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.
1 comment:
Plan on paying me $25. lol Glad things are going well for you.
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