Today, I found out what a Sunday in Barcelona is like. The atmosphere of this lively city changes to a quiet town with few open stores and less crowds. Today, I also found out that a little more research ahead of time can go a long way. What I mean is: before taking off to go find a particular famous park (Parc Güell) maybe look up decent directions. Anjali, Colleen, and I started off on our journey very optimistic, but after wandering around and asking for directions in broken spanish, we gave up and went to eat. Once again, here comes the part with food (unfortunately, I have no pictures to show for it). As we sat in the small cafe and sipped down our café lattes, we came to the consensus that we should choose another, warmer day to find the park.
Enter: Deniz and Mo. While waiting for the ferrocaril to take us back to the center of the city, we randomly ran into Deniz and Mo. It was such a lovely surprise to see their shining faces! (Literally, they were a little shiny from the sweat they worked up on their hike.) Den was sporting a Zeta tee, which reminded me that back at Miami it was Bid Day! It made me wish I could be there to celebrate the incoming babies with the rest of the girls.
The rest of my Sunday was más relajado. I talked with friends, had tapas, and was home by midnight. I have officially spent one full week in Barcelona and haven't even scratched the surface on everything I want to do and see while here. As overwhelming as it all can seem sometimes, I just have to remember that I'm here for four months. Weird. All in all, this first week has taught me a lot and it's only the beginning.
Several things I learned from this week:
1. Catalan is not at all like Spanish
2. To avoid getting lost, figure out directions ahead of time
3. Getting lost isn't the worst thing because you end up seeing a lot while walking around aimlessly
4. There's nothing like a good talk with a good friend over tapas and a drink
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