Barcelona

Hi all,

I only have a few minutes, but I´m here in Barcelona which is still one of my favorite cities in the world.

On Friday, we took a 12 hour plus bus trip here from Salamanca. Yeah, that sucked, especially because there was no bathroom and it was either too hot or too cold.

On Saturday, we spent the whole morning doing Gaudí stuff (he´s the crazy architect who designed La Sagrada Familia, some famous park, and some nutty houses. Just imagine yourself high and/or drunk and Smurfs on acid, and that´s what his buildings look like. We ate hamburgers at the Hard Rock Café (sooooooo delicious!), and then I got lost going to the Olympic Museum and the Miró Museum (I was by myself in the afternoon). So, I found a really good art museum featuring Cataluñan artists, such as Picasso, et al. that I enjoyed instead. Getting back to the hotel was quite an adventure, esepcially because I couldn´t remember its name, street, or location. Luckily, Andy was home and was able to get into my email to find out this information. However, the subway stop that I was suppose to get off on was closed due to construction, and I took some bus that was suppose to take me close to the hotel. 30 minutes later, I still had no idea where I was at! Luckily, a very nice old man finally directed me to the hotel, and all in all, it took me over 1 hour to find the hotel when it should have taken about 20 minutes. Haha.

Today, we went to Figueres to the Salvador Dalí Museum, and then we spen the afternoon at the Picasso Museum. Both were amazing! Tonight, 5 friends and I went to see ¨The Simpsons¨ at the local theater. To our wonderful surprise, it was in English!!! The movie was really funny, and I´m glad that we went.

Tomorrow is our free day, but all the museums are closed on Mondays, so my friends and I are going to hit the shops and have fun.

Tuesday, we´re off to Mallorca (the beach). We can´t wait!!!

I´ll try to post up some pictures later.