Barcelona!

The first night hanging out in the airport wasn't exactly what I'd call fun but with the girls there spending the night in an airport isn't half bad. I tried sleeping on various occasions but once I would get tired enough, my body would hurt from the hard floor or I'd get cold. So I mostly stayed up and read my spanish HP book. We stayed in 2 locations because once people started coming in the morning, we were going to be in the way of the lines so we moved over by the cafeteria. It would've been nice to get the seats to sleep on but when we'd gotten there, they were mostly taken already.
In the morning we all got up and headed over to catch the bus to Barcelona. Once we got there, we found the metro and figured out how to get to where I hostel was. The hostel was great! There was a guest kitchen (which I used for getting tea, coffee, and making my cereal that I bought. There was a common room with DVDs to watch or just regular TV. There were computers there to use. Yeah.. we loved it.
Anyways so once we dropped our stuff off, we headed to Park Guell to walk around and see all the Gaudi stuff. That was really cool. The stuff is so strange but that's what makes it interesting. Afterwards we hopped back on the metro to Casa Batllo after stopping by McDs for lunch. We just took pictures of the outside then headed to Casa Mila and went inside. Afterwards we headed to Las Ramblas and walked around while waiting for the time when the cathedral would be free. There were a lot of flower and animal shops set up and people dressed up trying to get money. We found a large plaza and ran into some kids from Granada. They came with us to the Cathedral. After looking around and talking a while, we went our separate ways. We stopped by a grocery store where I got my cereal and Liz and Megan got sandwich stuff to make their dinner. We went on a search for Subway for the rest of us because I'd seen someone with a sub. After asking a couple people, we found it and I enjoyed a veggie patty sub and yogurt. When we were done, it was time to head over to catch the fountain show since until May it's from 7-9 at night. It was alright but since it wasn't dark out and there were people standing in front of us, it wasn't as great as the second night. Afterwards we headed back to the hostel since we had to get up early the next day. Well we stayed up for a while watching a movie on the TV and a guy made free sangria. I instead made myself some manzanilla (echinacea) tea and went to bed early. I've gotten the cold that Liz had although it's not as bad thus far.
The next day we headed over to the Sagrada familia which was neat to see but the inside wasn't much because of the construction going on. Then we went to the Colombus statue to see it and take a look at the water. We sat there for a little while before heading to the subway we'd eaten at the day before. Again I had a veggie patty sub but my favorite cookie this time - yum! Here is where we found out that Nicole had lost her wallet though. She went to pay and didn't have it. We're still not sure exactly how/when it happened. So then we headed over to the police station to file a report. That took a couple hours but luckily she didn't have her passport in there or anything. She had about 70 euros though, her keys for Granada, license, and credit cards. She called her mom though to cancel everything and I don't think there were any charges on the cards. Anyways.. then we went to where the fountain is because we were going to see the Olympic park but made a stop at the top of the stairs where we ended up staying for the next few hours, laying/sleeping in the sun to the sound of guitarists playing for money. We then all decided that we were rather find something to eat instead of going to the park so we found some Chinese food. Then we stopped by a store so they could get botellon supplies and I got some apples for the next day. It was raining a little but we still went to see the fountain show - since it was May it was from 9-11 which was a lot better. We stayed for a while then headed back. I took a shower and got ready for bed.. I wasn't feeling that great. My dinner didn't agree that well with me for some reason and just from having a cold.. just wanted to go to sleep. I didn't sleep that well though.
That next morning we headed over to the Picasso museum because since it was the first Sunday of the month, it was free. That was cool. It was great to go to Barcelona now because we just learned about Gaudi and Picasso in our art class so we got to see a lot of those things. Afterwards we found the chocolate museum and enjoyed our chocolate bar that was our entrance ticket. Then we yet again headed back to our lovely Subway. I got a veggie sub (with everything but jalepenos) and peach ice tea. We did a little bit of souvenir shopping and then headed back to get our stuff. We waited around a little bit before getting on the metro to head to the bus station. We were a little rushed and Nicole had to get a new ticket but luckily we all made it onto the bus. Once we got to our gate at the airport, the girls got McDs while I finished up crackers and other apple.
We made it back to Granada and headed home. Mamacita still made us dinner even though it was past nine and asked us all about our trip. :) It was mother's day in Spain so we felt bad that we hadn't gotten her anything but we did give her a hug/besos and said happy mother's day.

Yesterday was a holiday here - dia de la cruz (day of the cross). I had my grammar class but not POE. The school was giving out free beer and having a magic show but I didn't know when so I went to corte ingles to get some things including PEANUT BUTTER. Sometime after lunch I headed out to take pictures of some crosses around Granada and watch some of the kids dancing - lots of girls wear flamenco dresses and many are part of dance groups. Walked around some with Liz and Megan but then headed home. I did a short work out because it was difficult to run without coughing plus I was hungry. Mamacita was out and about with her friend so we were on our own for dinner. Therefore I had a power bar and some nuts.

I need to start studying for finals because those start next week. I'm assuming that time will start to fly by because I'll be staying busy with finals then traveling. Before I know it I'll be on my way home. I'm ready for it. I feel like my time here in Spain has been well-spent and thoroughly enjoyed but it's time for it to come to an end and for me to start the next section of my life - a.k.a. nursing school.

Alright well.. until next time. :)