This past weekend (first weekend of October) we had the last trip of our Eurovison Seminar. For our trip we had the great fortune of going off to Barcelona for 4 days and 3 nights. Theres a good and a bad with this; we spent 8 miserable hours on a bus each way, but the nice part was we stayed in a wicked nice hotel right in the heart of the city and they took us out to a huge seafood lunch on Saturday.
Barcelona is such a sick city because it is right on the Mediterranean, has amazing architecture and is a very vibrant and lively place. The main street in the city is called La Rambla and its full of people, shops and restaurants; its also the biggest tourist trap in the world. One night me and one of my friend fell for it at a tapas bar and ended up spending 22 euro on two little, not very good tapas and 2 Fosters... ripoffff. Clearly I didn't learn my lesson either, to make a long story short I lost 50 euro to a guy on the street who was tricking people with the 3 cups and a ball and trying to guess which cup the balls under; so which cup is the ball under? In case you're wondering the ball isn't under any of them! He takes the ball out when hes taking you're money... fun day.
I got lucky, since Lilly studied abroad there last semester she gave the hookups for all the best places to eat. This placed called Milk has the best breakfast I've had in Europe, they had the classic American specialities such as french toast, pancakes, and even breakfast burgers. Then for dinners we ate at a hole in the wall sandwich joint called Bo de B and it was so good we went the last 2 nights in a row. You get a huge sandwich loaded with whatever toppings you want on a fresh baguette for only 3.80 euros, its an absolute steal. The night life is crazy there too theres so many clubs by the water and its a hopping places with tons of clubs, bars, and casinos. The last night I was finally feeling better and we went to the Ice Bar which was so sick. Its -8 degrees celsius inside and everything is made of ice... literally everything the cups, the seats, the tables it was unreal. They give you a jacket and gloves when you go in and after 30 mins you're cold. But it was definitely something to check off the bucket list.
The best part about the trip was all the sights in Barcelona... except I didn't get to see those either cause I had the great fortune of getting the flu the day we left. That put a damper on the weekend but I still got to explore a little when we would go out for lunch or dinner. Theres so many old buildings that are still erect and in good shape that in certain parts it feels like you some how went back in time and are walking through a medieval city or even a roman city. Plus its right on the water so we spent a lot of time at the beach plus they have fresh seafood which school bought us for lunch on saturday.
Barcelona is an awesome city and its beautiful, when we first got there I wondered why I didn't study abroad there, but after the weekend I'm glad it was only a weekend because its pretty touristy and kind dirty too. It was a fun weekend and I'm glad I got to see it before it becomes its own country...
Sunday when we got back we went to this Irish bar we go to a lot called Dubliners to watch el clasico which is when the two superpowers Barcelona plays Real Madrid, its a huge deal like Red Sox v. Yankees in the ALCS or Bruins Canucks in the Stanley Cup Finals. It was fun to be in there with the atmosphere from the game and I of course reped my Barca jersey and wasn't fazed by the hecklers. Game ended in a tie 2-2 with the two superstars Messi and Ronaldo scoring all the goals. Just our luck after that game the Pats game was on the big screen so we got the best of both worlds. During the Pats game we ended up making a couple Spanish friends to, so we got to practice our Spanish and culture ourselves a little bit. Well thats all I got for now so until next time hasta luego!
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