Dang, sorry it took me so long to post again.
The intensive Spanish class is over now with the exception of the final exam which is tomorrow. I didn't go to class today... oops! We got home at 6 last night and I was, let's say, not quite sober when I woke up so I decided to stay in bed. Whatevz. We went to Pacha last night for the Erasmus party. It was quite fun and I'm still really surprised that I was able to find my jacket at the end of the night.
Recap of Pacha
The Good: lots of dancing (on the stage!), not too many sketchy people, saving money by drinking beforehand.
The Bad: having trouble finding everyone at the end, me being locked out of my room for a little bit and accidentally waking the people next door who had an 8am exam today, and having my hand stabbed by something in the dark on the stage.
But anyway, I've started thinking about my travel plans, but not enough, so I won't really say anything about them except that our program is going to Valencia on Saturday, but only for the day which is lame, especially because our calendars said two days. Katherine and I may be traveling together during Semana Santa.
Hmm, what else has happened? I registered for classes. They start on Monday. I can't understand Spanish. Shaelyn and I went to the Sagrada Familia. I had paella. I went to a flamenco show. I bought new boots. We went out for dinner on my birthday. I've eaten a lot of Nutella. I don't know what else to say except that Maoz has yummy falafel.
There are a lot of mullets here.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
First Weekend
Our intensive Spanish course started last Thursday. It's four hours a day until classes at the UB start on February 4th. The class is alright... long, but not too bad because we get a pretty long break in the middle.
Thursday night, a bunch of us went out to a club called The Catwalk. A girl who was here last semester brought us there and we had free passes to get in, which was nice. However, the drinks were complete rip-offs. They were all like 10 euros each. It was a fun night though. The club had two floors with different music. We got home at around 5am, which we thought was pretty late.
On Friday, we all went out for Tapas. Deliciousssss. Afterwards, we sketchily drank a bit in an alleyway under instruction of Guillem (one of our Guardian Angels), went to a bar, and then finally, at around 3am, went to the club Razzmatazz. It closed at 6 and we got home at around 7... My roommate and I slept until like 5pm the next day, did nothing, then went out to dinner and to a bar... pretty lowkey night.
Not much else to say except that nothing is open on Sundays. I bet this is boring to read. Over and out.
Thursday night, a bunch of us went out to a club called The Catwalk. A girl who was here last semester brought us there and we had free passes to get in, which was nice. However, the drinks were complete rip-offs. They were all like 10 euros each. It was a fun night though. The club had two floors with different music. We got home at around 5am, which we thought was pretty late.
On Friday, we all went out for Tapas. Deliciousssss. Afterwards, we sketchily drank a bit in an alleyway under instruction of Guillem (one of our Guardian Angels), went to a bar, and then finally, at around 3am, went to the club Razzmatazz. It closed at 6 and we got home at around 7... My roommate and I slept until like 5pm the next day, did nothing, then went out to dinner and to a bar... pretty lowkey night.
Not much else to say except that nothing is open on Sundays. I bet this is boring to read. Over and out.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Estoy en Barcelona!
Hola Amigos!
Bienvenidos a mi blog. Just kidding. I mean, yeah, this is it, but it's going to be in English. So... I told a bunch of people that I'd send e-mail updates about what I'm doing, but I've decided that this will be easier. Y'all won't have to get long and annoying e-mails to read when you don't want to AND you can be a creepster and check this site as often as you want. Great, eh?
Alright, let's start at the very beginning (a very good place to start)...
I began packing at around 10PM on Saturday night. I finished the next morning (January 13th) and then it was off to Portland Jetport, hooray! First I flew to Philadelphia, and then to London, and finally to Barcelona. I met a few girls from my program (CIEE) when I was boarding the plane in London, which was good. What wasn't good was finding out that my luggage was lost when I arrived in Barcelona. In fact, it sucked a load.
We got picked up by our CIEE "Guardian Angels" (Universitat de Barcelona students) and went to the hotel for orientation. By the way, we had a three day orientation. Real classes start at the UB on February 4th and until then, we have to take an intensive Spanish "writing and stylisitics" course that lasts for four hours a day. Yay. No. Useful. Probably.
Yesterday, I moved into my residencia... a Spanish student dorm. It's pretty nice, but guess what? The food is provided by Sodexho. Es correcto. It's like they're impossible to escape. The food in the residencia is pretty bad too. Boooo. The food in restaurants, on the other hand, is quite good. The residencia has a gym, a pool table, a bar, a tv room that looks like an airport waiting room, and some other stuff.
We've taken a couple guided tours of Barcelona. The architecture here is insane. Last night, some friends and I tried to look for a bar. Before we left, we were warned by a Spanish student to not go out on a Tuesday because nothing would be open. We totally should have listened. We ended up just walking around for an hour and getting lost and tired.
I suppose that's all I'm going to say for now. By the by, me writing this blog doesn't mean I don't want to be e-mail buddies with people... so e-mail it up! laurasaurusrexx@gmail.com por favor... hope to hear from some cool people soon (no lamers, please... just joshin', I know all of my friends are pretty lame. Joshin' again! ... Or am I?)
muchlove,
LAURA
Bienvenidos a mi blog. Just kidding. I mean, yeah, this is it, but it's going to be in English. So... I told a bunch of people that I'd send e-mail updates about what I'm doing, but I've decided that this will be easier. Y'all won't have to get long and annoying e-mails to read when you don't want to AND you can be a creepster and check this site as often as you want. Great, eh?
Alright, let's start at the very beginning (a very good place to start)...
I began packing at around 10PM on Saturday night. I finished the next morning (January 13th) and then it was off to Portland Jetport, hooray! First I flew to Philadelphia, and then to London, and finally to Barcelona. I met a few girls from my program (CIEE) when I was boarding the plane in London, which was good. What wasn't good was finding out that my luggage was lost when I arrived in Barcelona. In fact, it sucked a load.
We got picked up by our CIEE "Guardian Angels" (Universitat de Barcelona students) and went to the hotel for orientation. By the way, we had a three day orientation. Real classes start at the UB on February 4th and until then, we have to take an intensive Spanish "writing and stylisitics" course that lasts for four hours a day. Yay. No. Useful. Probably.
Yesterday, I moved into my residencia... a Spanish student dorm. It's pretty nice, but guess what? The food is provided by Sodexho. Es correcto. It's like they're impossible to escape. The food in the residencia is pretty bad too. Boooo. The food in restaurants, on the other hand, is quite good. The residencia has a gym, a pool table, a bar, a tv room that looks like an airport waiting room, and some other stuff.
We've taken a couple guided tours of Barcelona. The architecture here is insane. Last night, some friends and I tried to look for a bar. Before we left, we were warned by a Spanish student to not go out on a Tuesday because nothing would be open. We totally should have listened. We ended up just walking around for an hour and getting lost and tired.
I suppose that's all I'm going to say for now. By the by, me writing this blog doesn't mean I don't want to be e-mail buddies with people... so e-mail it up! laurasaurusrexx@gmail.com por favor... hope to hear from some cool people soon (no lamers, please... just joshin', I know all of my friends are pretty lame. Joshin' again! ... Or am I?)
muchlove,
LAURA
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