I am in Madrid! The last city of my trip!
Here is what I've been up to :]
Barcelona day 2 [Tuesday]:
1. In the morning as a group we went to a museum about the history and growth of Barcelona as a city. It was prettyyy interesting. It is a unique city - they even have their own language called Catalan; a mixture of Spanish and French I think - but that's just what I heard :P
2. After the museum we had an open afternoon to work on our 5 sites to visit as part of the course requirements. Chelsey and I did that together and found some pretty awesome places with the help of a friend we met at the museum! Again... Barcelona is HUGE.
3. It was a busy day. And since Barcelona is a pretty expensive city we hit up the grocery store for a more economic means of eating - so we just ate sandwiches and salad for dinner in the hotel - where we continued to relax the rest of the night [which i was NOT happy about. BUT. couldn't go out alone. sad day.]
Barcelona day 3 [Wednesday]:
1. Went to Camp Nou. It is the stadium for F.C. Barcelona [and for anyone who does not know who that is, like my grandparents... haha. they are one of the best soccer teams in the european professional soccer league. some would say they ARE the best].
-we weren't going to go in. it cost 22 euros (about $35 dollars)
- we got there and both Brandon and Emily were like 'if you want to go in we'll go too!'.
-once i saw the beauty of the stadium... i couldn't say no. i'm so happy i didn't. amazing.
2. We toured through the whole stadium... seeing the museum portion with the history of the club and all their trophies - A LOT of trophies!], the press rooms, locker room, other rooms i don't know what they were for, and up in various locations in the actual stadium bleachers
3. The three of us went back to the hotel, packed up, and headed to the BEACH!
4. spent the whole afternoon laying in the sand by the mediterranean sea. yahoo. i am brown :]
Thursday [today!]: took one of the worlds fastest trains from Barcelona to Madrid. i couldn't really tell a difference in velocity though... we got to Madrid around 2:30, ate lunch, and explored.
I hate to report that another student on the trip with us will also be leaving early as she just found out her grandfather died; it was like her father though as she was raised and grew up with her grandparents. rough times :/
We are now heading out to dinner [9:45pm-we've truly adapted to the Spanish culture!]. maybe explore a little. then rest. another long, adventure filled day tomorrow!
Hasta Luego.
[4 full days left. wow.]
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