Barcelona

My friends gave me their pictures from Barcelona so since I have a couple minutes, here they are. I didn't have even close to as great a time this trip as I did a couple years ago, but it was still nice to be there. I went Sunday-Wednesday with 5 other girls from the program. It was kind of a frustrating trip because we all had such different priorities. Some people didn't want to spend any money, other people wanted to spend more time in the apartment than out in the city... It definitely made it clear in my mind how important it is to travel with people with similar travel styles. Either way, I saw the water, got a tan and enjoyed the Gaudí architecture again.

Inside the magnificent and unique Sagrada Familia

In front of one of the Gaudí apartments, Casa Batlló

 On the apartment's roof

 At Gaudí's Park Guell

Park Guell

Passionfruit and cactus fruit popsicles at la boqueria market

Being in Barcelona made me realize how much I miss the ocean. As much as I love Madrid, I don't know if I could permanently live this far away from a body of water. It'll be nice to go out to Rodeo when I'm in the Bay Area and hang out at Coney Island this summer.

As of today, I have just one week left in Madrid. It's totally crazy how quickly this semester went by and it's weird to think this whole year in Europe is about to be over. Other than how miserable I'll be to say goodbye to my Spanish friends and my host family, I'm ready to go back. I have a lot to look forward to this summer. Tomorrow I'll finish my last final and then this week will actually be busier than I thought. Between saying good bye to everyone and Eva's birthday, sounds like I'll be running around a bit. I'm sure it'll be mostly fun though. Off to do one last exam review now and then I'm heading to bed.

Besos,
Anjuli