As I said, I would tell everyone what I was doing the rest of my trip. It's been hard since I have not had a lot of time to get online so this is what is happening before I get home...
July 10-11-went to Madrid (left for Rome the night Spain played in the World Cup Final...most regretted thing ever)
July 11-13-Rome
July 13-16-Arrived in San Marino with Bryce's family... best food I have ever eaten
July 17-19-Munich
July 19-21?-Prague for 2 days
-Berlin for 2 days
-Amsterdam for 2-3 days
-Traveling to Bayoux for the night, taking a tour of D-Day, then chunnel to London
-July 30, flight from London to Dublin, then back home to Chicago!!!
I don't know all of the days, it is hard to tell. THings change because of trains and everything but that is where I'll be for those days. Can't wait to see everyone!!!
Friday, July 16, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
What I've Done Here
I realized that I only have 2 days left here in Barcelona so I'm trying to make sure I do everything that I wanted before I leave. I don't really have time to write about everything like I had hoped so I'm just going to make a list of what I did and hopefully I will have pictures to show you of everything. I'll be able to explain it then. There's a lot of things that I've done, but most I can explain really quickly. I just wanted to make sure I had some sort of log to remember my trip, but my friend has been doing that all along anyways. Well here is the list:
Dublin
-Guinness Factory
-Temple Bar Area
-Dublin castle
-Trinity college
-Hiked around Hoath
-O'Connel street and Grafton Street
Barcelona
Tourist Attractions
-Port Olimpic
-Olympic Village
-Sagrada Familia
-La Pedrera
-Park Guell
-Barrio Gotic
-Old Roman Neighborhood
-l'Eixample
-Tibidabo
-Born District
-San Juan
-La Catedral
-Santa Maria del Mar
-Las Ramblas
-Barceloneta
-Camp Nou
-Montjuic
-Picasso Museum
-Chocolate Museum
-Palau de la Generalitat
Other places in Spain we went
-La Costa Brava
-El Penedes
-Cavas Codorniu
-Sitges
-Montserrat
-Tarragona
Some Spanish Things I did/ate
-tapas
-San Miguel/Estrella
-Flamenco dancers
-Intercambio
-Cooked and ate gazpacho, pan con tomate, tortilla de patatas, paella, y Crema Catalana
-Patatas Bravas
-There was something I had the first day that might have been my favorite food here and I can't remember what it is called
Bars/Clubs
-Apollo
-Shokho
-George Payne's (huge touristy bar)
-Sonora (our local place)
-Razmatazz
-Cyrano (pour your own)
-Chupitos (2 euro any shot-monica lewinski)
-Dow Jones (stock market crash)
-Ovella Negra (biggest bar i've ever seen, never open though)
Basically I've done a lot of stuff. There's so much more that I could probably name off that I can't think of. Soon I'm going to put up the list of what I am doing the rest of my trip.
Dublin
-Guinness Factory
-Temple Bar Area
-Dublin castle
-Trinity college
-Hiked around Hoath
-O'Connel street and Grafton Street
Barcelona
Tourist Attractions
-Port Olimpic
-Olympic Village
-Sagrada Familia
-La Pedrera
-Park Guell
-Barrio Gotic
-Old Roman Neighborhood
-l'Eixample
-Tibidabo
-Born District
-San Juan
-La Catedral
-Santa Maria del Mar
-Las Ramblas
-Barceloneta
-Camp Nou
-Montjuic
-Picasso Museum
-Chocolate Museum
-Palau de la Generalitat
Other places in Spain we went
-La Costa Brava
-El Penedes
-Cavas Codorniu
-Sitges
-Montserrat
-Tarragona
Some Spanish Things I did/ate
-tapas
-San Miguel/Estrella
-Flamenco dancers
-Intercambio
-Cooked and ate gazpacho, pan con tomate, tortilla de patatas, paella, y Crema Catalana
-Patatas Bravas
-There was something I had the first day that might have been my favorite food here and I can't remember what it is called
Bars/Clubs
-Apollo
-Shokho
-George Payne's (huge touristy bar)
-Sonora (our local place)
-Razmatazz
-Cyrano (pour your own)
-Chupitos (2 euro any shot-monica lewinski)
-Dow Jones (stock market crash)
-Ovella Negra (biggest bar i've ever seen, never open though)
Basically I've done a lot of stuff. There's so much more that I could probably name off that I can't think of. Soon I'm going to put up the list of what I am doing the rest of my trip.
Friday, July 2, 2010
La Costa Brava
June 18-20
The next few days were some of the same. Went to class, went to the beach or the pool, Wednesday we watched the Spain game which was kind of boring because they lost and then went out to one of my favorite clubs Razmatazz. The beach is somewhat fun. It is extremely dirty though. Also, with people walking around asking you if you want a massage or beer, it gets kind of annoying.
On Friday, we didn't have class because our program was taking us on a trip up La Costa Brava. We met for the bus at 8:30 am. Our bus driver was this crabby frenchman named Lauren. He didn't speak any Spanish or English, only French. He didn't like us very much. So the first day we took the bus about 2 hours up the coast and into a small French town. We were kind of free to do whatever we want for a couple of hours. There was a tour of the Chateau which was optional. First we walked around and the teachers bought us croissants. I never knew a croissant could be so good. Then we walked around looking for somewhere to eat. Since we were in France we wanted some crepes and found a good place, and it was unreal. Then we decided to do the tour of the chateau. From the outside, it looked pretty small and boring but we decided to do it anyways and I'm really glad we did. It was actually huge and really cool inside. We saw where the dungeons were, where the archers shot out of, where the moat and drawbridge were. It was really cool.
Then we took the bus back into Spain to our hotel. It was the day of the second U.S. game versus Slovenia and we got to the hotel just at the end of the first half. We had like 10 minutes before we were supposed to go on the bike tour so we watched the game a little. Then, when it was time to go, Josh, this other kid from NY Sam, and I were the last to go outside. We found out they were 3 bikes short so we convinced our teacher that it was really ok if we didn't go. We all really wanted to watch the game. It ended up being an awesome decision. After the game we went and bought some wine and went on the beach for a little. When everyone came back, they said it was pretty miserable, especially because it rained on them. That night, they had a carnival on the beach so we went and ate and went to the carnivals where I went on one of the craziest rides in my life. It was one of those pirate ships that swing back and forth but at both ends there's a cage that you can go in and stand up but you aren't strapped in or anything. A bunch of us went in and it was nuts. There's no way that this ride would ever be allowed in the U.S.
The next day, we had an amazing breakfast then went to old Roman and Greek ruins. They were pretty cool, but it was so hot that it was hard to pay attention. We did get to see some of the places like where they used to train for the Olympics, the forum, and the baths. It was cool but we definitely spent way
more time than needed there. Then we went to a beach for 2 hours. Bryce, Josh, Pat, Matt, David, Sam, and I rented 2 paddle boats with slides on them. It was definitely money well spent (like 3 euros a piece). It was a lot of fun though.
One of my favorite things of the trip was next, the Dali museum. By far my favorite Spanish painter was Dali. Everything he painted was so unusual but there was so much symbolism in his work. I wish we would have spent a lot more time there because we didn't have time to do it all. A lot of his work also has hidden images in it that I wouldn't know of if our guide didn't point them out.
After the museum we went back to the hotel for like 20 minutes before we had a boat tour. We took 2 boats, all of us got on the one that is over 100 years old. The guy on it was nuts. He had all of these ship stories and stuff. After we sailed around the coast a little bit, we put down the anchor and we were allowed to jump in. It was freezing but so much fun. We then went back, showered, and had dinner at the hotel.
Sunday was not a very fun day. We went to a pottery place and painted pottery. They cooked them and stuff and they all turned out pretty ugly...at least I think they're ugly. Some people might like them, but personally I really think they look terrible. Then we went to Sans which is a small town up on this hill. We had lunch there and walked around. That was fun too but we were there for too long as well. The town was small and we had like 3 hours to kill. It was fine though. Then we went back to the pottery place to pick up more pots that didn't have time to cook before and were on our way home.
Overall, I enjoyed going on this trip but I really wish the timing of everything would've been planned out better. We spent too much time in some places and too little time in others. I enjoyed it though and I think most other people did as well.
The next few days were some of the same. Went to class, went to the beach or the pool, Wednesday we watched the Spain game which was kind of boring because they lost and then went out to one of my favorite clubs Razmatazz. The beach is somewhat fun. It is extremely dirty though. Also, with people walking around asking you if you want a massage or beer, it gets kind of annoying.
On Friday, we didn't have class because our program was taking us on a trip up La Costa Brava. We met for the bus at 8:30 am. Our bus driver was this crabby frenchman named Lauren. He didn't speak any Spanish or English, only French. He didn't like us very much. So the first day we took the bus about 2 hours up the coast and into a small French town. We were kind of free to do whatever we want for a couple of hours. There was a tour of the Chateau which was optional. First we walked around and the teachers bought us croissants. I never knew a croissant could be so good. Then we walked around looking for somewhere to eat. Since we were in France we wanted some crepes and found a good place, and it was unreal. Then we decided to do the tour of the chateau. From the outside, it looked pretty small and boring but we decided to do it anyways and I'm really glad we did. It was actually huge and really cool inside. We saw where the dungeons were, where the archers shot out of, where the moat and drawbridge were. It was really cool.
Then we took the bus back into Spain to our hotel. It was the day of the second U.S. game versus Slovenia and we got to the hotel just at the end of the first half. We had like 10 minutes before we were supposed to go on the bike tour so we watched the game a little. Then, when it was time to go, Josh, this other kid from NY Sam, and I were the last to go outside. We found out they were 3 bikes short so we convinced our teacher that it was really ok if we didn't go. We all really wanted to watch the game. It ended up being an awesome decision. After the game we went and bought some wine and went on the beach for a little. When everyone came back, they said it was pretty miserable, especially because it rained on them. That night, they had a carnival on the beach so we went and ate and went to the carnivals where I went on one of the craziest rides in my life. It was one of those pirate ships that swing back and forth but at both ends there's a cage that you can go in and stand up but you aren't strapped in or anything. A bunch of us went in and it was nuts. There's no way that this ride would ever be allowed in the U.S.
The next day, we had an amazing breakfast then went to old Roman and Greek ruins. They were pretty cool, but it was so hot that it was hard to pay attention. We did get to see some of the places like where they used to train for the Olympics, the forum, and the baths. It was cool but we definitely spent way
more time than needed there. Then we went to a beach for 2 hours. Bryce, Josh, Pat, Matt, David, Sam, and I rented 2 paddle boats with slides on them. It was definitely money well spent (like 3 euros a piece). It was a lot of fun though.One of my favorite things of the trip was next, the Dali museum. By far my favorite Spanish painter was Dali. Everything he painted was so unusual but there was so much symbolism in his work. I wish we would have spent a lot more time there because we didn't have time to do it all. A lot of his work also has hidden images in it that I wouldn't know of if our guide didn't point them out.
After the museum we went back to the hotel for like 20 minutes before we had a boat tour. We took 2 boats, all of us got on the one that is over 100 years old. The guy on it was nuts. He had all of these ship stories and stuff. After we sailed around the coast a little bit, we put down the anchor and we were allowed to jump in. It was freezing but so much fun. We then went back, showered, and had dinner at the hotel.
Sunday was not a very fun day. We went to a pottery place and painted pottery. They cooked them and stuff and they all turned out pretty ugly...at least I think they're ugly. Some people might like them, but personally I really think they look terrible. Then we went to Sans which is a small town up on this hill. We had lunch there and walked around. That was fun too but we were there for too long as well. The town was small and we had like 3 hours to kill. It was fine though. Then we went back to the pottery place to pick up more pots that didn't have time to cook before and were on our way home.
Overall, I enjoyed going on this trip but I really wish the timing of everything would've been planned out better. We spent too much time in some places and too little time in others. I enjoyed it though and I think most other people did as well.
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