I have spent the last few days seeing the sights of Barcelona. From the street performers in Las Ramblas to the cow heads for sale in the Boqueria Mercado, Barcelona has been a whirl of new things to see and do. We went to the museum of Pablo Picasso. I could have spent hours there. Seeing a whole museum of one's person's work and analyzing the way his style changes as he gets older is so fascinating. Sometimes I wish I was an art history major... and then I do other things and remember why I love being a language major so much. I had falafel for lunch today in a store owned by an Israeli. I was so proud of the fact that I was able to switch from speaking Spanish to Hebrew without hesitating or mixing them up. I could speak to him in Hebrew then turn to my friend and translate to her what we were saying in Spanish!! I know I'm a loser, but this is what makes me so happy. Also, remember the French mechanics I had dinner with on my first night here? I introduced them to my group when they arrived and we became good friends. We got dinner together almost every night we've been here. My friend Rachel speaks a bit of French so we speak in French and Spanish with a few middle men translating back and forth. It's like a dream come true for me!
Last night we went out to a discotheque near the beach in Barcelona. The nightclub played great music, regaeton, salsa, rap and occasionally threw in classics like the theme from Rocky. Our French escorts were perfect gentlemen. They paid for our cabs and danced with us into the wee hours of the morning. (we didn't get to the club until the standard starting hour of 2 AM.) It was all good until we had to get up at 7:30 to go touring the city this morning.
Today we saw the museum of Joan Mori. With influences like Dali and Picasso, he had a very weird modern abstract style but I really liked it. Again I could've spent hours trying to figure out what this series of wavy lines is and whether that shape is supposed to be a phallic symbol or not...
Anyway, tomorrow we're leaving at 6:45 AM to fly to Granada to meet our host parents! I'm very excited to get to my permanent home and unpack my stuff and have meals cooked for me... The next time you here from me I will be in Andalucia! hasta pronto!
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