Sorry I haven't posted in the last couple of days..I've been pretty busy. Let's see..the last couple of days have been pretty good. Classes are okay, some have been boring..but I'm hoping they will get better as the semester goes on. Yesterday I spent the day walking around the city trying to find the history museum of the city with a friend from class. We finally got there around 2ish and of course it was closed from 2-4:30. It was pretty frustrating, but we are going tomorrow and I heard that it's pretty cool. I took a picture outside of the museum, but I will take more tomorrow..
I also walked in front of the Generiltat de Cataluña:
Today I got up early somehow, and even had time to shower. It sure is a relief that I figured out how to get hot water..it makes it much easier to shower in the morning. I got down to IES 15 minutes early like usual and hung out with a few people before going into class. The class was basically lecture the entire time, but I talked to some other classmates about the History Museum and apparently it is awesome...so I'm definitely looking forward to that tomorrow.
After class I went to my Spanish class which was fun as usual. I got an A on my first preuba (quiz) which I'm happy about. After Spanish was over my friend Nick and I went to this nice little restaurant that supposedly had an excellent menu del dia, which is basically a lunch menu....they are very common during the day in Barcelona. These menus typically have a first dish...usually consisting of a soup, salad, fish, or pasta dish. The second dish is usually some type of meat..usually a choice between steak, chicken, or fish. The third dish usually gives you the option of a gelato, a piece of cake, or fruit.
My friend Nick's señora at his house made him a list of nice restaurants that had excellent lunch menus. This restaurant was very fancy inside, had a lunch menu for 9 Euros! I ate a pasta with pesto sauce as my first dish, a piece of steak as my second dish, and had an excellent banana fudge gelato (Kind of reminds me of the kind the had at Mandilies). Anyways, lunch was great and I definitely enjoyed my meal.
I have still yet to go to the ATM, and am going strong on about 17 Euros right now haha..so hopefully I will be able to stay strong. I have $50 USD, so hopefully I can exchange that to avoid withdrawing from an ATM.
I've been studying for the majority of the night, and just ate dinner. I ate pretty late tonight (9:30, which is still normal for most of the Spanish who typically eat between 9:30-11) and la cena was delicious. I had arroz con gambas, ensalada, pan, y pescado. The pescado (fish) I had was white, but Anna couldn't remember its name, but I definitely enjoyed it. The following photo is just my primer plato I had this evening, arroz con gambas, mi ensalada, y pan:
We'll my internet has been slow recently and it definitely has been frustrating but nothing I can really do about it! My trip to Montserrat got canceled this weekend due to a landslide on the road going up to the mountain. It has been rescheduled for April 18, so I still have a while until that trip. Tomorrow night I am taking a wine tasting class which will be fun, and then on Friday I am going to Tarragona with my history class.
Voy a estudiar...
Ciao!
