Kinda sucks, ever since Andrew et. Co left, Ben and I both have been sick since Sunday.... I haven't gotten rid of this sore throat and cold, and ben's just getting over pink eye and still has one of the nastiest cough's i've ever heard. Because of that, we've been just sorta hanging around the apartment, going to classes, etc. We wandered around our neighborhood the other night and found a sick brewery, so we're going to check that out today I think.
We ended up at one of our favorite bars last night, and ended up heading back after about an hour because I couldn't stop coughing from all the smoke, and no one else seemed to be out last night. Wierd.
Haircuts this weekend are a necessity, seeing as I haven't cut my hair for over 2 months and it's a damn mess of a mop on my head. We've got to check out the apartment our parents rented for the week they're here too. Might be a long day.
Hasta Luego.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
A few days away...
Rome was amazing, from a history and architectural stand point. Seeing these landmarks that I’ve read about in my history books since 4th grade really puts everything you see in Rome, into perspective. The Coliseum, Pantheon, Spanish Steps, St. Peters Square and the Vatican.. it’s all very beautiful and quite peaceful at the same time.
I met Michele In the Rome Airport and we spent Thursday-Sunday morning together. It was awesome being able to sight – see and just relax with someone from home. Seeing her was a very welcome change of pace and I loved it. She’s still afloat some were in Italy and heads back to the states on Friday, so here’s to her returning safely, etc.
Now, Rome is very, very touristy. Barca is bad, but damn, this place is worse. No matter where you go, there are tour guides for each landmark. There are people selling stolen / hand-crafted shit all over the place, and people constantly trying to get your money in every shape and form. The restaurants are all expensive, unless of course you’re looking for like, a sand-which shop or kebap somewhere. But the food is quite delicious, and out of the 3 restaurants we ate at, I couldn’t find a thing wrong about any of the food.
I flew back to Barca on Sunday morning, and hurried back to get washed up and such to meet up with Andrew and his friends. Ben’s brother (my cousin obviously) flew in on Saturday with two of his friends from home and are here for the entirety of the week, leaving Sunday. Needless to say, we’re out every night having a blast. We (5 of us ) rented mopeds Monday and flew around the city. Ben and I then had until 8 on Tuesday to return ours, while Andrew/Ian had until Wed @ 3 to return theirs. We saw a ton of the city, including making it to a castle Ben and I had yet to find, and getting up into one of the mountains to take some amazing pics of the landscape of Barca.
As a side note, mopeds are fucking fantastic bikes to whip around a city in. I never had as much fun driving, as I did with the Mopeds in Barca. Lol.
Not sure what’s on tap for the weekend, but Ben and I have to book our flights to Germany ASAP and find a place for our families to stay in for their trip here.
Hasta Luego.
I met Michele In the Rome Airport and we spent Thursday-Sunday morning together. It was awesome being able to sight – see and just relax with someone from home. Seeing her was a very welcome change of pace and I loved it. She’s still afloat some were in Italy and heads back to the states on Friday, so here’s to her returning safely, etc.
Now, Rome is very, very touristy. Barca is bad, but damn, this place is worse. No matter where you go, there are tour guides for each landmark. There are people selling stolen / hand-crafted shit all over the place, and people constantly trying to get your money in every shape and form. The restaurants are all expensive, unless of course you’re looking for like, a sand-which shop or kebap somewhere. But the food is quite delicious, and out of the 3 restaurants we ate at, I couldn’t find a thing wrong about any of the food.
I flew back to Barca on Sunday morning, and hurried back to get washed up and such to meet up with Andrew and his friends. Ben’s brother (my cousin obviously) flew in on Saturday with two of his friends from home and are here for the entirety of the week, leaving Sunday. Needless to say, we’re out every night having a blast. We (5 of us ) rented mopeds Monday and flew around the city. Ben and I then had until 8 on Tuesday to return ours, while Andrew/Ian had until Wed @ 3 to return theirs. We saw a ton of the city, including making it to a castle Ben and I had yet to find, and getting up into one of the mountains to take some amazing pics of the landscape of Barca.
As a side note, mopeds are fucking fantastic bikes to whip around a city in. I never had as much fun driving, as I did with the Mopeds in Barca. Lol.
Not sure what’s on tap for the weekend, but Ben and I have to book our flights to Germany ASAP and find a place for our families to stay in for their trip here.
Hasta Luego.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Off I go....
Headed out to Rome in an hour and a half or so... Meeting up with Michele out there for the weekend. It'll be nice to see her, and more so, it'll be nice to visit some random city with her where we both don't know the closest bar. Ahaha.
Nothing of importance to really note. Fam is coming out in March, so that's something i've been looking forward to since the day I heard it was booked.
Ttys.
Nothing of importance to really note. Fam is coming out in March, so that's something i've been looking forward to since the day I heard it was booked.
Ttys.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Ugh...
I'm exhausted.
It's been a long week, and nothing really fun happened until this past weekend. We did the usual binge drinking that's common here in Barcelona on Thur/Fri/Sat, but last night (sunday) was easily top 5 of my trip so far. We hit up an Irish Pub for KAREOKE (sp apparently?). All together as the night went on, we had about 10-12 people from our ISA program drinking and singing the night away. A friend of mine and I did a damn good rendition of 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light' by Meatloaf, and then I had to break out Montel Jordan's 'This is How We Do It' with Ben to top the night off. It seems to be a sunday staple @ the pub, so i'm pretty pumped about that.
I leave for ROMA! in 3 days and can't wait. It'll be a nice weekend trip, just what I need.
Until next time, hasta luego!
I'm exhausted.
It's been a long week, and nothing really fun happened until this past weekend. We did the usual binge drinking that's common here in Barcelona on Thur/Fri/Sat, but last night (sunday) was easily top 5 of my trip so far. We hit up an Irish Pub for KAREOKE (sp apparently?). All together as the night went on, we had about 10-12 people from our ISA program drinking and singing the night away. A friend of mine and I did a damn good rendition of 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light' by Meatloaf, and then I had to break out Montel Jordan's 'This is How We Do It' with Ben to top the night off. It seems to be a sunday staple @ the pub, so i'm pretty pumped about that.
I leave for ROMA! in 3 days and can't wait. It'll be a nice weekend trip, just what I need.
Until next time, hasta luego!
Monday, February 2, 2009
It's about time...
Oi, it’s been a while.. I apologize for the lack of blogging, if anyone out there actually is offended for some odd reason…
It’s been a busy, fast paced, and exhilarating experience, these past 3 weeks or so. I’m going to forget a ton here, but I’ll try to recap my adventures so far… bare with me.
Ok, after re-reading over my last entries, I realized I essentially haven’t written shit here since I arrived in
We arrived in Barcelona after a 9 hr bus ride , met our new house-mother, and were taken to our “home” (apartment) to be for 4 months… nice place, but very tiny. Ben and I lucked out and each are living in our own separate rooms. Score. We’re stealing internet from someone in the apartment, with the only downside being my connection to the router times out every 20 minutes or so and I have to go through the mind-numbing process of reconnecting to the router 4 times in a row in order to surf the web. Beggars can’t be choosers though, I guess.
Our house mother is incredibly nice, a great cook, and very understanding that this city has a ton to offer at night. She’s ok with us coming back late, as long as we don’t wake her when we return, are loud, or throwing up from the 10 tequila shots, etc. Pretty standard stuff. Through the first 3 weeks, we’ve seen most of the city’s districts, with a few still to be explored. I’ve seen a ton of amazing architecture, with the Barcelona Cathedral and Sagradia Familia topping the list so far.
Classes are going ok, for the most part. One awesome class, one mediocre class, one boring class, and then 3 ½ hrs of Spanish Class on T/Thur’s, which have helped me get back on track with the language. The people here are very nice as a whole, with the sole exception being the little brats that thrive on running around the basketball courts and interrupting our games. They’ll get theirs tho, sooner or later! Ha.
The life in
The night life is amazing. Bars are generally open till two during the weekdays, later on the weekends. Clubs don’t turn on the lights to go home until at least 4, usually 5 or 6am. American music is huge here, which is hilarious at times, because you’ll be at a Spanish bar or club where no one is speaking English, but they all know the words to the Justin Timberlake or Britney Spears song playing through the speakers.
A few more things before I wrap this entry up.
I was able to witness the inauguration of President Obama in a rather nice Irish pub, along with 100 or so other students that were studying abroad from different countries… and what a feeling it was to see such an amazing day in our country’s history. The magnitude of the applause inside that bar after all was said and done was amazing. It will be a moment I will never forget.
Also, saw a FC Barcelona game a week ago or so. Amazing. Simply amazing. The skill of these players outclasses anything I have ever seen in my 21 years of playing and watching soccer. Our seats we’re great, the game itself was great, and the experience was one of a kind. We will definitely be going back for another game or two before we leave.
I know I’ve missed a ton of stuff that I could probably write about, but I’m tired and still need to do some homework. But what I am going to do, is put up a little prize for anyone that keeps on top of me for the duration of my trip.
I’m offering 25$ USD to anyone who catches this blog un-updated within a week of the last posting. So for example, today is Feb. 2nd. If by Feb. 10th , 12am (
DeadCellKid – AIM
gregdejesus@yahoo.com – email
Oh, P.S – found the casino here… it’s a mini-AC type of Casino.. full pit games, etc. JOY!
P.P.S – I now have skype… add me! Gregdejesus is my username.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
I keep on saying it...
But just haven't found the time or the effort required to put up a good blog. The SuperBowl is tonight, so idk if i'll be posting before it... I'll give my self a deadline and say tomorrow night it will be done.
Goodluck Steelers
HI MOM. haha
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