This Spanish lifestyle is really starting to catch up to me. My eyes are nearly shutting as I'm writing this. In my weekend in Barcelona I got about 8 hours of sleep total. There's just so much to do and Barcelona was huge. We got there Friday night, got ready, and went straight to dinner at a restaurant/bar called CDLC. I got the cheapest thing on the menu as my euros are starting to run low and it was still amazing, a crispy chicken salad and a glass of wine. From there we went to a club called Opium- probably the coolest place I am ever going to go to. I had way too much fun with my friends and stayed out way too late. The next day we went to Park Guell which is a huge park with awesome views of Barcelona. We tried to go out to a Mexican restaurant but after waiting an hour we decided to leave since the host kept extending the waiting time. Even though I was super excited to eat a burrito, I happily settled for a durum "para llevar" which is easily becoming my favorite thing to eat in Spain. That night we went out again (and stayed out way too late again).
Opium
CDLC
Park Guell
Sunday, we went to Sagrada Familia, another of one of the most amazing historical churches in Spain. The stain glass inside was breathtaking. We went up one of the towers with narrow stairs and small windows and got to seen an even better view of Barcelona on a beautiful day. Even after 3 weeks of endless beautiful views and insane architecture, I'm still not used to it. The architecture of the Sagrada Familia was exceptionally interesting and modern. The church, designed by architect Gaudi, was full of geometrical shapes and curves, much different than anything we had seen in earlier tours. The roof was designed to look like trees and branches coming from the columns. I found this amazing and much more complex/modern than any of the Arabic and Catholic designs I had seen. It was definitely much more appealing to a younger generation with the bright colors of the stained glass and the lighter walls. After this, we traveled to the FC Barcelona stadium (where I got an awesome hat). Even though I was sad that there wasn't a game we could attend, it was still awesome the be able to tour the stadium grounds and the store. It was obvious to see that soccer is so huge in this country with an extravagant stadium surrounded by statues and memorabilia. It was cool to see this because I love soccer, but it is not as big of a sport in America.
Sagrada Familia Ceiling Stain Glass
View from Tower
Messi and I
Going back to class today was hard to say the least after such a fun weekend, but I'm trying to cherish it since I only have a week left in this country. It's flying by and I'm very excited to see my family and friends but I'm really going to miss it here (especially the tapas).
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