Las Fotografias

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Bon Dia! (Buenos Dias in Catalan)

I added a few photo's from the last few weeks, hope you enjoy.

I only have classes Monday through Thursday here, so it's already my weekend. Not exactly sure what's in store yet, but something exciting I'm sure. Last night Connor and I bought tickets to Dublin for an extra long weekend we have in March. He also got tickets to Amsterdam with his roommates for a different weekend in March, and my roommates and I are looking at going to Switzerland soon and getting a guided weekend trip to Morocco. The guided trip is very cheap and from what we've heard, it sounds like it would be best for us to go with a guide. It includes a camel ride! Hah.

It has 'cooled' off here the last few days - lots of people seem to be complaining, but 45 degrees F is still 85 degrees warmer than my last semester was... feels great to me!

Today in my spanish class we were reviewing useful things to say in restaurants and foods at the supermercado etc. Of course after we go over all of it Roberto, my professor, looks at us and says "You know, it will never actually say lechuga for lettuce or salchicha for sausage, it will be written in Catalan in the stores." Speaking spanish here is helpful, but it isn't enough. Yesterday a man in a restaurant asked if I was a student here, I responded that yes I was and I was here studying spanish. He nodded, was quiet for a moment, and then scolded me for learning Spanish and not Catalan - while speaking Spanish of course. The Catalan nationalism here is very interesting.

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Photos

Photo 2
View from our balcony up calle de aribau.

Photo 3
View from our balcony the other way.

Photo 4
next to our apartment

Photo 5
Our back balcony where we hang clothes to dry.

Photo 6
The endless flights of stairs to the fourth floor.

Photo 7
Our bidet.

Photo 8
Door to our apartment.

Photo 9
Little fridge and dining room.

Photo 10
View from back balcony.

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Connor and I at an FC Barcelona game versus Malaga. Barca won 4-1. I got the jersey of David Villa - he's the striker and one of the most popular players.

Photo 12
Camp Nou - before it was completely filled with people. The biggest futbol stadium in Europe.

Photo 13
The beach in Barcelona after sunset.

Photo 14
The beach again.

Photo 15
There's always someone playing down in the metro stops, but this was the only time I've seen someone actually on the train playing. He was great.

Photo 16
Harbor at sunset.

Photo 17
Me with two of my roommates at Parque Guell - designed by Antoni Gaudi. His architecture is everywhere in this city.

Photo 18
The top of Parque Guell.

Photo 19
Great views from the top - this is only a tiny portion of the panoramic view of the city from here, but you can see the unfinished Sagrada Familia rise above the rest of the city. Upon completion it will be much taller than it is now.

Photo 20
Ceiling of part of Parque Guell.

Photo 21
Parque Guell.

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Two of my roommates and I walking to the beach.

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All of my roommates and I at a bar near our apartment.

Photo 24
This is our apartment building - the skinny pink one. Our balcony is on the right on the very top floor. You can see the door we enter at street level at the bottom of the photo.

Photo 25
The skeleton keys we use to get into the apartment building on the street and into our apartment. And a few Euros.

Comments

[Papa]

Impressed
Certainly enjoyed the recently posted pics. You're experiencing so much - I'm envious. Morocco, Ireland, Switzerland. You have to take me back to some of those places when we're there. Keep up the blog work; I'm looking forward to the next one already. Go experience it and be safe. Love pop

[Jocelyn]

Great photos!
Hi Holly, It is so much fun to read about your experiences so far, and to see the photos. It's almost like being there! So are all of your room mates American students? Love you, Jocelyn

[Auntie Dine]

I'm already wishing I had your passport. And I'm really curious how you got the jersey of one of the most popular players of their, apparently beloved, futbol team?! xxoo

[Auntie Dine]

P.S.
I'm curious. So is the Catalan word for lettuce "enciam"? Just checking out of the translators online.