http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Morgan-Pitts/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Morgan Pitts en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:52:27 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:52:27 +0000 Unfortunately this is the last little bit I will be writing in my blog for a while. My program is now over so sad and soon I will be moving out of my senorarsquos house and starting my adventure around Europe. I will have some internet along the way but probably not a lot of time to use it. I am traveling with my friend Brittany who also goes to CU but who I didnrsquot know before this http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-269659.html Sadly this blog includes the activities that have occupied my last week in Barcelona with my program 61516 . But it has been a fun one MontserratLast Saturday I went to Montserrat with my friend Brittany. It is a small town about an hour train ride away from Barcelona. It is known for its beautiful and unique mountains and its wonderful views. This tiny little town used to be occupied only by http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-269636.html Last weekend I went with 4 of my friends to Portugal. First we flew into Lisbon the capital and spent a night there. We stayed in this adorable little hostel right in the center of town. It had a room with internet a room you could watch movies in a room with beanbags and a stereo system that you could hook your own music up to and a kitchen. We could use all these rooms whenever we wanted a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/blog-266780.html My school planned a boat trip for the business and culture program where we got on a catamaran and sailed up the Costa Brava all day. La Costa Brava is the part on the northern most part of the east coast of Spain. Basically we sailed up the coast for 3 hours and then back down the coast for 3 hours. On the way we stopped twice so that people could go swimming. Unfortunately the water was VERY c http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/blog-265343.html A few weeks ago ya I know I am doing this entry a little late I went on a daytrip with my program to Penedes Sitges and Sant Piere. About 20 of us hopped on a greyhound at 8 am and headed to our first destination Codorniu a cava and wine vineyard in Penedes. This was about a 30 minutes bus ride from Barcelona. We started with a tour of the plantation and factory and then we learned about http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Sitges/blog-265336.html After our amazing excursion through Morocco our spring break was still not over We decided to spend the last 4 days of break in Sevilla since we were already there. Sevilla is a lot smaller than Barcelona and the people seem a little bit more laid back and relaxed. And it is a beautiful town with cute little streets and hardly any cars. When we were there is rained a little bit the first two http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/Seville/blog-260652.html For spring break this year I decided to be adventurous and go on an allinclusive Moroccan excursion with two of my girl friends in my program Brittany and Carli. Brittanyrsquos friend from Colorado did this exact same excursion one year ago when she was studying abroad in Spain and she said it was an absolute must so we checked it out online and decided to go for it We went through a compa http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/blog-260622.html I went to Rome for the weekend of February 2125 with 17 other people in my program. It was not a trip organized through our program so we borrowed guide books from our families and did research online to figure everything out. At first only about 6 of us were planning on going but then when other people found out about it and how cheap the flights were 30 Euro they decided to join us. That d http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome/blog-253737.html This past monday night as in yesterday I went with 15 other people in my program to this thing called Cook and Taste. It is basically where you learn how to cook some of the most popular Spanish dishes and then you get to eat it all We walked about 15 minutes from our school down Las Ramblas and to this little flat that is only this huge kitchen. This lady is a professional cook and she has http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-247966.html This past Saturday I went with some friends on a day trip to Penedes. Penedes is located in the winemaking region of Catalonia. We took about a 30 minute train ride to the town and got there around 11 am right in time for the last tour of Freixenet Wine and Cava Company. We only had to pay 5 Euros which included a 10 minute video of the history of the company in Spanish so we didn't quite und http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/blog-247593.html This past weekend I went with my whole program to Madrid. We left really early on Friday morning and had to take a 5 hour train ride to the city. The ride wasnt bad at all. We were all in the same cab so we just hung out together some people slept some read and some listened to music. Some of us also watched this weird movie in Spanish about this girl trying to steal someone elses life...goo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/District-of-Madrid/Madrid/blog-245849.html Everywhere you go in Barcelona you are bound to run into a park of some sort. I already put up pictures of Parc Guell but here are some more of some other beautiful parks that I have been to. Parc Ciutadella and the Arc de Triomf are right by the university where my classes are at. I walk by it every day and I am not complaining because it is so beautiful Montjuic is an old castle located on t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-242796.html Last Thursday I went to my first soccer game which here they call futbol. Soccer to Spain is like football to the U.S. It is the biggest sport here and everyone is into it. The stadium is bigger than any stadium I have ever seen It holds almost 100000 people. The game we went to was against Villareal I have no idea where that is haha but they are not even a big rival of Barcelona and the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-242791.html My first weekend in Barcelona I went with a group of 25 other people from my program to Andorra a tiny country between Spain and France that is known for its cheap prices because there are no taxes and good skiing. One of the guys in our group set up the whole trip through his seora who is a travel agent which was awesome because no one else had to do anything. And we got a great deal tran http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Andorra/El-Serrat/blog-242782.html My first weekend in Barcelona I went with the Vallcorbas to Parc Guell. After La Sagrada Familia Parc Guell is the next biggest tourist attraction in Barcelona. It is located up towards the mountains and from the top you can see the whole city. Most of the people that are their are tourists but lots of others go there to hike or run because it is very big and there are lots of trails that take http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-241704.html HOLA from Barcelona A friend in my program here introduced me to this site and I have decided to use it instead of writing lots of different emails and I can attach pictures too this way which is much easier than doing it through email. I have attached a few pictures with the entry of the place I am staying here in Barcelona and also some from when I was staying with the Vallcorbas Didacs http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-240722.html