So last night I got back from the most wonderful weekend in Barcelona, Spain. It was perfect and I loved everything about it...but I'm going to try to narrow down my top ten favorite things about the weekend. They are in no particular order...because that really would be impossible to do.
1. I was in a city beside the ocean. Anyone who knows me knows that I love cities. They also know that I LOVE the ocean. Its my favorite place to be...so this was of course one of the main reasons that I wanted to go to Barcelona. And of course, it doesn't hurt that because its a seaside city, it reminded me of Lima. :)
2. I was in SPAIN, where they speak SPANISH. It was SO good to be back in a setting where I heard spanish everywhere and could communicate in Spanish anytime I wanted to. I really didn't realize how much I missed it until I was back in it. I'm pretty sure the others on the trip appreciated it too...seeing as how we had to ask people stuff a lot. And the lady who gave us the keys to our apartment spoke absolutely no english.
3. The bodegas. This may seem small and insignificant, but I loved being back in a city where anytime we needed a little snack or something for dinner, there was a small little store within two blocks. Thats one of the things I miss most about Peru, so it was good to have that again.
4. The Sagrada Familia. This is a huge cathedral designed by Gaudi that began being built in 1882 and is supposed to be finished in 2026. It is absolutely amazing...you can see pictures on my facebook si quieres. :) We didn't go in because it was expensive and crowded, but it was so worth seeing from the outside.
5. The metro system. Barcelona has a very good public transportation system...another thing I miss about Peru. But the great thing about Barcelona is that the metro is consistent and CHEAP. We bought passes at the beginning of the trip for 8 euros each. That gave each of us ten trips and we used exactly that many. We didn't need more and none of them went to waste. It was perfect. The metro also was like 3 minutes from our apartment, so that was super convenient and wonderful.
6. Chilling in the apartment. We had a great group of people on the trip, and the nice thing was that we all sort of got tired at the same time. So instead of staying out late in town every night, we just went back to the apartment and chilled and played games. It was so nice to get to rest on fall break.
7. The Beach. On Monday we went to the beach and spent a few hours there. It was a BEAUTIFUL day of about 80 degrees and we all got some sun, which was wonderful. I also got to play in the mediteranean sea. It was the bluest ocean I've ever seen in my whole life and the warmest water I've ever been in. It was fantabulous.
8. Charicatures. Lexie and I decided to have our charicatures drawn. They are hideous. But hilarious. Enough said.
9. Independence. It was so much fun to travel across Europe with friends my age and have planned the trip ourselves. We successfully got everywhere we needed to go...had places to stay, food to eat, etc...all by ourselves. It was a great feeling. Next continent: Australia. :)
10. The People. I was so blessed to get to do this with a great group of people. We all worked together so well (most of the time) and each of us got to do something we really wanted to do. We never had a battle of wills on where we should go and we all were patient even in places we didn't neccesarily want to be. It really was perfect. God is good :) It was a great trip. SO good.
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