Hope you all enjoyed the post about my wonderful trip to the Costa Brava.
Since my schedule is so jam-packed Mondays-Thursdays, I'll be posting either Thursday evenings/Friday mornings with a recap of my week. Perhaps I'll also do weekend wrap-ups on Sunday evenings if I have time. We'll see. But time is absolutely flying - I don't know where the days go!
This is my 3rd full week here in Barcelona so I'll just do a quick summary and some highlights of the week.
WEEK 3
Classes
School has been going really well. We're now just starting to get into actual class content since last week we focused mostly on the class schedule, projects, class expectations, etc.
Internship
This was my first week at AmChamSpain and like most internships, it was a bit dull the first week in terms of busy work. However, I was invited to their members2members event titled "The impact of the internet on the Spanish Economy." The information was quite interesting (especially as an aspiring economist!) because they talked about how the internet has opened a lot of doors for Spanish businesses yet a constant problem for Spanish companies and businesses is incorporating more IT so that they increase efficiency and productivity in the workplace. I had a picture take of me with the other girl who is interning there as well but she hasn't sent it to me yet. Next week, I'll post it.
Dinner with Isabel's granddaughter Clara
Sunday night, one of Isabel's grandaughters, Clara, came over and we chatted for about 2 hours out on Isabel's terrace. The three of us (Bianca, Clara, and I) hit it off so well we decided to have dinner on Friday night. Clara took us to a delicious crepe restaurant just a flew blocks from the house. I wish I'd taken a picture of my food, but it was soo good! I definitely plan on going back. My savory crepe came with tomatoes, chicken, ham, and cheese and the sweet crepe had bananas and nutella.Here's a picture of the three of us though!
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| Clara, me, and Bianca after having crepes! |
Trip to the Chocolate Museum
No trip to Barcelona is complete without a trip to the Chocolate Museum. Since it rained all day Saturday, my friends and I decided to check out the legendary Chocolate museum! The admission ticket was a bar of a chocolate... now THAT is my kind of my admission ticket. Check out the photos below for cool sculptures made of chocolate!
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| My chocolate ticket! |
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| Chocolate figurine of Gaudi's art |
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| Chocolate Sagrada Familia...gosh I'd love to |
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| Another chocolate sculpture! |
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| Me standing next to my favorite...a chocolate Chicken Little! |
La Merce
From Thursday, September 22 - Sunday, September 25, Barcelona hosted the annual "La Merce" Festival.
Since 1872, this annual festival in Barcelona has honored Nostra Senyora de la Merce (Our lady of Mercy) in a week of concerts, masses, and dances. But in 1902, Catalanonians added a cultural twist to it by adding events such as the correfoc (a parade of fire-breathign dragons, giants, and monsters), sardana dancing (traditional Catalan dance), castellers and falcones (human towers) and the piro musical (fireworks set to music).
My friends and I did some activities on Thursday and Friday but it wasn't until Saturday and Sunday that the real festivities began. Unfortunately, it was raining on Saturday, so all the outdoor events (so pretty much all of them) were canceled. But, Sunday was absolutely divine and we enjoyed the festivities all day long.
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| Pouring rain on Saturday...but still smiling! (Lily, Jessica, Alysse, and I) |
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| Bianca, Bonnie, Jessica, Alysse and I at Castle Montjuic |
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| People dressed up as devils for Correfoc! |
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| Crazy correfoc...people were dancing under the fire sparklers! |
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| Castellers - human towers! They're incredible |
Off to Switzerland this weekend!
Yup - you read that correctly, I'm off to Geneva, Switzerland with some new friends, Jessica and her roommate Lauren. I literally bought the tickets last Friday the 23rd because there was a good deal (about 115 euros roundtrip). We'll be staying at a hostel and the wifi's kinda bad there, so I'll post when I return. Any suggestions/tips for Geneva?
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