I decided I'm gonna try and be better about writing what I do during the week (it's actually not that much with school and everything). Even though my weekdays sometimes aren't that interesting, it is going to be stuff I want to remember so I'm gonna post about it! Enjoy!
Monday:
Nothing. I went to class in the morning, first Barcelona Past and Present then my Spanish class. I had a 2 hours break until my next class so I caved and went to Starbucks (it's literally right below where my school is so it's pretty convenient but not for my wallet!). In my social media class, we had a guest speaker, Marta Alonso, who is the inventor of Instagramers Barcelona. If you want all the information on her, you can check out my Storify blog. She was actually very interesting to listen to and I learned a lot about her, her company and how successful she has become after thinking of a small idea. After class, I went back to my apartment and made by typical dinner of chicken pasta (usually tortellini) and a salad. After trying to do homework and attempting to Skype (screw you wifi), I went to bed.
Tuesday:
Usually on Tuesdays I don't have any classes except for my volunteer time from 5-7pm. Today, I had to meet with my teacher for my volunteer class to talk to her about my papers I've written for her. She told me I was doing a great job so I was happy! Then I had to meet with a group to make a presentation for my Barcelona class. He had told us we could redo it because we didn't get a great grade the first time so we did a better job. After going home for a few minutes to eat a quick lunch, I went to my volunteering after school program.
Tuesday at my volunteer placement was one of my favorite days there. When I first walked in, one of my favorite little girls, Nerea, introduced me to one of her friends! They are finally starting to recognize my face and remember my name. They get so excited when I walk through the door. But sometimes I feel like I'm not contributing enough to the kids being there because they have such a set schedule in place. Every Tuesday when I'm there, the 3 year old's instructor reads them a book that goes along with the theme for the week. I usually just sit there and listen because they speak Catalan so I don't understand. This week, she went to the library and got me a book in English to read to the kids and teach them animals in English! It was so cute listening to them try to say the English words. The first animal that came up in the book was a pig (since the book was about a farm) and every animal after that was a pig too since it was the only thing they could remember! It was so cute and I finally felt like I belonged there.
When I got back to my apartment later, we decided to go to dinner at a new restaurant we had heard about called La Flauta. It was tapas and we hadn't had tapas in a while. It was really easy to get to and some of the best tapas I've had in Barcelona. We got 2 orders of patatas bravas, calamari, little ham and mozzarella sandwiches and some potato and sunny side egg dish. They were all so good and a very reasonable price! We have big plans to go back there.
Sandwiches
Calamari
Patatas Bravas
Potato and Eggs
Wednesday:
My Wednesdays are the same except in between my classes during my 2 hour break, Bridget and I have a little lunch date! She comes from her volunteering placement and meets me after my class and we have lunch and coffee somewhere. We try to go to a new place every week. We've been to George Payne's for burgers and beer, Pudding (which has turned out to be one of my favorite little cafes, they have mushrooms all over the walls! It looks like it should be in Alice and Wonderland) and this week we went to one of the places she has discovered: Molika Cafe.
While Bridget and I were walking there, we walked past all the paparazzi outside a restaurant (sadly, no they weren't looking for me). We asked them who it was they were waiting for and it ended up being the President of Manchester City, the famous soccer team. They were in town to play FC Barcelona that night in the Championships Cup. It was cool to see a local celebrity!
Restaurant he was at
When we got there, we sat inside and talked and had cafe con leche (our favorite), a sandwich and a chocolate croissant for desert. It's so fun to sit and talk at a new place every week! I love our little dates. While sitting there, we met a nice French man who is doing work in Barcelona. He told us he had lived right around the corner from the cafe while he lived he full time. He told us about his company that he works for Lole, which is an up and coming women's work out apparel. His last name ended up being Cohen so we laughed at the coincidence. He gave us some pointers about what do to around Barcelona (we actually had done a lot of what he told us so we felt accomplished) and after talking to him for a while, we got his business card and I headed back to class.
Thursday:
Thursday was pretty boring. I woke up, went to my International Service Learning class from 12:45-2:15 and then came back to the apartment. Every other Thursday, our cleaning lady comes to our apartment so it is always nice to come home to a nice and clean apartment. I took a nap, skyped then made dinner. We decided to go to a bar that night, L'Ovella Negra, one of our favorites. We got ready and headed out around 11:30. We drank beers while we were there and hung out and had a really fun time. We got back around 2:30 and went to bed.
Overall, it was a great week! We have big plans ahead for the weekend, so stay tuned for more blog posts!
Besos!
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