I don't know where all the time is going. Only a few weeks left in the city and then a few more in Florence with Meghan. For so long it felt like such a long semester and now it's nearly over!
Anyway, lots of vacationing and fun times in March. At the beginning of Spring Break/ Semana Santa I met my family in Milan to surprise Meghan for her birthday. It was nice to get out of town and spend some more time with my parents. (They came here first, I don't remember if I mentioned that in the last entry.) Milan itself wasn't terribly exciting though. There were a few cool things to see, but it's very industrial and dirty. It wouldn't recommend it... there are many more beautiful and exciting places to go in Europe. We did find some great homemade pasta and pizza and good gelato... which is probably the most important thing anyway. I only spent about a day and a half there since the transport took so much time.
Sunday (the 16th) I flew back to Barcelona and met Andrew at the airport. He stayed about 5 days and I got to give him a little taste of what life is like around here. The weather was decent... I was hoping it would have been nice enough to go to the beach, but it was a little chilly. Mostly we just walked all through town everyday. I took him to a couple touristy places and some with historical significance... Parc Guell, Roman and Medieval areas and more. We also went up to a part of the mountain I hadn't seen before to check out the castle/fortress. We took the gondola things that I've been eying since my first week here. And at night we mostly watched futbol (soccer) and drank beer in pubs. It was a very relaxing week and it was so exciting to spend some time together here. Seeing him did make me a little homesick though, especially when I had to readjust to not being around him all over again.
After Andrew left I still had a few days of break that I tried to fill despite my exhaustion. I was not very excited about coming back to my dark little hole and my terrible mattress. Luckily Megan and Gavin were around that weekend too and we found cheap entertainment like the botanical gardens and the chocolate museum. The weather was pretty awful though so we wasted a lot of time downloading episodes of Friends and Sex in the City. Then school started back and remains as boring as ever... guess some things are the same in all cultures.
This past weekend we went with our program to Vall de Boi in the Pyrenees Mountains, very close to where I went skiing. We got to tour Romanesque Churches from the 12th century, wander around tiny mountain towns, and trudge through the snow in the national park. The weather was fabulous... sunny, warm, dry air, and very few clouds. You could almost taste the oxygen. My lungs have been deprived lately. The landscape was fabulous... I could definitely have handled a little more time there. And the good news is, I actually understood nearly everything the tour guides said!! Although speaking is still quite difficult, I am catching on to a few things.
That's all for now I guess. Just another week of thrilling classes. Then off to Munich for a couple days of lovely German beer and trying to decipher that silly language. Miss you all. Hope things are going well back in the states.
Un Abrazo,
Erin
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