Woah.
Here is a re-cap of Burgos, Bilbao, and day 1 of Barcelona.
BURGOS:
1. First, I hated it - on a scale of 1-10 it was a 3. I can't remember why though...
2. Then Megan, Allison, and I went for a dinner adventure and saw a really cute art fair - of course I loved it. Even got a few new ideas for headbands! The rating moved up to a 6.
3. Then we ate dinner at a place we thought could be great. My pasta was in a package they put in the microwave. Megan's salad was below average. The rating moved down to a 2.
4. Then the next morning we went to the Cathedral, second biggest in Spain. Burgos ended on the rating scale at an 8. The cathedral was amaaaazing.
BILBAO:
1. Loved. Loved. Loved. After we finished at the cathedral in Burgos on Friday the 8th, we made the 3 hour trip up to Bilbao and went to the Guggenheim Museum. Absolutely amazing. I cannot describe all the awesome and weird art I saw there. We spent almost 3 hours inside exploring.
2. Saturday was a FREE DAY! we all went to the beach [the Atlantic ocean]. I did a good hard workout on the beach, with many stares as it is so uncommon for girls to be doing any kind of sport, let alone working out. one person even said to me "excuse me, but I have never seen a 6 pack on a girl like that" .... thank you?
3. In La Coruna, there were people playing soccer all over the beach - in Bilbao, at this particular beach there were great waves so there were a lot of surfers. So cool.
4. Chelsey and I left later than the group and had a small mis-hap on the metro ride back... where we were sitting, we couldn't see the all the lights indicating the stations would stop at. We could only see up to a certain point, but didn't realize it. So we missed our stop by 3 after we noticed we had been arriving at the same station for about 10 minutes. We had to get off, switch trains, and ride back :] We didn't get to our hotel until 10:00pm. Didn't leave for dinner until 11:00pm. but then splurged and had the best meal of our lives. We wanted to hug the chef.
5. Sunday morning we started the long journey to Barcelona. I'll admit my ignorance to the geography of Spain - I didn't realize Barcelona was on the far east coast, on the Mediterranean. Finding out it was an 8 hour trip was quite a shock.
BARCELONA [day 1]:
1. this city is HUGE.
2. had to buy a 3 day metro pass - a new experience :] trying to learn how to read metro maps and travel around a massive city hasn't been too difficult!
3. we went to La Sagrada Familia - it's a cathedral designed by Antoni Gaudi and the construction was started in 1882, and it's still not finished!! they are predicting to have it done by year 2025/2030. it was beautiful!
4. after we had culturally fulfilling lunch at Burger King :P
5. we then hopped back on the metro to go to Parc Guell - also designed by Gaudi. it was incredible. the park was much bigger than we anticipated - we were there for over 2 hours! Chelsey, Brandon, Juan, and I found a great spot that overlooked the city and out into the Mediterranean [a video is being uploaded on my facebook of my tour guide skills at this part of the park].
6. there was a little confusion with the other half of our group about meeting up so the four of us who explored the park went with Chelsey to find her Harley Davidson store to buy her boyfriend and herself a shirt - they collect them from around the world. Saying she was thrilled to have bought them is not even close to the way she felt :P
7. Tonight is Juan's last night with our group, so we'll be going out for one last dinner together- he is a guy from Singapore than joined up with our group after being with us at DILE Cursos in Salamanca. One of the girls in our group had to go home early - so with the extra space we invited him to come - but he needs to go back to Singapore. our group is now a puny 7 students, plus Scott, Maria, and their 3 kids.
Hasta Luego :]
[no pictures again. too slow of internet. bummer dudes.]
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