WEEK 2

Tomorrow will mark my second week being in Barcelona and this weekend I am going to Amsterdam with my friends. The start to my traveling Europe! 

This past week I went to a lot of new places around Barca. Last Thursday night I went to a local Japanese restaurant right by my apartment that ended up being really good. Then after that I went to this local bar off of Las Ramblas called L'Ovella Negro (Black Sheep). It had such a fun and local atmosphere and the drinks were so cheap. You could get a tower of beer or sangria and split it with like 5 people. Since I only went with four people we only got a pitcher of Sangria, but it was so good and sweet, I can't wait to go back.

The following day we went to El Born, which is next to the Gothic District. It was really cool and reminded me a lot of the streets in Italy. We walked around and got Gelato, which was amazing and then went to this Cathedral (seen above) and went to the train station which was close by. That night I went to a bar called Dow Jones, which was so much fun! The price of drinks are based on the New York Stock exchange, so if people are buying one drink a lot other drink prices will be low and when the stock market crashes all the drink prices are at there lowest and everyone rushes to the bar to order drinks. 

This past weekend I also went to the Sagrada Familia with my friends and it was even more amazing inside then it was just from looking at it. The inside had beautiful stained glass windows and wavy walls and spiral staircases. The ceiling looked like some kind of spider web and you could not help but always look up! We got to climb to the top of one of the pillars and see sweeping views of Barcelona. We had to climb a spiral staircase all the way down from the top and it was insane. At the end I was so dizzy.

WEEK ONE

The first week in Barcelona was a complete blur. I seriously can't believe I have been here for that long. I met some pretty nice people and got to explore the city. I went to a club called Opium, which was really expensive, but still lots of fun. I learned from that experience to never buy a drink when I am out because at most places drinks are very expensive. I also went on a city tour of Barcelona where I got to see the Sagrada Familia for the first time and went to Mountjuic and got to explore a little around there. 

 I went to the aquarium with my friends this week, but there were no dolphins, guess they have none in the Mediterranean. The area the aquarium is in is a really pretty and nice area, there is a mall, Imax theater and the aquarium. We also got to see the Face of Barcelona and the statue of Chris Columbus, which is pointing in the wrong direction. After the aquarium we went to the beach area by the clubs, which was so beautiful, but had sketchy Indian men trying to sell beer and drugs to us. 

I also had class for the first time this week and so far so good! I had photography, which seems like it will be really fun, but I don't like my class. I also had Lit, History, and Global Comm. My history teacher is cute and my roommate and I call him the Spanish George Clooney! My Lit class seemed interesting, but I feel it will be boring and my global Comm class seems all right.

Oh and another club I went to called Otto Kutz is where Loco Lunes is held every Monday and is huge. I had a lot of fun there and met some more people that seemed nice. The clubs are crazy, but the ones we go to are mostly filled with only American people. 

The Plane

The trip from Newark to London was amazing to say the least. I got to travel first class and be treated like a celebrity. The British stewardesses treated me like I was better than all those people down in economy, just showing that class structure can even transfer to a plane! I was not complaining though! I got yummy food, some pajamas and a nice bed to sleep in whereas my friend in Economy had to sleep in a small chair next to two heavy set Jamaicans. Once off the plane, my upper class perks continued and I got to go in a fast pass line (YES jut like at Disney) through customs, this time I let my friend tag along! 

That was where my celebrity status ended sadly though because on the plane to Barcelona I was back in ordinary economy. 

The trip was nice, but long having left New York on the night of January 8th and not arriving in Barcelona until the night of January 9th.