gorgeous "La Sagrada Familia" i am excited to actually go inside it as well as check out more of Gaudi's awesome arcitecture
i couldnt figure out the metro system, and took the wrong one so had a 45 walk (including a period of having no idea at all of where i was) back to our apartment which is on Carrer de Mallorca in the Eixample district, which is really neautiful with a lot of old houses and buildings. hopefully i can figure it out better from now on, especially since I am starting school tomorrow, which I am actually really looking forward to. I am just going to be taking beginning level spanish, but i am excited to learn and if the class is too easy, I might even petition the dean to move up a level, we will just have to see how it goes.
I took some pictures and am going to download them later today, so hopefully I can have some of them up for all of you to check out.
Hablen con ustedes pronto!
David
this mornign we had a bus tour of the city, got to see where they had the olympic games in 1992, go through the gothic district, the realy old parts of town, shop in a barrio thing, check out the beach and the bay and got to see some awesome structures, including a few of Gaudi's masterpieces, including the still unfinished yet gorgeous "La Sagrada Familia" i am excited to actually go inside it as well as check out more of Gaudi's awesome arcitecture
i couldnt figure out the metro system, and took the wrong one so had a 45 walk (including a period of having no idea at all of where i was) back to our apartment which is on Carrer de Mallorca in the Eixample district, which is really neautiful with a lot of old houses and buildings. hopefully i can figure it out better from now on, especially since I am starting school tomorrow, which I am actually really looking forward to. I am just going to be taking beginning level spanish, but i am excited to learn and if the class is too easy, I might even petition the dean to move up a level, we will just have to see how it goes.
I took some pictures and am going to download them later today, so hopefully I can have some of them up for all of you to check out.
Hablen con ustedes pronto!
David
But the city is awesome! its cool seeing how old the city is and the different ways the buildings are built and stuff. we have a pretty good location i guess, we are within walking distance to school and i think it is just a simple metro station away from the main downtown area...the apartment is really cool too! its really old and the ceilings are high, but everythig is kind of crammed together (the bathroom is tiny the rooms are tiny the hallway to one of the other guys rooms (which is kind of downstairs) is tiny, but the apartment is so old and gives off a cool vibe. I have my own room which is really nice, and it is right at the front of the house, with the central living stuff down the hallway.
I walked around the city yesterday to try and stay up and checked out the area where they had the 1992 summer olympic games, but it wasnt that cool cuz I could only see the outside of everything. We went out to the bars last night but I was pretty tired ad so just checked out this one place and then I caught a taxi back.
I walked around the city yesterday to try and stay up and checked out the area where they had the 1992 summer olympic games, but it wasnt that cool cuz I could only see the outside of everything. We went out to the bars last night but I was pretty tired ad so just checked out this one place and then I caught a taxi back.
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