This morning I woke up early pretty early, showered and got down to class early again. I signed up for the Montserrat trip again since it had been rescheduled for April. My history class was okay, just lecture and discussed out trip to Tarragona tomorrow, which I am excited about.
After class I met up with one of my friends from class and we went to the history museum! We actually made it there this time, which was a relief. We were there for maybe a hour or so, and it was definitely an amazing sight. This first picture is just of a little market that was set up outside of the Barcelona Cathedral, which had jewelry, souvenirs, books, and much more:
This next picture is just outside of the Museu d'Historia de la Ciutat:
Unfortunately, I was not allowed to take pictures inside the museum, but I managed to snap a few pictures anyways. This museum was extremely old and was filled with Roman ruins which was interesting. We listened to audio cassette players which explained the sights we were seeing. Some of the ruins in there were from the 2nd century AD, very interesting. This next picture is one of the only ones that turned out from inside the museum:
After the museum I went to the gym, relaxed in the sauna, showered and went to my oceanography class. I have a feeling that the field trips will be awesome, but the classes sure are boring. After class I went to the IES 2 center to print some PowerPoint slides and check my email since I had some time to kill before the wine class at 7.
I got to the class early, and they weren't ready for me so I just walked around for a half hour or so and went to the ATM. I exchanged the $45 USD that I had and was pleasantly surprised that the dollar was only 1.29 to the Euro! I went to the class and 3 of the girls from my Spanish class were all there which was pretty cool. 20 people signed up for the class, but only 6 showed up! This next picture is outside of the wine shop:
The class was very interesting and informative. Our instructor Jordi, knew exactly what he was talking about, and was a very cool guy. We tried Cava, which is similar to Champagne and is made here in Catalunya. Cava is very cheap here in Catalunya, but only because it made here. We tried some white wines, but the red wine was excellent. We sat around our table for a while and talked with each other before they closed.
This next picture is our table we had set up for 20!
After the class I went out for a little while to a small restaurant which was near the wine place. I got to know some of the people from my class a little bit more, which was cool. I called Anna and told her I would be eating, and home later...which I ended up not eating anything at all. I got home and told her the situation and she of course heated me up dinner. She really is the sweetest person. We watched the rest of the Barca VS. Espanol futbol game, and a lot of my friends were there. I wish that I could of gone, but I definitely don't regret taking the wine class. Barcelona won 3-2, and the end of the game was very exciting!
I'm very tired right now and have had an extremely long day. Tomorrow I will be meeting my history class at Casa Battlo at 9 in the morning. We are traveling to Tarragona to visit some of the Roman ruins there, which I am excited to see. I will probably be posting many pictures tomorrow and writing about my trip. Most of my friends are traveling to varies countries this weekend...Rome, Brussels, London, and Amsterdam just to name a few!
Bona nit!
