This weekend (which was actually three weekends ago) was so much fun! It was really nice because we all feel like anytime we are in Barcelona we don't really get to experience it or enjoy it because we are cooped up in a classroom all day and then leave to go to a different country for the weekend. This weekend we stayed in Barcelona, and since our studio professors wife just had a baby, we don't really know what we are supposed to do for Tuesday, which might suck come next week, but it was great for the weekend to have no worries and just have fun! Friday we had spanish class, so thats how we started off the afternoon. I really like spanish class
because our teacher is really cool and its just fun sitting in class "talking" in another language. After spanish, nobody was really doing anything and Bhavika and I didn't to spend one of our few free days in Barcelona sitting in our room doing nothing but surfing the internet. So, we went to this place called Bocatta which is like Euorpean or maybe Spanish fast food and it is so good. It is sandwiches with any kind of meat with really good bread and then french fries. We got lunch there and took it to go and sit in Parc de la Cuitudella, a big, nice park in Barcelona. When we got there we spralled out on the grass and had a picnic. It was great minus the flies that would not leave us alone. After we finished our lunch we both just layed down and enjoyed the beautiful weather and green grass. I can't even tell you how amazing it was. And, it probably sounds crazy that is was so nice to just sit in a park for three hours, but when you live in the densest city in Europe, you get a little cooped up, and miss openness a lot. and greenness. The park is also connected to the zoo, so we walked arou
nd the fence of the zoo and just explored the park a little. We passed this group of young people who had a boom box playing and they were all on these huge stilts dancing around. It was crazy, but pretty entertaining to watch. While we were there, we decided to call Preston and see what he was doing for the evening. Since he is a grad student, he got the choice of living in the dorm style complex like us, or an apartment in a different part of town. He of course chose the apartment, and we hadn't seen it yet, so we decided to walk there and check in out, and then eat paella for dinner...dont worry i will explain. On our walk to his apartment, we had to cross on this bridge/building going over all these train and metro lines. When we got to the top, much to our surprise, there was this really cool park/playground. It was kinda run down, but it had the coolest playground equipment ever. Of course, we stopped and played on it for awhile and then continued walking. He lives near t
he beach, so to get there, we took off our shoes and walked along the water in the sand. It was really nice becuase it was pretty and there weren't that many people there like in the summer. Also, on one part of the waterfront, there were tons of surfers and it is the first time i have seen that many surfers all together. From there we were very close to his apartment so we just met him outside. He lives on the 6th floor, and there is no elevator so we had to hike up there. I was definately out of breath by the time we got to the top, but it was worth it. His apartment was so nice and quaint. You walk in and directly in front of you is the living room and the back wall with a big window with old shutters, and an amazing view of the marina, montjuic and the old city. The walls are a really pretty ocean blue, and the ceiling is old redish bricks making it feel homey. They have three rooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen and a living room with a couch and a tv, and their rooms have balconies! We hung out there sitting on the couch watching spanish tv for a while and it was amazing...so refreshing to get out of a tiny dorm! When we got hungry we just walked down to the street and picked a random restuarant because the street he lives on is solid restaurants of the first floor. We had a menu del dia...two courses, bread, desert and a drink, for a set price. For our second courses we all got seafood paella, which is a traditional spanish dish. It is rice with spices and stuff in it and also a mix of a lot of seafood pieces in it. Usually it is scallops, a couple muscles in the shell and a large shrimp that you have to peel. It was really, really good, but it was way too much food. Then we went back to his apartment and watched Ellen's newest stand up comedy tour on you tube. It is so funny, you should all watch it. It is called Here and Now. After that we went home and went to sleep. Saturday we played tourist and went to one of the biggest tourist attractions in the city and toured it. It is Casa Mila, an upscale apartment building, done by Antoni Guadi, which i already put pictures up a while ago of, but this time we actually went in. It was really cool up on the roof becuase it is just so different than anything else. There are smoke stacks, at least i think thats what they were, that are shaped very wierd but cover the roof and make the design. Then we went into an actual apartment in the building and it was amazing. It is really big and luxurious. When we were done there, we went to a shopping mall called Diagonal Mar to do a bit of shopping. It was fun to try on clothes and buy a few things that I normally wouldn't buy say in the States. When we were done shopping we just went back to the room and relaxed and ate some dinner. For the evening activity, we went out to this bar/club called Opium Bar which is on the beach and brand new in Barcelona. It was really nice and a lot of fun. I had the best wine I have ever had in my life. Oh my goodness it was so good! Some people stayed inside and dance and some people went outside and sat on these couch things overlooking the water. It was a really fun night, just chillin at the bar. We ended up staying up really late because clubs stay open until 5 am. Also, it was the night of the time change in Spain so we gained an extra hour. We ended up leaving at 4, so 5 normally. We were close to Preston's apartment, so Bhavika and I had just planned to spend the night at his place so we wouldnt have to walk all the way home in the middle of the night. It was really fun to be able to have my own room for a night in something other than a dorm room or hostel. In the morning we woke up and watch a cooking channel and cartoons in Spanish. Needless to say, I didnt really have a clue what was going on. After the cartoons were over, we rode the metro back to our place. We spent the day on Sunday in studio working on different stuff for classes, mainly our studio project. the pictures are of casa batllo and casa mila.
because our teacher is really cool and its just fun sitting in class "talking" in another language. After spanish, nobody was really doing anything and Bhavika and I didn't to spend one of our few free days in Barcelona sitting in our room doing nothing but surfing the internet. So, we went to this place called Bocatta which is like Euorpean or maybe Spanish fast food and it is so good. It is sandwiches with any kind of meat with really good bread and then french fries. We got lunch there and took it to go and sit in Parc de la Cuitudella, a big, nice park in Barcelona. When we got there we spralled out on the grass and had a picnic. It was great minus the flies that would not leave us alone. After we finished our lunch we both just layed down and enjoyed the beautiful weather and green grass. I can't even tell you how amazing it was. And, it probably sounds crazy that is was so nice to just sit in a park for three hours, but when you live in the densest city in Europe, you get a little cooped up, and miss openness a lot. and greenness. The park is also connected to the zoo, so we walked arou
nd the fence of the zoo and just explored the park a little. We passed this group of young people who had a boom box playing and they were all on these huge stilts dancing around. It was crazy, but pretty entertaining to watch. While we were there, we decided to call Preston and see what he was doing for the evening. Since he is a grad student, he got the choice of living in the dorm style complex like us, or an apartment in a different part of town. He of course chose the apartment, and we hadn't seen it yet, so we decided to walk there and check in out, and then eat paella for dinner...dont worry i will explain. On our walk to his apartment, we had to cross on this bridge/building going over all these train and metro lines. When we got to the top, much to our surprise, there was this really cool park/playground. It was kinda run down, but it had the coolest playground equipment ever. Of course, we stopped and played on it for awhile and then continued walking. He lives near t
he beach, so to get there, we took off our shoes and walked along the water in the sand. It was really nice becuase it was pretty and there weren't that many people there like in the summer. Also, on one part of the waterfront, there were tons of surfers and it is the first time i have seen that many surfers all together. From there we were very close to his apartment so we just met him outside. He lives on the 6th floor, and there is no elevator so we had to hike up there. I was definately out of breath by the time we got to the top, but it was worth it. His apartment was so nice and quaint. You walk in and directly in front of you is the living room and the back wall with a big window with old shutters, and an amazing view of the marina, montjuic and the old city. The walls are a really pretty ocean blue, and the ceiling is old redish bricks making it feel homey. They have three rooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen and a living room with a couch and a tv, and their rooms have balconies! We hung out there sitting on the couch watching spanish tv for a while and it was amazing...so refreshing to get out of a tiny dorm! When we got hungry we just walked down to the street and picked a random restuarant because the street he lives on is solid restaurants of the first floor. We had a menu del dia...two courses, bread, desert and a drink, for a set price. For our second courses we all got seafood paella, which is a traditional spanish dish. It is rice with spices and stuff in it and also a mix of a lot of seafood pieces in it. Usually it is scallops, a couple muscles in the shell and a large shrimp that you have to peel. It was really, really good, but it was way too much food. Then we went back to his apartment and watched Ellen's newest stand up comedy tour on you tube. It is so funny, you should all watch it. It is called Here and Now. After that we went home and went to sleep. Saturday we played tourist and went to one of the biggest tourist attractions in the city and toured it. It is Casa Mila, an upscale apartment building, done by Antoni Guadi, which i already put pictures up a while ago of, but this time we actually went in. It was really cool up on the roof becuase it is just so different than anything else. There are smoke stacks, at least i think thats what they were, that are shaped very wierd but cover the roof and make the design. Then we went into an actual apartment in the building and it was amazing. It is really big and luxurious. When we were done there, we went to a shopping mall called Diagonal Mar to do a bit of shopping. It was fun to try on clothes and buy a few things that I normally wouldn't buy say in the States. When we were done shopping we just went back to the room and relaxed and ate some dinner. For the evening activity, we went out to this bar/club called Opium Bar which is on the beach and brand new in Barcelona. It was really nice and a lot of fun. I had the best wine I have ever had in my life. Oh my goodness it was so good! Some people stayed inside and dance and some people went outside and sat on these couch things overlooking the water. It was a really fun night, just chillin at the bar. We ended up staying up really late because clubs stay open until 5 am. Also, it was the night of the time change in Spain so we gained an extra hour. We ended up leaving at 4, so 5 normally. We were close to Preston's apartment, so Bhavika and I had just planned to spend the night at his place so we wouldnt have to walk all the way home in the middle of the night. It was really fun to be able to have my own room for a night in something other than a dorm room or hostel. In the morning we woke up and watch a cooking channel and cartoons in Spanish. Needless to say, I didnt really have a clue what was going on. After the cartoons were over, we rode the metro back to our place. We spent the day on Sunday in studio working on different stuff for classes, mainly our studio project. the pictures are of casa batllo and casa mila.
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