tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23490166792300741862024-03-04T23:13:31.567-08:00Life is either a daring adventure or nothingAn insight into my adventures in Barcelona and around the worldAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822484034644677490noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349016679230074186.post-60080283508278808182014-07-27T16:53:00.000-07:002014-07-28T20:48:31.090-07:00La Última SemanaHello, hello!<br />
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So sorry for the delay! It's been one crazy week to say the least! First thing is first, I'm typing this post in the comfort of my own kitchen with my Dunkin' coffee to my right, and my dog Haylee in my lap. I arrived home late last saturday night. But let's wrap up my last week in Barcelona first...<br />
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My last week in Barcelona was definitely one of the best! I was busy each and every day which is just how I like it -if you haven't noticed, I don't do well sitting still.<br />
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On Monday night I said goodbye to one of my friends, Nathan, who was out in Barcelona doing research. We went to a delicious tapas restaurant and filled our tummies with as many patatas bravas as we could fit!<br />
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On Tuesday night, I fulfilled another one of my must-do's in Barcelona by visiting Dow Jones, the stock market bar. It's a popular bar that is modeled after the NY stock exchange. I've heard of it before, as its very popular among American tourists, but have never actually had the chance to check it out. The concept is so cool. Each drink is listed on a monitor, and the price rises and falls with consumer demand. Eventually, as more people keep buying drinks, the stock market "crashes"and everyone rushes to the bar to get their drinks at their lowest price. I think this concept for a bar is <i>so</i> cool, but the bar could take the idea a lot further!<br />
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On Wednesday we had a farewell lunch for my roommate Zach and I. We went to one of the delicious restaurants atop Las Arenas (the old bullfighting ring, turned shopping mall). It was delicious! I had actually dined there previously for my 21st birthday last time I was there! We had a great meal, and enjoyed each other's company; I can't tell you how wonderful these people are. Later that day, my co-worker Elena promised she'd take me for a ride on her moto. I've been wanting to ride one since I first stepped foot on European soil, so I'm so happy to have finally fulfilled my wish! It was so much fun, I felt so free, and not to mention European!<br />
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Later that night, my roommate Zach and I were planning on checking out the open-air cinema on top of Montjüic. It's basically like a drive-in movie, except its on top of Barcelona's famous hill and it takes place inside a castle. Its definitely a highlight of the summer here! I wanted to go that night because <i>Grease</i> was playing, and I'm a sucker for a good sing-along. Unfortunately, the movie sold out (which was the first time this has ever happened of course). As a result, I was super bummed that I wouldn't get to experience Sala Montjüic -but this just leaves me something to accomplish for next time ;) Instead, we headed over to one of our favorite bars to check off a different must-do: snag the giant beer mugs from L'Ovella Negra ;) Already armed with my backpack, our mission was a success.<br />
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That next day, I had taken my last personal day to start to say goodbye to the city. My roommate Gee and I went and got fish pedicures because I promised her I'd accompany her before we left. She was so cute laughing as the little fish bit our toes -it tickled just as much as last time!<br />
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That Thursday, my roommates and I all went to our good friend Mònica's going-away party. Mònica is a local Catalan/ co-worker who quickly became our close friend. She was hosting a farewell party as she and her roommates were all moving out of their apartment. It was extremely cool to go to a Catalan house party -we met so many cool people. The best part was, every guest brought some sort of food or drink! There was tons of delicious food, and more beverages than we knew what to do with! At one point, the Catalans all started teaching us Catalan dances and we Americans showed them dances like The Cupid Shuffle. I love how friendly and warm they were towards us, it was definitely a more welcoming dynamic than American house parties. They even dedicated a human-tower to the Bobs at one point as some castellers were at the party!!<br />
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On Friday, I spent the day picking up last minute gifts and such around town and packing. We headed to the office in the morning to present a farwell gift to our co-workers. Us Bobs created a video depicting each of our co-workers in a very funny, satirical way. I can't tell if we had more fun watching the video or filming it! Everybody <i>loved</i> the video. They gave the boy Bobs FCB water bottles and Gee and I makeup bags from Desigual as thank you gifts.<br />
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That night, I was ecstatic to meet up with my friend Taylor who became one of my best friends during study abroad. Originally, we were going to just miss each other as she wasn't arriving until right after I left. Her trip got moved around a bit, and we were able to reunite! I was so happy to meet up with her and catch up. She's such a beautiful person inside and out.<br />
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Starting on Wednesday, I came to the quick realization that Barcelona was not ready to let me go. It all started when I was walking down the street and smacked my toe into a set of cement steps. My face instantly drained of blood, which is probably due to the fact that it was now all coming out of my toe. I ended up slicing the bottom of my toe pretty good, and limped around the city for the rest of the day! That night, I was frying some croquettes on the stovetop and decided to check if they were ready. They were indeed ready, but scalding hot, so the second I touched it I threw it right at myself. I gave myself a nasty burn on my chest. It doesn't end there though, on Thursday, I woke up with an itchy leg. I assumed I had a mosquito bite until I looked in the mirror and saw a million tiny red spots engulfing the back of my upper thighs. I figured they were hives. They progressively got itchier and redder, and I realized I must have had an allergic reaction to god only knows what from sitting on the metro. I almost don't want to know...<br />
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When I arrived back in the states, I went to the doctor to try to get a fast-acting prescription to get rid of the nasty allergic reaction as my sister was getting married that Friday. It was a bit unnerving as the doctor was not sure what they were right away and proceeded to call other doctors in the area to tell them about it. She put me on steroid pills and cream, but they were not gone for the wedding. Luckily my dress covered them! The makeup artist was also able to airbrush my burn ;)<br />
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So, I'm back in the US of A, trying to get back into a regular sleep pattern again. This past week has been <i>insane</i> since my sister got married on Friday in New Hampshire -hence the delay on blog posts! My flights home were fine, I even was able to fall asleep for a bit! Since the Nyquil didn't work on the way there, I decided to take a different route -wine. I threw back 2 complementary glasses of wine and knocked out for a bit. Customs was super annoying as always, and my back was just about ready to fall off since I had every heavy item I owned in my backpack.<br />
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It's great to be back home and reunited with my family, friends and pets. I miss my roommates, my co-workers and my city though. It wasn't as difficult to leave this time because I already know that I'll be back! I'm also anxious to start my life by finishing school and getting back out there in the world!<br />
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So what's next for me? I'm back in the states ready to finish school. I've got one semester left and then student teaching in the Spring. Then, I'll be looking into international teaching jobs to hopefully get me back out into the world of adventure. I'm leaning towards going somewhere new this time, I will always have a love affair with Barcelona, but its time for me to push my limits and see what else is out there. I'm so grateful for the experiences I've had and the doors Barcelona has opened for me. I will without a doubt, be back very soon -perhaps even next summer! I have no idea where I'll end up, and I find this notion just as exciting as it is beautiful!<br />
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And finally, I'd like to congratulate my sister and new brother-in-law on their marriage!! Heres to a lifetime of love and happiness!<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">We’re getting down to the final days in
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Krystal. She was with us in Barcelona for a long time and became an honorary
BOB roommate. That night I cooked for everyone. I made fettuccine Alfredo with
bacon and chicken, garlic roasted asparagus and of course pan con tomate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">On Tuesday I decided to use one of my
personal days and take the day off. I got to sleep in and then headed down to
the beach. It was so relaxing! Afterwards, I explored a mall I’d never been to
before, and then headed home. That night I had a tapas dinner planned with my
mentees. I have about 9 mentees that I meet with to hear about their
experiences, answer any questions and provide them with recommendations. The
dinner was delicious and a lot of them showed up! We had tortilla patata,
croquetas, pan con tomate, patatas bravas and ice cream.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Wednesday, we had an all-day staff workshop.
It was awesome because our entire staff was there, which is rare since we’re
all so busy and we work in two separate offices. The meeting was held behind
the University of Barcelona in a beautiful church’s office building. We had to
laugh because while we were working we noticed there were pictures of the popes
along the wall. We spent the day brainstorming ideas to improve the company and
creating solutions to existing problems. We had a delicious lunch at a fancy
restaurant on the company. My first course was peas, egg and pork and my second
dish was a juicy steak with roasted green peppers and potatoes and for dessert
we had vanilla gelato with peaches. Needless to say we were stuffed and our
stomachs were very satisfied. It was awesome because we spent about 45 minutes
getting breakfast and coffee before the meeting, worked for about 2 hours, and
then had a two hour lunch. So we literally spent half the day eating –why can’t
every day be like this?! And the working wasn’t bad either since I was in such
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<span lang="EN-US">On Thursday I trekked outside of the city
center a bit to take pictures of one of our interns at her placement. She was
working at for an architectural company. I had to take the train to get there,
but it didn’t take too long. The area was beautiful and was very close the the
famous labyrinth park Raquel took me to last time I was here. Afterwards, I
found a beautiful park and decided to check it out for a couple minutes. At one
point I was literally hiking through the woods, off the path in my dress and
flip-flops because I wanted to see the cactuses –they were really cool. The view
from the top was incredible! It was situated right next to Tibidabo –one of
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">VALENCIA</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This weekend I had a lot of options to
choose from. Originally, my roommates and I were all planning on renting a car
and heading to Pamplona to see the running of the bulls. Our friend M<span style="color: black;">ònica invited us to her village just North of Barcelona and
very close to Andorra. Our third option was to go with some of the staff to
Valencia on a weekend excursion with our students. Gee and I chose option 3
since it was the most cost effective –seeing as it was free! Although I was
really excited to go to the running of the bulls, part of me was happy since I
don’t really agree with the tradition because I see it more from an animal rights
perspective –I’m quite the catalan ;) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">On Friday morning we
woke up bright and early and headed to the office to meet the students. We had
just about 60 students and 5 staff members. Gee, Claire and I were assigned to
group 2. It took us about 5 hours to arrive in Valencia by bus but the drive
was beautiful since we drove along the coast the whole way. Once we arrived at
the hotel, we checked in and hung out for a bit before taking the bus to the
gardens and the Fillas museum.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">Valencia used to have a
large river than ran through it but due to large floods, they decided to drain
the river. In it’s place, they created a beautiful garden park complete with
jogging paths, picnic areas, playgrounds and much more. It’s very beautiful
since the bridges that once crossed over the river are still in place. It would
take over 2 hours to walk the entire length of the garden/ river route! There
was also this awesome playground modeled after Gulliver’s Travels with an
actual <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">GIANT</i> where kids, and adults
could feel like the tiny people from the story. There were slides off his legs
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">After the garden tour
we headed over to the Fillas museum. Valencia is known for it’s Fillas
festivals that take place in March. Basically, for centuries, the people of
Valencia have been holding these festivals where they burn large statues on a
specific day of the year. The statues were very satirical responses to scandals
within the community, the government and even celebrities. Every year artists
come in and create these gigantic statues to be burned. The statues are
extravagant and truly a sight to see. They are constructed from cardboard, wax
and styrofoam. Each year, one Fillas is “saved” from the flames and placed in
the Fillas museum. The figures within the museum date back to the turn of the
century. It was fascinating to walk through and see how the artistic styles
emerged due to equipment, engineering and technology. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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gin, cava and vodka. Valencia is known for their oranges which are considered
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guided tour around the city. Valencia is quite small but has a lot of history.
We explored the cathedral and learned that their saint in Valencia is the Saint
of the handicapped and helpless –as a special education teacher, this made me
happy. We also learned that Valencia is home to what some suspect is the holy
grail! It has not been proven, but under the Aragon crown, the holy grail ended
up in Spain. Two of the Popes have held masses here in Valencia and have drank
from the grail. I couldn’t rap my head around this, how crazy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">Afterwards, we took the
busses down to the beach for a paella lunch. It was probably the best paella
I’ve ever had! Valencia is also known for their paella, and specifically for
their rice. After lunch we spent the rest of the day at the beach. The sand was
so fine and soft that I almost didn’t like it! It sort of felt like I was
walking in dirt and the dust kept sticking to everything. The waves were a lot
bigger than in Barcelona and we had a blast jumping in them. That night, I had
a delicious tapas dinner with the staff complete with Valencian hard cider.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the hotel and headed over to the Hemisferic and Museo de Ciencias. We started off by
watching a fascinating IMAX movie on the last coral reef. We grabbed the wrong
headsets so I listened to the movie in Spanish, but I understood the majority
of the movie. Afterwards we had some free time to explore the beautiful
buildings before our guided tour. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Gee and I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">had</i> to try the hamster
balls even though we were wearing dresses. They were a lot harder than you
would expect! Every time I would try to stand up, I would fall on my face! It
was also strange because nobody could hear me so I was literally laughing to
myself inside of a gigantic bubble. All of our students were amused by us, and
I’m pretty sure they got a great view of my undies. Towards the end, we got <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">so</i> tired and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">so </i>hot. Since our bodies were heating up, the ball got steamy and
slippery inside. We only stayed inside for about 15 minutes but that was plenty
of time. The guide said that 5 minutes inside of the ball was equivalent to an
hour of intense workout! The balls were designed by NASA for the astronauts
to practice controlling their movements. Best 5€ I’ve ever spent!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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guided tour of the Museo de las Ciencias. We all had a blast! Many of the
exhibits were interactive such as the electric shock ones. We got to create
clouds, touch a tornado, try a candy that triggered different nerves and much
more. The students loved it and were so pleased! After that we had a picnic
lunch and made our way back to Barcelona.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">I’m so glad I chose
Valencia this weekend. I had an incredible hotel room with the best view ever. Gee and I were given the matrimonial suite :P and after two months of
showering in a shower equivalent to a shoebox, I was happy to shower in a
normal sized shower! I got to know the staff a lot better and even some of the
students. Plus I think I spent a total of 20€ for the entire weekend!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;">I have one more
personal day tomorrow to spend back in Barcelona. We’re getting down to the
wire here folks, but unlike last time, I’m more content about leaving. I think
because I have a lot more to look forward to at home this time. My sister is
getting married right when I get home! I’m also just excited to get home so I
can start my life. I want to get back so I can finish school and then get out
into the world again!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I'm very happy to be back in Barcelona, I always get "homesick"when I'm away for a bit.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822484034644677490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349016679230074186.post-1664832276099689862014-07-06T14:24:00.002-07:002014-07-06T14:32:45.365-07:00Live your life by a compass, not a clockHey y'all!<br />
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I'm loving my life here. Every time I'm here I have seemed to develop a second family. We all become very close and only have each other since we're all away from our own families. One of the things I love most about traveling is the relationships and deep connections I make with people. I've felt a closer connection to some of the people I've met abroad than some friends I've had for years just because of the experiences we've shared. As my time here is quickly coming to a close, I'm starting to panic. I feel so sad to be leaving this beautiful place and people yet so happy to be returning to my family and friends at home. I've never found a quote that describes my life so perfectly:<br />
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On Monday I dropped some students off at their apartments and ran some errands around the city. My role as an intern does sometimes live up to the stereotypes, but it doesn't bother me. Sometimes I run and get coffee for others, or pick up office supplies but I do all of these things <i>in Barcelona</i>. Last week my boss asked me to go to the supermarket to get him peanut M&M's. We both laughed at how typical a job it was for an intern, but I love getting out of the office and communicating with the locals -plus he gave me some!</div>
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On Tuesday I ran around the city meeting some of our students at their internships to take pictures of them. At first I wasn't thrilled at how many interns I had to get in contact with to schedule a meeting but I actually love it. I've gone to some really cool companies and parts of the city I've never explored before. I love this internship because it allows for me to get out of the office and into the city all the time. </div>
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That day, I was having some home-made pasta on a park bench when a little old man approached me. I thought he was cute as he was asking me questions about where I'm from and such. He even handed me five euro to get myself a coffee. It wasn't until he asked me to come with him up to his flat to have lunch with him and give him my phone number that I realized this conversation was getting creepy really fast. By the end of the conversation he said he was going to leave and seemed like he was going in for the standard two kisses on the cheek goodbye. He was actually going in for a kiss on the lips, which I dodged real fast. I told him to leave, but I still had the 5€ ;)</div>
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Later that afternoon I joined our students on a guided Gothic Quarter tour given once again by Olga. I love going on these tours because its so nice to see my old host mom. She's an amazing tour guide and really knows what she's talking about. After the tour we got a crepe and took walk. I miss our late night chats over a cup of tea.</div>
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On Wednesday night we had a goodbye dinner for two of our workers Kristin and Mollie who were both returning home to the US this week. We went to a very local and delicious tapas restaurant and had some of the best tapas ever. I love going to eat with our co-workers because they always take us to the best places since they're locals! I love every person that I work with here and think it's rare to find such a genuine and compassionate company like Barcelona SAE.</div>
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After Besalú we took the bus about a half hour up to Figueras to have lunch and visit the Dalí museum. Lunch was delicious, we had a menu del día. My first course was gazpacho and my second course was this delicious plate of potatoes with fried eggs and bacon on top. For dessert I had chocolate cake :) We also ordered porro's for the students to try. They are a typical Catalan wine serving pitcher where you pour the wine into your mouth without touching your lips to the bottle. We have competitions for who can pull their hand away the farthest while still getting the wine into their mouths. It's a very messy treat.</div>
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After lunch we headed to the Dalí museum, which is so so cool. I went there before when I was studying here but didn't even mind going again since it's such an experience. The Dalí museum is a piece of work in itself. He put his heart and soul into creating this place. He plays with the reflections in the windows and even has a "treasure room" where you feel like you're in a treasure box with velvet walls. </div>
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We last spoke on Monday about the incredible Sant Joan festival, so let's skip ahead to tuesday. We didn't do much on tuesday since we had the day off and stayed out all night the night before. It was nice to catch up on some much needed sleep!<br />
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On Wednesday night, Olga invited me over for dinner. We've had these plans for over a month now, so I was so excited when the day finally came. It was <i>so</i> strange commuting back to my old house. It was bittersweet. Olga is such a wonderful cook so it was nice to have her cooking again -I've definitely been missing it. She made me her famous tortilla patata and her special baked eggplant dish, which she remembered I love. I also got to meet the two girls currently staying with her. She even had a bottle of cava for the occasion! I brought her an apron from the states which she seemed to love. It was such a great night, I went home with a full belly and a smile on my face.<br />
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Thursday was the big US game against Germany. Our boss Rich, who is American, made reservations for us to all leave work and watch the game together at a local bar. It was the first US game on at a normal hour for us. My roommates are <i>very</i> spirited about futból, which makes it more fun. At halftime, Gee and I went to get some fresh air from the stuffy bar and found ourselves window shopping for a good half-hour. Everyone was wondering where on Earth we went! It's easy to get sidetracked in such an exciting city!<br />
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This week at the office was pretty hectic for me since we have another large group of students arriving tomorrow. There is a lot we have to do in preparation for their arrival.<br />
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This weekend was one of the best so far in Barcelona! We spent Saturday sunning on the beach, and splashing in The Mediterranean. We went to a very local beach to get away from all the tourists. Most people were topless, which is very normal here. I'm proud to say I even joined in for a while -I'm so European now :P<br />
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Today Zach and I headed out to Montserrat, one of Barcelona's largest mountains. I never made it up there last time so it was definitely a must-see this time around. We didn't realize how far away it really was from Barcelona. We had to take an hour train outside of the city, and then take a cable car up the mountain. I do have to say it was entirely worth it. The views were breathtaking and unlike anything I've ever seen in Barcelona! It was nice to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city for a bit. First we climbed the tall statue for an epic picture (even though the sign says please do not climb the statue). Of course a stupid man had to ruin my picture by climbing on up, but it wasn't anything my mom's photoshop magic couldn't fix.<br />
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We had dinner at one of our favorites, 100 Montaditos, a tapas place with 100 types of little tiny sandwiches each for 1 euro (on Sundays and Wednesdays).<br />
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So I literally did it all this weekend from the ocean to the mountains! I'm so grateful for this city and the joy it has brought me. ¡Hasta la semana proxima!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822484034644677490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349016679230074186.post-81699116934473318112014-06-24T12:45:00.000-07:002014-06-24T12:45:01.940-07:00Nit de FocHola people!<br />
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Last night was the famous Sant Joan festival! It was such a blast, but needless to say I am tired! Good thing we had the day off today! For those that are unfamiliar with what the festival is all about, here is the short explanation I wrote for this week's cultural agenda that is sent out to our students:<br />
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We headed down to the beach area around 9:30pm so that we would be able to find a spot. By this point it was starting to get dark, but still bright out. We set up camp and cracked a couple of beers. The beach was already filling up fast and there was music playing from all of the tiny beach bars.<br />
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I was surprised to find that the fireworks were not professional, but just normal people lighting them up right in front of us. During the day, people set up little firework stands on street corners. The kids next to us spent the night lighting up different Roman candles and such with their father. It was giving me such anxiety to watch so many little children run around with explosives and fire! At one point, the father had a baby on his left hip while bending over to light a firework! Not to mention we were right next to these people, so we were on guard all night.<br />
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This was nothing out of the ordinary for Sant Joan however. People were doing this up and down the beach. As we approached midnight, the beach began to fill up. There were drum circles and a few bonfires. Every couple of minutes a huge professional firework would go off.<br />
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We hung around until about 2:30am laughing, drinking and enjoying each other's company on the beach. It was like one gigantic party! We met a lot of cool people and had some interesting conversations with people from around the world. Overall, it was quite the experience and <i>so</i> much fun!!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822484034644677490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349016679230074186.post-38813136661552966682014-06-23T06:43:00.004-07:002014-06-23T06:43:55.557-07:00In, Inda, Indepedencia!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What a wonderful week it has been! We had some more students and interns arrive this week. I helped with airport pick-up, orientations and gave them tours of the city center.<br />
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On Monday I brought two girls to their apartment from the airport. I'm very used to getting students to their new places and showing them around, however this one didn't go so smoothly. After the taxi driver dropped us outside the front door to the apartment building, he noticed us struggling to get the key in the door. He kindly came to help up and resulted to jamming the key in the door, which ultimately unlocked the front door. In a perfect world, we would have thanked him and made our way up to the flat. But, being a victim of Murphy's Law (anything that can go wrong, will go wrong) this did not happen.<br />
The key got stuck in the front door and <i>would not</i> come out. The taxi driver spent a decent amount of time trying to jiggle it out and examining the lock. After about 20 minutes I decided to call for help, except for my phone decided to run out of pay-as-you-go minutes right then. <i>Awesome. </i>Luckily, the director of housing called me (which is free) so I explained to her the situation. She then called the owner of the apartment who ended up sending someone over to swap out the bad keys with us. The only problem was that this woman did not speak Spanish or English and did not approach us when she arrived. At first I thought she was a student, so when I asked her in English if she was staying with these girls she replied yes. After about ten confusing minutes, I realized she was sent from the housing company and that she was a maid.<br />
Finally, the housing director called back and realized that we still had the issue of the actual key stuck in the door. After about 40 minutes, the locksmith arrived and attempted to pull the key out using pliers. As a result, the key snapped in half, leaving part of the key inside the door. By this point we were all laughing at the situation. I ran and got coffee and bocadillos for the poor girls while the locksmith removed the actual doorknob and lock. The situation was such a mess that we had no choice but to laugh. Life is what you make of it!<br />
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Other than that incident, it was a normal work week. I love to run errands around the city because I get to get some fresh air while seeing new places in Barcelona. On Friday I went to The University of Barcelona to pick up a letter and a woman opened the door on my foot. Wincing in pain, I forgave her but noticed that my foot was bleeding and my toenail was not in good condition. But all in all, I'm fine, just a few cuts!<br />
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This past weekend was excellent! The weather has been living up to my expectations -although it is very hot. It's been close to 80<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 20.22222328186035px;">°</span> F every day. Friday night we went to a local salsa club and had a blast! On Saturday we spent our time relaxing on the beach. We've been trying to avoid the really touristy areas of the beach because it is so crowded and the water has a lot of trash in it. The beach we chose was <i>wonderful</i>! The water was so refreshing and crystal clear, and we were able to swim out very far. It was so peaceful to swim far out and look up at the sky in middle of the Mediterranean.<br />
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That night we went to a birthday party on the beach. It's very typical for the guests to bring friends with them to parties -the more the merrier! It was really cool because there were so many people from around the world at the party. I met people from all over the world and had the best conversation with a US girl who just got a job here teaching internationally. We enjoyed tapas and music and had a Catalan pastry-like cake at midnight. I've never been to a party on the beach, it was beautiful!!<br />
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On Sunday we woke up early to attend a protest! The people of Barcelona are very passionate about many things, and hold <i>many</i> protests. This protest was against the Spanish Monarchy, since the new King was just crowned last week. Many of the people of Spain are against the monarchy and dislike the royal family. They are pushing for a republic because they feel they should have a say in matters concerning the country. The protest was so much fun and had a pretty large turn out! We walked a long way and shouted chants such as "In... Inda... Indepedencia!" One of my favorite things about Barcelona is amount of passion they have for their future.<br />
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Tonight is the Sant Joan Festival. I'm so excited for it! It's basically a huge festival in Catalunya that celebrates the Summer Solstace. Tonight there will be tons of bonfires and fireworks on the beach. Tomorrow is a bank holiday so everyone celebrates the holiday tonight and has the day off tomorrow. I'll post pictures from the festival tomorrow!<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">This past week has been wonderful. We had a long weekend because of Pentecostal, a holiday specific to the Barcelona region. The holiday is like a second Easter. On our day off, we slept in and then headed up to Parc Güell. This was my third time to the park, but it was definitely much different this time around. Up until recently, the park was free for all people to enjoy, but now there is an 8€ fee to enter. Many people used to take their lunch breaks in this beautiful park everyday but now they will unfortunately have to take it elsewhere. There was also many more security guards around enforcing strict rules within the park. It was a bit annoying, but at least the beauty of the park still remains.</span></div>
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I've gotten into a pretty steady routine here. I walk by the beautiful Sagrada Familia every day on my way to work, get my café con leche from the same lady every day and I love to take a nice walk during my lunch break. Now that I'm settled in, it was a pretty normal week. We've had our bulk of students arrive already, so our work load has started to lessen.<br />
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Thursday night was the opening night of the World Cup. I'm not a big fútbol fan, but I love to root for Barcelona. The first night, we watched the Brazil game at a local Irish bar. The bar was packed with Spaniards and tourists alike. It's no secret they love their football here. The next night Spain was playing against Croatia. It's such a strange dynamic here in Barcelona. We have a lot of our Barça players on the Spanish team, yet many of the Catalans here do not root for Spain since they want to be independent from Spain, they do not associate with them. It was interesting because the bar was not crowded at all the next night for the Spain game. Spain lost terribly but the people weren't upset about it, many were even happy! Our waitresses even had the Catalan flag painted on their cheeks during the game.<br />
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This weekend, I walked around the city center for a bit and then headed over to meet my roommates down by the beach. The weather was finally gorgeous for the beach. But because of this, we weren't the only ones who had the idea to go to the beach. It was <i>packed. </i>We even walked farther down away from the touristy parts and it was still just as packed. And of course I unfortunately saw one too many buck naked old men, banana hammocks and boobs. We're talking, everywhere you turn.<br />
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That night we headed out to some bars, of course stopping at Sugar. Today, we tried to go to a big second-hand market called Lost & Found, but it was cancelled due to thunderstorms. Instead we just wandered around the city and enjoyed each other's company.<br />
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Fun fact, this Wednesday, the king will pass his crown down to his son, Felipe. The people of Spain, particularly Barcelona, do not like the Royal family. There have been several protests to revoke the monarchy and create a republic.<br />
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Also, wishing a very happy Father's Day to my dad, and all the other dads out there! XO<br />
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What an incredible week its been! Work has been hectic but good. I absolutely love my internship and the people I work with. One of the projects I do here is create the Cultural Agenda that is sent out to our students each week. It features a new aspect of Barcelona each week, restaurant suggestions and what is going on around the city that week. I really enjoy making it! Also, my blog has been featured on the SAE website which is pretty neat!<br />
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Monday was absolutely insane since we had 90 students all arrive, but we got through it! I helped with their orientation and then led the students to the city center where I gave them a tour.<br />
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On Wednesday I accompanied a group to their tour of the Gothic Quarter with a guide. I was thrilled to join in because our guide was Olga, my host mom from when I was here studying!! She's so awesome, and it was so good to see her. I'm going to her house for dinner later this month which I'm so excited for since she's an <i>amazing </i>cook -plus I'm tired of eating eggs for dinner every night :P<br />
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Her tour was awesome and it was nice because even though I was on the same tour last week, it was with a different guide so the tours were very different from each other. It was cool to see Olga in action as I'd never been on one of her tours before. We also went inside of the Gothic Cathedral which I've never actually been in before! That was on my list of things I must do this time around. It was beautiful inside! They even have a little outside area where they have 13 live geese to represent the 13 tortures Santa Eulalia, a 13 year old girl faced. Her crypt is inside this cathedral.<br />
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On thursday Ryan and I helped about 20 kids with their phones, as they've had several issues with the SIM cards. It was stressful, but I was able to get a lot of phones working. We can now add SIM card technical support to our resumés.<br />
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Afterwards, I brought one of our groups to cooking class. I was excited to take them as this activity is always a favorite for many students, plus I got a delicious dinner out of it! We cooked pan con tomate, gazoacho, tortilla patata, chicken paella and crema catalana. It was all delicious and the students loved it!<br />
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On Friday we worked a half-day so I was finally able to take a much needed nap after work. I <i>always</i> nap at home but here I haven't been able to at all! That night we had a farewell dinner for one of our interns who was returning to the US in the morning. We went back to La Caramba, the amazing tapas restaurant we went to the week before. Afterwards, we went to my <i>favorite</i> bar called Sugarbar. My best friend Lyndsay and I stumbled upon it last time and it became our spot. It was awesome to be back!<br />
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Afterwards we walked over to Pipa, a secret bar I've been <i>dying</i> to check out. Apparently there are a ton of secret bars scattered all over Barcelona. I've researched a ton and plan to discover them all. Pipa is really cool because it is inside of an apartment building, you just have to know which building as there is no sign. To get inside, you literally have to buzz in on a random apartment door. Then you walk up some stairs and voilá, you're there! Pipa (which means pipe) is a very old spot where a ton of famous writers and artists used to go to smoke their pipes. They have the pipes of several famous people such as Salvador Dalí, Hemmingway and even Sherlock Holmes. Johnny Depp reportedly went to Pipa, jumped up on stage and rocked out on the base! It was so cool inside, I felt like I was in a speakeasy! Definitely one of my new favorite places.<br />
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On Saturday, Gee and I joined some of our students in volunteer work. It was so nice to give back to the city that has given me so much. We worked with an organization called Confianza Soidaria. They collect donations to help 80 families in difficult situations to get the things they need such as food, shampoo, toilet paper etc. Every first saturday of the month, the volunteers go the the local supermarkets and collect food and donations from incoming people. We helped pass out flyers to incoming customers. It was really cool and we collected a lot of food. We had students at all of the local markets in the neighborhood. The organization is specific to the Eixample barrio, so they only help those that reside in that neighborhood. Barcelona is too large for such a small organization. I was really pleased with the amount of students that decided to spend their saturday helping others. It was also a really great way to practice spanish with the locals!<br />
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That night we all got together and went out to one of the beach clubs. Even though I hate going down to the touristy clubs, they're always free. Overall, it was a great night.<br />
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Tonight I took students to check out the Magic Fountain at the base on Montjüic. The beautiful fountain is synchronized with music and changes colors.<br />
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One thing that is happening right now is the King of Spain just announced he will be stepping down after 39 years. Thousands of people have been protesting the monarchy and want to establish a republic instead. For now, the monarchy will remain as the King passes his crown to his son Felipe. The people of Barcelona (and many Spaniards) do not like the king for several reasons. For me, I don't like him because he used a large sum of the country's money to go elephant hunting -and we all know how much I love elephants! So its a really exciting time to be in Spain right now, I plan to watch the ceremony on TV!<br />
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Also, shout out to my fabulous roommates who always keep me laughing!<br />
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Like our first week, this past week was crazy. We have had so many interns and students arriving this month. Tomorrow alone, we have 90 students and interns arriving! But we've adapted to the craziness, so everything is great!<br />
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Since we've arrived, the weather has been kind of crummy. It's been raining every other day, and even kind of chilly. I definitely did not plan for this as I only brought one pair of jeans and a ton of shorts. Our local friends have told us that this weather is not normal. It's usually always sunny and beautiful here, and when it's not, the locals don't know what to do! They also don't understand that when you're walking down the street with an umbrella, you have to be conscious of hitting others...<br />
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This week, I've been working a lot with some of the customized program groups -where we create a study abroad program specifically for them. On monday, I gave them a tour of the city center and joined them for a typical tapas dinner.<br />
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On tuesday, we decided to test out our new bikes and ride to work. All of my roommates also decided they wanted to buy second-hand bikes too. We must look so funny riding to work all together. The ride was longer than anticipated and we were pretty tired once we arrived. Bike-etiquette is a little different here. I prefer to ride on the sidewalks instead of the bike lanes since there are so many insane drivers. But on the sidewalks, I often get stuck behind people who walk -6 mph and don't move over. Pedestrians have the right of way on the sidewalks. We were also surprised to find that we could not take the same bike lanes we took to get to work as they are one-way. This quickly developed into quite a challenge, and I decided I'd simply take the sidewalks all the way home.<br />
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On wednesday I joined one of our groups on a guided tour of the Gothic Quarter. I've already been on the tour but was excited to tag along since I was rusty on all of the history. The weather held out for us but shortly after the tour it started to downpour. I hung around the area for a bit afterwards. When it rains, everyone ducks into stores and waits it out. As a result, the normally busy plaza in front of the Gothic Cathedral was completely empty. I stood in front of it watching it begin to thunder and watching the rain come down. It was one of the most peaceful things I've ever experienced!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was very amused by this as I've never seen a country that loved their ham so much</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ya don't see that everyday. What a venue!</td></tr>
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On Friday I joined one of our groups on their day-trip to Codorníu and Sitges. I was excited to join them because although I'd been to Sitges before, it was only at nighttime for Carnival, and I'd never been to Codorníu before.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Codorníu</span><br />
Visiting the Codorníu winery was my favorite part of the trip. Codorníu is the world's largest producer of cava, a sparkling-wine produced using the traditional champagne method. Annually, they produce 60-million bottles of cava. The difference between champagne and cava is the grape and where it is grown. If the grape is not grown in the champagne region (in France) then it is not champagne. The French are very insistent about this.<br />
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In 1872, Josep Raventòs, husband to Ana Codorníu, produced the cava for the first time in Catalonia. He saw how successful the champagne industry was becoming in France and decided he would bring the industry to Spain. Now, Codorníu is the oldest and most famous family business in Europe.<br />
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The process to make cava is extensive. It is aged for at least six years. We drove through the cellars on a little trolley. They went on for days; it felt like we were in a mine! At the end of the tour, we got to sample two different types of cava. One rosé and one brut. I love cava, so this was a treat for me!<br />
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Our next stop on the trip was Sitges -a beach town about an hour south of Barcelona. I went here last time for Carnival and had a blast. Since the weather wasn't all that great, we didn't spend much time on the beach. We had a delicious Spanish lunch and then some free time. I was disappointed that all of the shops were closed for lunch, so I explored the city and took some photos instead. Sitges is known for its beautiful beaches and is a popular destination for gays and lesbians.<br />
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Back in Barcelona that evening, we joined our co-workers out for some drinks and tapas. We <i>love</i> going out with them since they're from here and always take us to the best places. We went to a local tapas bar and had such a great time. We ordered a ton of tapas and just shared them, by the end of the night we were all so full! We had such a great time with everyone, I love the people here!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we had this terrible shot at the end which is supposedly good for digestion</td></tr>
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On Saturday, we slept in (which was much needed) and then decided to take the metro to Badalona -the next city over from Barcelona. Many locals leave Barcelona to go to the beaches since they're so touristy. Badalona was <i>wonderful</i>. We're definitely planning on going to the beach here when it's warmer out. We walked down the long pier and enjoyed each other's company for a bit. Of course the weather wasn't too great but it was actually really cool to watch the thunder clouds over Barcelona.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thats Barcelona (if you look close you can see the pickle and Sagrada) </td></tr>
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Afterwards, we headed back into the city to catch the Castelleros, or human towers. I'd previously seen them before, but I'm always amazed by their talents. It's the oldest tradition of Catalonia. The different color shirts stand for the different neighborhoods the teams are from.<br />
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Today we rode our bikes to Montjüic and then walked around for a while. I'd never made it all the way to the top of mountain where the castle is, so we made it a point to do that. That was one of the 3 things I still needed to do in Barcelona and now one is successfully checked off! Afterwards we rode our bikes all the way to Parc de la Ciutadella -my favorite park. There were a ton a festivals happening and everyone was out on the grass enjoying the beautiful day. We sat near a drum circle and drank beers. It was the perfect way to end a perfect weekend.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">Things that I have found amusing this week:</span></td></tr>
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This week is going to be another crazy one, but the forecast finally looks good! ¡Hasta la próxima semana chicos!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822484034644677490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349016679230074186.post-41940334037606902712014-05-25T12:18:00.002-07:002014-05-25T12:44:26.824-07:00First Week Survivors¡Feliz domingo!<br />
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Cheers to surviving our first week at the internship! It's been <i>such</i> a long, but rewarding week! Since we arrived on Monday, we were thrown into the chaos at work. I've worked a lot with course registration, course evaluations and creating the folders given to interns and students. Although it can be stressful, I love my internship, mostly because I love the people I work with. Everyone is so wonderful and friendly. Everyone has put their heart and soul into this company and you can tell.<br />
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We had a little celebration with everyone on Friday after work on the roof terrace of a local hotel. It was so nice! The director and one of the other coordinators had their kids with them. Needless to say, they were the entertainment of the happy hour. As a thank you, Rich (our director), gave each of us interns 3 free coffee vouchers at the café we always go to, and a voucher for a free meal at a local restaurant.</div>
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Wednesday night my roommates and I grabbed a beer with Monica, our co-worker and new local friend. We talked about Spanish and English idioms which was so cool. We taught her the "she sells seashells down by the seashore" and she <i>could not</i> do it. She taught us "Tres tristes tigres tragaban trigo en un trigal en tres tristes trastos" which was equally just as difficult for us! Afterwards we went to the movies to see The Grand Budapest Hotel because it was only 4 on Wednesdays. The movie was in English with Spanish subtitles. It was really good!<br />
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On Thursday, I assisted with one of the many upcoming airport pick-ups. It's so interesting to see the other side of my study abroad program. Everything seemed to work seamlessly for us students because of all the hard work that happens behind the scenes. I accompanied 3 enthusiastic interns from Texas to their apartments and then showed my last group their apartment (which is nicer than mine). I also showed them around their neighborhood a bit and showed them how to work the metro system. It was awesome to get out of the office and make an impact on the beginning of their time in Barcelona.<br />
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On Friday we held orientations for two large groups and then set up a paella lunch for them down by the beach. I got my first taste of how it will be as a teacher taking my little students on field trips. It was <i>so</i> stressful getting there. We had a group of about 60 or 70 students all taking the metro (and switching lines) all together. Luckily we made it! The lunch was wonderful, but most of it was seafood which unfortunately is not for me. I ate what I could and when the paella was delivered I did extensive surgery on mine to remove <i>all</i> of the teeny-tiny shells, shrimp and other crustaceans. Once I'd finally removed all of the seafood, the waiter came over and brought me a vegetarian paella.<br />
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Afterwards, I walked the entire pier along the beach. My body forgot how much walking I do here so I started to develop shin splints. I like to keep track of how far I walk each day and I'm always amazed! Since I walk so much, I decided that I would look for a second-hand bike. I've wanted a bike for so long, even in the states. I finally found one off of a website similar to Craig's List. I brought my ex-marine roommate with me as my security guard when we went to pick up the bike. It all worked out great! I rode to the bike to the bike shop and bought a seat cushion, a basket and a lock. It was without a doubt the best purchase I've made here! Now, instead of buying a €100 metro pass, I bought a €40 bike! I rode it all around yesterday taking pictures and enjoying the city; it's definitely my new favorite past time. Some pics from my first bike ride:<br />
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On Friday night we went to Plaça del Rei to watch traditional Catalan dance. It was <i>amazing</i>! There was a huge band and a children's choir. People gather in that beautiful plaza every Friday to dance and have a good time. It was so much fun and so fascinating. Afterwards we went to a bar with one of our co-workers Monica, a local, and her 2 roommates. We had so much fun talking about American culture vs. Spanish/ Catalan culture. We taught each other funny sayings, curse words and much more. We were very amused by how much they struggle to pronounce the words "beach" and "bitch" ; they pronounce them both as "beach" and can't hear the difference.<br />
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On Saturday night I was thrilled to meet-up with my roommate from home, Brie! It worked out that we were in Barcelona at the same time. She was here for 5 days and then headed off with some friends to Italy for a week. We went down to "the American clubs" on the beach. We never really go down there much anymore since they're way more American than Spanish and they're filled with tourists (and pick-pockets). We had a great time and I even saw Aashi -a club promoter who became friends with us last time we were here.<br />
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Here's some pics of my apartment. We have 3 single bedrooms and one double bedroom. The boys were kind enough to let me have my own room. We live 5 minutes from La Sagrada Familia<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1 of the 2 bathrooms. <i>please</i> tell me how I'm supposed to shave my legs in that shoebox of a shower.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No that is not a dishwasher, its the clothes dryer.... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Living room </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dog across the way is the closest thing I have to a pet here.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've named him Oscar.</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: start;">I'm having such a great time here, I can't believe I'm back!</span></div>
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Sights to See (listed in order of importance):<br />
1.Plaça Catalunya & Las Ramblas (The city center) –Also check out La Boqueria on Las Ramblas –a typical market unlike anything you’ve probably seen before. Sample a fresh fruit juice.<br />
2. The Gothic Quarter & The Gothic Cathedral (don’t need to go inside)<br />
3. La Sagrada Familia<br />
4.Las Arenas (Bull fighting is now banned in Barcelona. This old bullfighting ring is now a gigantic shopping mall). Head to the top for a 360° view of Barcelona.<br />
5. Parc Güell<br />
6. The beach –metro stop Barceloneta or Villa Olímpica<br />
7. Parc de la Ciutadella (if you have time, theres a great zoo here)<br />
8. Montjüic –Beautiful mountain in Plaça d’Espanya filled with beautiful gardens and fountains. At the top is the 1992 Olympic stadium<br />
9. The two best Guadí houses are Casa Batlló and La Pedrera (aka Casa Milà). You can admire them from the outside since they are expensive. If you would like to go inside, go inside La Pedrera.</div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Tapas –small appetizer-like portions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Typical Tapas:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Croquettas (stuffed with cheese, ham, potato or fish), tortilla patata,
pan con tomate, patatas bravas<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Pinchos or pintxos –are individual items held together with a toothpick.
You pay by the number of toothpicks you have at the end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">If you like ham, Barcelona is the place for you. Check out jamón ibérico
and ham flavored potato chips<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">El Mussol – Typical Catalan food, more for a sit-down dinner. Try the
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Bo d’ Be –<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amazing</i> sandwiches.
Very popular so the line is usually 45 minutes long but the wait is definitely
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Els 4 Gats –Frequented by Picasso, Guadí and other famous artists,
writers and architects in the early 20<sup>th</sup> century. It has a vibrant
history and is worth having a coffee or some tapas at.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;">· </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; text-indent: -0.25in;">Qu Qu -Typical tapas bar</span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We Pudding –Café modeled after Alice in Wonderland<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cervecería 100 Montaditos –Cheap bocadillo (sandwich) restaurant. On
Wednesdays and Sundays everything is €1!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Chupitos –Extremely fun shot-bar with 1000’s of different types of
shots. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">L’ovela Negra -2 locations (recommend the one off of Las Ramblas before
a night out) (recommend Poble Nou location for Barcelona Futból games)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Sugarbar –My personal favorite little hole-in-the-wall bar. Amazing
mojitos<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Bar Marsella –Absinth Bar, known as the oldest bar in Barcelona.
Frequented by several famous people and known to be Hemmingway’s favorite spot.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ryan’s Irish Pub –Many tourists from all over Europe come here. Fun
atmosphere & good prices.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Opium, Catwalk and Shoko –On the beach, known as the “American clubs” or
tourist clubs –check their Facebook pages for reduced covers (no sneakers, must
look very nice)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Razzmatazz –A major club with 5 gigantic rooms, with various styles of
music<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">You will most likely want to purchase a T-10 metro ticket which lasts
for 10 rides and can be shared, it is approximately €11. A single-ride trip is
a rip-off as it is about €2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Watch out for
pick-pockets!!</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> I cannot stress this enough, Barcelona is one has some of the worst
pick-pocketing in the world. Zip and button all purses, jackets etc. Men, put
your wallet in your front pocket. Pick-pockets are generally located at major
tourist attractions such as Plaça Catalunya, Las Ramblas, La Sagrada Familia
and on the metro.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The airport: To save money, when exiting the airport, get on the
Aerobus. It is €5,90 per person. It stops/picks up at Plaça Catalunya and Plaça
d’Espanya. You can walk from there to your hotel/hostel from there or take a
taxi. When going back to the airport, get on at either of the two stops and
know which terminal you’re flying out of.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I recommend you rent bicycles one day –they’re a cheap and easy way to
get around the city, which you will find to be relatively small.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">There is a cable-car that takes you to the top of Montjüic<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">There are buses that take you to the top of Montjüic and Montserrat (the
other major mountain)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Barcelona is located in a region called Catalunya. Catalunya existed
long before Barcelona. Catalonians are very proud of their culture. They have
their own language (Catalan), food, holidays, traditions and flag. There is a
major push for Catalonia to become an independent country from Spain right now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Bullfighting is banned in Barcelona for political reasons. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The rivalry between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid is almost entirely political<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Catalans speak both Spanish & Catalan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Siestas are more typical of Southern Spain. Their purpose was because it
would be so hot around lunchtime that many shops would close in the afternoon
for lunch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822484034644677490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349016679230074186.post-66358159663170018222014-05-20T17:14:00.000-07:002014-05-20T17:14:06.686-07:00She's baaaack!Hola chicos!<br />
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That's right ladies and gentlemen, I am back in Barcelona!! In November I received an e-mail from my study abroad program asking alumni to consider applying for their "Best of the Best" internship opportunity. I jumped at the opportunity and submitted my video application within that week! I anxiously waited until January to hear that I was selected along with 4 other candidates to return to Barcelona as a "Best of the Best" (they like to call us the bob's). I'll be here for the majority of the summer working at BIC, where I originally studied abroad.<br />
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In short, the internship entails <i>a lot</i>. Summer is our busiest time of year for study abroad and internships. The Bob's work <i>for </i>SAE while the other interns go <i>through</i> SAE to find outside internships. There will be about 200 students all coming through our programs at some point this summer. That being said, our job as interns is to help make the process less hectic. We each got assigned a coordinator -mine is obviously the academic coordinator since my major is education. From there, our coordinators assign us various jobs and projects that pertain to our areas of expertise. We often times help picking up the new students/ interns at the airport, showing them around the city and sitting in on their cultural excursions.<br />
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I arrived on Monday morning after a long day of travel. It took me 7 out of the 8 hours on the plane to find the headphone jack in my seat, therefore I tried to sleep most of the way. One of the other interns was actually sitting right in front of me on the plane! Before arriving here, I already knew 2 out of the 4 other interns because we studied abroad together. Once we arrived, we headed to our apartment. This time, I'll be sharing an apartment with the 4 other BOB's. I wish I was staying with Olga again; I miss her cooking.<br />
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As a result, I went grocery shopping for the first time here -so difficult. It took us twice as long and since we shop like Americans there was no way we could carry it all on the metro, so we took a taxi home. We had to translate everything in the store, and I'm not sure if I bought dish soap or floor cleaner! But our apartment is beautiful and is perfect for our little group. It is weird living with boys though... cooties ;)<br />
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We've been so busy all week at work that we haven't had much time to ourselves. We generally work 8 hour days, but sometimes our schedules change due to student activities.<br />
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I haven't fully expressed how <i>elated</i> I am to be back in the city I love most. Although it will never be the same experience I had last time, I'm excited for a new adventure. I wish that my beautiful friends were all here with me though. I feel like I belong here, and it feels like I never left. It's sort of like coming home!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822484034644677490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349016679230074186.post-53436448774232789252014-05-17T12:55:00.000-07:002014-05-17T12:57:19.002-07:00Aruba: One Happy IslandThey say to go some place you've never been before once a year, so thats just what I'll do.<br />
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This year? The beautiful island of Aruba! SCSU offers an annual trip to the senior class for a reduced price. It was awesome because there were about 50 SCSU students that attended, so we made tons of friends and got to travel with people we otherwise would have never had the opportunity to get to know.<br />
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Aruba was <i>beautiful</i>. I've never been anywhere tropical before, so I was thrilled to escape the melodramatic weather of Connecticut. Since it was technically our summer already, we decided that if Summer wouldn't come to us, we'd go to it. It was 80 + degrees every day with a cooling ocean breeze. We stayed at the Marriot Renaissance Ocean Suites right on the water. The Marriot had their own little private island for their guests to enjoy. They had water taxis every 15 minutes that took us over to the island free of cost!<br />
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Highlights of the trip included snorkeling over a sunken ship. The snorkeling excursion was a half-day booze cruise on a pirate ship! The crew was hysterical. I had to stay in the shade with the old people most of the time because I was getting <i>very</i> sunburnt. While snorkeling I dove down and picked up a starfish! The ship also had a rope swing where we all swung out into the ocean. It was so much fun! Later that night everyone went out the Kukoo Kanuku bus, but I had to stay back in the hotel because I literally had <b>sun poisoning </b>-go figure. </div>
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There were iguanas <i>everywhere</i>. I thought they were SO cool but I was the only one who seemed to think so.</div>
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Overall, Aruba was beautiful and I'm so grateful for the opportunity! Another pin to add to the map :)</div>
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It's so strange being home, it's already been just over a week and I've found I'm still adjusting. It feels like I created a whole new life abroad and then I just up and left it. I do get sad sometimes and find myself wishing I was still there. But coming home wasn't all bad. I got to see my family and friends whom I've missed immensely. It's hard to be thousands of miles away, watching life continue on without you sometimes. I was reunited with my puppies and other critter friends, which if you'd met me while abroad, you can attest to how much I missed them. I even resorted to going to the supermarket to pet the dogs waiting for the owners outside. It's also nice to be home because I can work again. I'd worked my butt off to save all that money to spend abroad, and it broke my heart to watch it slowly all fade away. It was so worth it though I should add. It's nice to finally be back in action at work and watching my bank account rise instead of just fall.<br />
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Being at home, I have to laugh when I get asked "So, how was it?". I laugh because for one, this is the standard question that we were even prepared to hear upon return in our re-entry workshop. I also laugh because how am I supposed to answer a question like that? Oh, you know, it was good...<br />
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In all honesty though, studying abroad in Barcelona was <i>the best </i>thing that has ever happened to me. I don't have a single regret, and if I could, I'd do it all over again. Anyone who has the opportunity to study abroad, <i>please</i> do. It's so cliché but one of my favorite things about this time in my life was the fact that I've never felt so alive before. I felt invincible, I could do anything, I could go anywhere. And I did. I went abroad knowing that the thing I wanted most was to travel while I had the chance. I traveled to <i>nine</i> different countries and visited <i>twenty one</i> cities. I got to do things I'd never even dreamed of like ride a camel on the beach in Morocco, <i>AFRICA</i>. I got to see for myself why Germany has the best beer in the World, I got to fulfill my childhood dream of seeing The Eiffel Tower not to mention I ate my body weight in pizza and pasta in Italy.<br />
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But the traveling wasn't even the best part of my experience. I'd say the people that I met throughout my journey are what made it so special. I'm so fortunate to have met the people I met. When you're away from your friends and family, you tend to construct yourself a little make-shift family for comfort. We certainly formed our own little family, and I'm so lucky to have gotten so close to these people. I'm also fortunate enough to have walked away with a friendship with my intercambio partner Raquel. She was such a great partner and friend to have, I'm so fortunate to have had her as a mentor. My host mom Olga, is such an inspiration to me. I hope to someday visit as many places that she's been; she's accomplished so much for herself. Originally I was living in a dorm by myself, but I thank God that I was able to switch into Olga's home because she was the one who truly made my experience special.<br />
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I've also gotten a lot while being home "What was your favorite place?" In all honesty, Barcelona. I swear to you, Barcelona is the best city I have ever been to. I've fallen completely, head-over-heels for this place. Even random people I've shared brief conversations with all agree that Barcelona is an incredible city, theres just some kind of energy there. It's got everything from the mountains to the beaches. The culture is so fascinating especially The Catalan culture. It was so cool to be living in Barcelona while history was being made with The Cataluña movement.<br />
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But if you'd asked me that excluding Barcelona? I'd tell you that thats a difficult question because my time in Morocco was such a different experience. It was more than just any other trip. I also really loved Munich. I love how open Germany is about their past, and I loved learning about all of their history and their beer was the best beer I've ever had in the history of ever! I also really loved Dublin, heck I had to have loved it or I wouldn't have visited there <i>twice</i>! Venice is also at the top of my list, it was so romantic and adorable. A lot of people say they don't like Venice but I can't understand why, I loved it. Finally, I really enjoyed Chefchaouen, the city of blue in Morocco. It was unlike any place I've ever visited and definitely made the top three of most beautiful place I've ever been to.<br />
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I tried to come up with ways to thank my parents for giving me such an incredible experience. I'll never find the proper words to thank them, because those words simply do not exist. I am so grateful and thankful to my very core. It was the best gift I have and will ever receive. I'll spend the rest of my life trying to find the words that express my level of gratitude. Thank you Mom, Dad, Darci and Uncle Larry.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822484034644677490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349016679230074186.post-70104609197396991102013-05-21T21:24:00.002-07:002013-05-21T21:24:31.581-07:0021 Things I Will Miss About Barcelona<i>A list of 21 things I will especially miss about Barcelona. Why 21? Because 21 is my favorite number, and if I didn't have a cut-off, the list would go on forever.</i><br />
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1. My spit-fire Spanish mom, Olga and her amazing cooking.<br />
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2. The family I formed with the wonderful people I met in my program.<br />
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3. Pan con tomate with every meal.<br />
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4. Not having to question if everyone is a Barça fan while watching the game.<br />
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5. The boxer who sits at the store window next to school.<br />
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6. Herminio, my favorite café owner who helped me with my Spanish.<br />
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7. The walk back to my house.<br />
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8. Belly dancing with Olga.<br />
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9. The beach.<br />
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10. The baby sleeping bags.<br />
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11. The culture.<br />
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12. The view from Las Búnquers.<br />
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13. Getting lost on Montjuïc.<br />
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14. This strange tease "Dunkin' Coffee" that doesn't taste like Dunkin'.<br />
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15. My favorite doughnut at Dunkin' Coffee -yes, Dunkin' Coffee has doughnuts...<br />
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16. Walking down Las Ramblas.<br />
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17. Barrio Born and Parc Ciutadella.<br />
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18. Meeting for coffee with Raquel.<br />
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19. Finding beauty in every corner of the city.<br />
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20. The incredible night life.<br />
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21. Experiencing strange things on the metro.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822484034644677490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349016679230074186.post-54225004517677709912013-05-19T19:24:00.001-07:002013-05-19T19:29:39.534-07:00Dublin' my time in IrelandHi everybody!<br />
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It's about that time to post about my last endeavor. Where to? Back up to Dublin. Why Dublin again? To visit Gary, someone I'd met during my first visit and hit it off with.<br />
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So after Taylor and I had an adventure throughout Northern Italy, we took the train back up to Milan where we said goodbye and I caught a flight out to Dublin. The Ryan Air flight crew could not have peeved me anymore than they did that day. I had already been running around all day taking various forms of transportation (ending total: 4 buses, 1 train and 1 plane). I had previously paid to check a 15 kg bag but I knew that with my Italy purchases it may have exceeded 15kg. So like any normal airline, I tried to go back online and pay for the 20 kg. But of course Ryan Air decided they can profit from this too, and tried to charge me 100 extra Euro to check my now 20 kilo bag (20 euro PER kilo). Instead, I decided to throw out 5 kilos worth of stuff to make it work.<br />
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When I got to Dublin I was happy to see Gary again! That night we headed out to Porter House which is the pub where we actually met. We got dinner and drinks and just enjoyed each other's company. The next day we took a tour of Kilmainham Gaol, a former prison built in 1796. We tried to go there on our first trip but there were too many people signed up for the last tour of the day. It has a very rich, yet dark history. It once held the former Irish Revolutionaries seeking Independence from Britain, some were eventually executed. It was such an interesting tour. Gary had never toured the jail so he too was very impressed.<br />
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On Wednesday we headed to the busstation where we took a bus tour from Dublin to Galway. I was adamant about seeing The Cliffs of Moher because I didn't get to see them last time we were there and decided that I <i>will</i> see them next time I'm in Ireland.<br />
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The tour was an all day tour and was really interesting! We got to see the country side filled with acres of green fields and sheep of course. It was beautiful! It still threw me off that they drive on the other side of the road though.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These have been found throughout Ireland that serve as grave markers for up to 15 people.</td></tr>
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When we got to the Cliffs I couldn't believe how windy it was! When everyone talks about The Cliffs of Moher, no one tells you how insane the wind is! At times you could literally lean back and the wind would support you. My hair was all kinds of crazy. The wind was so nuts that it was raining upwards, up the cliffs! It was difficult to go from the sometimes 90 degree weather in Italy to the sometimes 50 degree weather in Ireland! Even though I felt like I was in a hurricane, they were <i>beautiful</i>. So worth it!!<br />
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After our time in Galway we headed back to Dublin. We went to this beautiful park full of flowers and had a gorgeous pond with swans in it!<br />
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I had such a great time in Dublin. It's such a great city and I'm so fortunate to have visited it <i>twice</i>. And from Dublin, it was back to the good 'ol US of A. Stay tuned for my last post(s).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822484034644677490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349016679230074186.post-84454642780249422272013-05-13T02:58:00.000-07:002013-05-13T02:58:34.809-07:00Kim and Taylor Take Italy: Florence and RomePart two of our Italian adventure:<br />
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Let's just start of by saying the second half of the trip could have been <i>much</i> smoother. Basically, anything that could have gone wrong did go wrong. For example, my duffle bag was way to heavy and awkward to cary around so we ended up buying a second rolling one. We got on the wrong train one day. We walked for miles to the wrong location on several different occasions, and many other similar fiascos.<br />
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So when we arrived to Florence, we dragged my two duffles through the cobblestone streets to our hostel. Where we found about 10 flights of stairs we had to drag them up. Thankfully a nice Italian man offered to help us. After checking in, we set off to explore the wonderful Florence.<br />
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We really enjoyed Florence because it was a really good size. In Rome, we were so overwhelmed with how big it was and found ourselves wishing we were back in little old Florence!<br />
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We walked around the big open-air markets where vendors all sold basically the same types of products such as scarves and all sorts of italian leather goods such as journals, bags, coats, gloves and various other things. I was very well behaved and only bought myself a scarf!<br />
<br />We set out to explore and just started walking. We found a nice little park filled with wild flowers so of course we picked some and put them in our hair. We spent some time chasing pigeons and running around the park like nuts. Finally we continued on our walk where Taylor decided we should go check out the famous Old Bridge. I agreed and let her lead the way. After walking about 2 miles in the blazing heat -I'm talking about 90 degrees- SO HOT! We realized we were walking to the <i>wrong </i>bridge. We laughed it off and got a drink before setting off for the correct bridge. Finally, we made it! It was so worth the long walk because it was beautiful! It looked just like how you would picture an Italian town!<br />
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After our bridge adventure we wandered around the other side of the bridge which is a bit less popular to the tourists. It was really nice over there! We grabbed a bite to eat at a restaurant that was recommended to us and then headed over to a bar that was also recommended. For dinner I had a creamy tortellini which was delicious! The bar was also really cool because with your purchase of a drink your table gets this huge platter of munchies! It was awesome! The bar was also really funky and decorated in a neat way! One thing that I don't like about Italy is that almost all restaurants have service fees. So you have to pay for your meal and then on top of that you have to pay a small fee if you're eating in their facility and using their things.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The next day we set off to check out the famous statue of David. We woke up early hoping to avoid a long line but found ourselves waiting 2.5 hours to see a statue of a naked man. Nonetheless we did it! We even snapped a few ninja pictures even though they were prohibited.</div>
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After we spent a good portion of our day waiting to see David, we went to find the Pizza shop that was featured in The Jersey Shore. We successfully found it but were so full from lunch that we didn't actually stop in.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After our adventures around the city center, we headed over for dinner to a place recommended by my sister's boyfriend Jeff who had great recommendations when it came to Florence since he studied abroad there. Dinner was as always, delicious. I consumed my unhealthy portion of carbs by ordering a Fettuccine Alfredo. </div>
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Our hostel owner had informed us that we were lucky because we were in Florence for the Notte Bianca. It's an all night festival where everyone crowds into the streets and parties. Stores and bars stay open extra late and theres all sorts of entertainment. We were super excited to partake in the festivities and had no idea what to expect. </div>
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Unfortunately, we weren't impressed with Notte Bianca. It was a very strange night. Its true that the streets where filled with people to the point where you couldn't move. But it was all just confused tourists wandering aimlessly through the streets. The bars were so tightly packed you couldn't even think about getting a seat. Eventually we got frustrated with all of the drunken and annoying tourists getting in our way and decided to turn in for the night.</div>
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On our last day in Florence we took a day trip to Pisa. Pisa was about an hour and a half outside of Florence and an easy train ride away. Taylor had already visited Pisa but was nice enough to go back for me.</div>
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And now onto the main event -Rome! It is safe to say that instead of conquering Rome, Rome conquered us. It began when we took the train from Florence into Rome only to discover that <i>all</i> taxis, no matter where you're going, had a flat rate of 45 euro! We were so mad about this and decided that we would rather just walk to our hotel. The walk took about an hour dragging the world's heaviest suitcases behind us in the 90 degree weather. Needless to say, we were both on the verge of a nervous breakdown. When we finally arrived to our hotel drenched in sweat and very emotional, the receptionist took one look at us and said "Oh, you guys aren't used to the heat are you?" We both had to stop and laugh.</div>
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After that whole fiasco we learned that the best way to get around the city was by bus. We headed over to The Spanish Steps. They were <i>gorgeous</i>! I'd seen them before in The Lizzie McGuire Movie :P but this time they were covered in purple and white flowers! I really loved The Spanish Steps! </div>
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After the fountain we decided to head on over to The Pantheon. I couldn't even grasp the idea of how old this building was. It was located in the center of a busy street with buildings on every side of it. It almost looked like it didn't belong! We went inside to have a look and were very impressed! We learned that The Pantheon is exactly the dimensions of how wide it is as it is tall. Pretty cool!</div>
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The next day, we woke up early and headed out to check out the main attraction, The Colosseum. We had driven by it in the bus the day before and could not believe our eyes. It was amazing. When we got there the next day, we were not amused that the line to get in went on for miles! We literally could not find the end of it. We would have been waiting all day long in the scorching heat! We decided to pay a little extra and join this tour that would allow us to skip the line and provide us with a tour of both The Colosseum and The Roman Forum. It was definitely worth it, we got right in with no problem! </div>
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Let me just say The Colosseum is <i>massive. </i>It only took the Romans TEN YEARS to complete, <i>ten years</i>. They showed us where the emperor and people with stature would have sat to watch the games. They also explained to us that the little holes all over the place are because The Romans recycled a lot of their buildings. The holes are where they extracted lead pipes from the walls that can now be found in The Vatican. The ruined part of The Colosseum is because it actually lies on a fault line; so the ground beneath it is unstable. We got to walk around The Colosseum on our own for a bit to take pictures and explore. Taylor and I just could not believe that we were actually standing in The Colosseum, it was so surreal!</div>
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After our tour we grabbed a small snack and gathered for our next tour. It was so hot out we weren't sure if we would make it! Our next tour led us up the street to a huge focus of Roman Ruins. They are literally all over the place. Our tour guide led us around The Roman Forum which used to be a palace for the emperors. He pointed out some pretty cool things such as where Caesar's ashes are said to be buried. </div>
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Finally after our tours were all finished, we walked around a bit in the terrible heat taking pictures! Eventually we took the bus over to the other side of the river to Saint Peter's Square. It was <i>so</i> weird actually seeing it because I had just watched it on TV when they were electing the new Pope. It was surreal to actually be there now! The people over there were very religious, selling rosaries and bibles and such everywhere. We walked up and got close to the basilica but didn't go in because our outfits didn't meet the dress-code You must have your shoulders covered and pants/ dress must go to the knee along with no cleavage. Being in 90 degree weather, we weren't all that disappointed we didn't go in to the vatican. We definitely want to go back though and check out The Sistine Chapel. </div>
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That night we had our final dinner and of course our final gelato stop. We woke up super early the next morning to catch the train back to Milan. All went smoothly and from there I caught a bus to the airport. Before though, I had to say goodbye to Taylor, my good friend and travel buddy. I couldn't have asked for a better travel partner; I had so much fun with her! And with that, I said ciao to Italia and made my way back up to Dublin for one last adventure.</div>
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So as mentioned before, my beautiful time in Barcelona has come to an end. April 26th was D-day, so instead of fleeing Europe, my friend Taylor and I decided to head over to Italy to have one last adventure. We spent 10 days in Italy using the Eurrail pass (a special train pass). We flew into Milan from Barcelona at about 3am, and needless to say we did not sleep the night before.<br />
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When we arrived to our hostel around 10am, we were so exhausted we decided to sleep on the couch until we could actually check in. We had no trouble sleeping in the lobby of the hostel for 4 hours :P Finally we were able to check into our hostel and lucky for us, the other two beds in our room weren't occupied the whole time!<br />
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Milan is an interesting city. We knew that it was the fashion capital of Italy but we didn't know too much else. We quickly discovered that Milan was a very tiny city and they didn't have too much to offer. There were book stores and religious type stores everywhere! In the city center, we walked around this huge outdoor type mall. The architecture of it all was beautiful. We were also very impressed by the famous Duomo. As we were mindlessly chatting away coming up the metro steps, we both stopped mid-conversation when we caught our first glimpse of the Duomo. Our jaws dropped, it was spectacular!<br />
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*I'd like to mention that upon taking our first steps out for the day in Milan, my camera (and my heart) broke. Nothing that can't be fixed when I return home, but needless to say I was cameraless for the rest of my trip. Sending a huge thank you to Taylor for all of her beautiful pictures and for allowing me to steal them from her.<br />
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Milan was really cool to see, but in all honestly, I'd recommend other places to visit before Milan.<br />
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Next stop, VENICE!<br />
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One of those other places I would recommend would definitely be Venice. I <i>really </i>enjoyed my time in Venice, its absolutely adorable! I also think that in terms of romance, Paris has nothing on Venice. Venice has such a more romantic vibe to it. I love Venice!<br />
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We took the train into Venice and got all settled in to our hostel. The first sight of Venice we saw was when we were leaving the train station we immediately stood right infront of a big canal with gondolas rowing up and down! We both freaked out the second we saw real live gondolas!!<br />
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On our first day in Venice, we just wandered the little streets taking it all in. It was so beautiful and exactly how I pictured it! We walked down all sorts of tiny winding streets and over tons of little foot bridges where gondolas went under. We ate dinner in this tiny little hole-in-the-wall Italian place. The food was out of this world. I ordered a creamy pasta dish with bacon on top and we split some brochette. Best brochette I had the entire trip. My mouth is watering just thinking about it!<br />
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We spent the next day walking all over the little island of Venice. We decided we'd find our way to Saint Mark's square. We must have walked about 5 or 6 miles that day, we walked <i>everywhere</i>! It was a really great way to see Venice though and I enjoyed every bit of it! Theres so much to see. My favorite part was just finding our way around the winding little streets and over the bridges.<br />
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Of course we did our fair share of eating, shopping and drinking. Our drink of choice in Venice was this little wine cooler called Bellini -so delicious! It was similar to a Mike's Hard Lemonade. That night for dinner I enjoyed an olive oil and chili pepper spaghetti dish. On our last night we decided to get some cheap beer and crepes and just sit on the side of a canal watching everything go by. It was a really nice moment, the guys next to us where playing the guitar which made it all the more memorable.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saint Mark's square, where the people make a living playing with pigeons...</td></tr>
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Venice was such a great time! Next stop on our Italian adventure, Florence!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822484034644677490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349016679230074186.post-85021085976047966032013-04-24T11:54:00.001-07:002013-04-24T11:54:31.821-07:00Cue the DenialHola chicos!<br />
I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while, I've been <i>so</i> busy with visitors and final projects and such. But my time abroad is quickly winding down. This friday I'll be getting on the plane and leaving Barcelona. Most of my friends are all ready to go home, but I'm struggling to accept that this is the end. I don't want it to be the end. I love the life I've created and the life I've discovered that I can have. My heart is breaking realizing I won't be walking the streets of Barcelona every day. It's almost like going through a break up! Barcelona is breaking up with me.<br />
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A couple weekends ago we toured Camp Nou -Barcelona's fútbol stadium. It was really cool! They have a massive room filled with all of their trophies and awards. I was in awe at just how many trophies they've won. We also go to see the press room, the away team's locker room and even got to set foot on the field!<br />
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Last week my Mom and two sisters came to see me. Hugging them in the airport after three and a half months was amazing. I was so excited to show them the little piece of paradise I've found. I took them to all of the hot spots of Barcelona such as Sagrada Familia, Parc Guell, Parc Ciutadella and others. While I was in class they spent their time relaxing out on the beach.<br />
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One afternoon Olga invited us all over for a nice lunch so she could meet my family. Since her parents own the penthouse above us, we had it there on their roof terrace. I'd never been up there but the view was amazing! We literally had a view of the entire city of Barcelona from the mountains all the way to the sea. Her parents were adorable and went out of their way to cook us home-made paella and calçots which are a Catalan tradition. Our lunch was delicious and they were all such good company. It was definitely the highlight of my week.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exhibit A: Olga doing my laundry ;)</td></tr>
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One day we went to the Barcelona zoo, since we're all huge animal lovers. I've heard mixed reviews about the zoo but was excited to see the animals. I'm glad we went though because it was a blast! There were so many exotic animals! We saw an elephant playing with a tire, where he would pick it up, put it between his front legs and then try to walk. We also saw a grizzly bear cooling off in the water and bathing himself. Finally, we saw a mother and baby orangoutang infatuated by an artist drawing them. They got off of their little bed and came right up to the window to get a closer look. The artist tilted his work so that they could see better and they just sat there and watched him. It was one of the coolest things I've ever seen!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorite photo. Each monkey walked around holding a handkerchief. This one walked around with it on his head.</td></tr>
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That night we went on a tour with my school and ended at a Flamenco dance show. It was really cool to see a flamenco performance because I'd never seen one before. I had no idea how intense it gets. The dancers are so talented. It's a bit like tap dancing, except for way more intense!<br />
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On thursday we headed over to Paris for a quick visit. My mom decided that we'd probably never all be in Europe together again and she really wanted a picture of all of her girls under the Eiffel Tower. We spent one night in Paris, and mom got all the pictures she wanted. It was a nice visit, but a lot colder than Barcelona. I was happy to go back to eating tons of crepes though!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging up in our restaurant in Paris :P </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Highlight of the day: when a pigeon let loose on Karen</td></tr>
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The other day I woke up super early to catch the sunrise with my good friend Lyndsay. We're all kind of freaking out about the things we haven't checked off our lists yet.<br />
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Yesterday was San Jordi -a <i>huge</i> festival all over Catalonia. It's strictly a Catalan celebration that has now turned into a celebration of the Catalan culture. Supposedly a knight slayed a dragon to rescue a princess and from the dragons blood appeared roses. Rose vendors line the streets selling roses. They're literally on every street corner and every girl in sight has a rose in hand. Also, a bookseller years ago was concerned about the decreasing book sales and decided to make April 23 the day of books. It was one of the most strategic business moves in history. Now, April 23 is responsible for 10% of the year's book sales in Barcelona. The tradition for San Jordi is that the boy buys the girl a rose and the girl buys the boy a book. It is the Catalan Valentines Day. I was shocked at how many people were out on the streets. At times I literally couldn't move! The streets were lined with books, roses and people. It was such an exciting day!<br />
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Today I met up with my intercambio partner to say goodbye :( It was really sad but we had a good day walking around The Labyrinth Park. I really lucked out with my inter-cambio partner. I walked away with a wonderful friendship :)<br />
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Tonight we have our final dinner with Olga since tomorrow we have a farewell dinner with the school. Since I'm still in denial that I'm leaving this place, I'll save the goodbyes for tomorrow :P</div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822484034644677490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349016679230074186.post-26917816683481246052013-04-03T14:52:00.001-07:002013-04-03T14:52:25.229-07:00Dachau Concentration Camp
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The purpose of this blog is to describe my experiences
abroad. As a study abroad student, I’m often times writing about the best
places I’ve ever been. But what about the worst place I’ve ever been? This post
is dedicated to my visit to Dachau Concentration Camp in Munich, Germany.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dachau was
camp that was in use for 12 years. It can be categorized into 3 phases. Dachau
was used as the “model” camp for other camps. The prisoners would be marched to
the camp entrance down the streets of Dachau (the town). Our bus to the camp
purposely followed the same route to the camp that the prisoners would have
taken.</div>
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The Gate:<o:p></o:p></div>
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There is
only one entrance to the camp. The prisoners entered through the same gate that
we entered through. Since the camp is no longer in use, the government leaves
the front gate open at all times. This is a symbol of <i>freedom</i>. Leaving the gate open (even at night) lets the person know
that they are free to enter and leave at their leisure; they should never feel
trapped like the prisoners did. I really admire this small symbolic gesture.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Once through the gate, you can basically see the entire
camp. In front of you is a gigantic courtyard that was used for role call.
Prisoners would stand there for hours on end while being counting. Those who
had died during the night were brought out to the courtyard so that their
bodies could also be counted. If a prisoner died at work (90% left the camp to
work), their fellow prisoners would have to bring their bodies back to the camp
to be counted. Prisoners were to stand completely still with their head pointed
down. If they did <i>anything</i> to be
noticed, they would be shot. It was unsettling to see just how big the
courtyard is and to realize that the giant courtyard in front of me was
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It was interesting because we had the same tour guide we had
the day before. Only today, instead of the funny good-humored beer-drinking
German, we had a very different man. He was very mellow and calm. He showed us
how the prisoners were not allowed to step on the grass, if they did, they
would be considered “escaping” and would immediately be shot. If a guard shot
someone “escaping”, they’d receive a reward. Therefore, a guard could take a
prisoner’s cap, throw it onto the grass and order them to go get it. If they
didn’t, they’d be refusing orders and be shot. If they went to get it, they’d
be considered escaping and would be shot and the guard would be rewarded. The
guards could kill anyone they wanted to basically. After a couple years at Dachau,
they stopped recording the deaths because it was too much paperwork and too
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Our guide showed us the main building where the prisoners
were taken first. Dachau was an all-male camp. The men would first be taken
into this room and be stripped of 3 important things. The first most important
thing to be taken from them was their personal belongings. Everything they had
on them such as photos of their wives, letters from their family and ID cards.
Then they would lose their names. Before this visit, I had never realized how <i>lucky</i> I am to have my own name. It is
the one thing that has been and will be with me the longest. It is <i>mine</i>. There have been ex-prisoners who
had been so mentally tortured that when asked what their names were, they
couldn’t remember. These prisoners lost their identity, and most importantly
their <i>individuality</i> in this room. The
last thing the prisoners lost was their clothes. They were stripped naked,
shaved from head to toe with a knife, and then placed under the showers. These
showers were purposefully a couple degrees above freezing in the winter and
just before boiling point in the summer. After the shower they were to find 1
pair of pants, 1 shirt, 1 light cotton jacket, 1 hat and 2 shoes. They had
about 2 minutes to get all of these and get out. They had no time to make sure
they fit or they would be beaten. So if a fat man had a very small man’s
jacket, he had to make it work. That was now his jacket and he only got one.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a rare photo of the men waiting to enter Dachau</td></tr>
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He then took us into the room that was used for torture. I
won’t elaborate too much on this subject because it makes my stomach churn.
This was the point in the tour when I could feel myself mentally shutting down.
It had become so much to handle that my brain shut it out. I was on the verge
of tears at this point. My heart had never felt so heavy until this moment. It’s
very true that we walked away from Dachau with more questions than answers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After the now museum, we walked through a building with 137.
This building was used to hold prisoners for torture. 137, and in every single
room several people have died. Each room was used for a different form of
torture. One room for example was used to keep a prisoner in complete darkness.
One prisoner was kept in darkness for 2 years. He was then brought out into the
sun during role call one day where they removed the blindfold. Immediately he
was blinded, and a blind man cannot work and therefore he was shot. It’s
important to know that the prisoners taken to Dachau in the first phase were Germans
who were not in agreement with Hitler’s government. The next phase was
homosexuals, gypsies and prisoners. The final phase was the Jewish people and
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">137 rooms for torture. <i>One hundred thirty seven</i>. </td></tr>
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We then walked to a model building of how the housing was
set up for each phase. As each phase progressed, the worse and worse conditions
got. In the first phase they each had their own bed. By the third phase, there
had been so much overcrowding that there was 4 to a bed. People were not
permitted to get up during the night so they would go to the bathroom in their
bed, leaking through onto those under them. One survivor said that the thing
that what he remembers most from his childhood was waking up on the bottom bunk one
morning to find that his two best friends had drowned in their sleep from the
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This one building was the model, behind it were the
foundations of hundreds of the exact same building. It was haunting to see the
rows and rows of identical foundations. The Nazi’s had everything perfectly in
order, everything was clean and simple; everything was right angles. Therefore
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We were also shown a piece of the electric fence that
surrounded the camp. There was no way a prisoner could even get to the fence
because they would have to step on the grass. If they somehow got past the
grass, they would then have to jump across the bunker, over the trip wire and
over the electric fence –all of this while being shot at by the guards.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We then were taken to the crematorium where thousands of
bodies had been cremated. We walked by mass graves where thousands had been
buried. So many people that below the surface is 2m deep of ash. After the
crematorium we were shown this long building where the gas chambers were
located. The gas chambers in Dachau were not used for mass extermination like
in other camps. The purpose of the gas chambers here were for testing purposes.
Still, many people died for the purpose of “testing”. The people would be told
that they were going in for a shower, so that they would go inside willingly.
Still today in Germany, they do not call the shower rooms “shower rooms”, they
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At the very end of the tour we stopped at a statue outside
of the crematorium and gas chamber. This statue is of a survivor. Notice his
posture is relaxed. He has a long jacket, his hand in his pocket and no hat
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One aspect of Dachau that really got me was not only the
physical torture that the prisoners had to endure on a daily basis but the
psychological torture. They would place shelves above the beds, but the
prisoners did not have anything to put on them. They would have coat hangers in
their sleeping quarters but the prisoners didn’t have any coats to hang. The
slogan of the camp was “work will set you free” because the prisoners were
supposed to be on their path to “re-education”. But work will not set them
free, if they work too hard they will die, and if they don’t work hard enough
they will die. They had a sign that hung in the room where they confiscated all
of the prisoner’s personal belongings. It read “Smoking is Forbidden”. But the
prisoners didn’t have cigarettes to smoke since everything had been taken from
them already. Alone these small psychological tortures seem silly, but put them
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Visiting Dachau camp was not a pleasant experience. I’m
aware that many students on their spring break usally visit tropical islands
and beaches, not concentration camps. Although I did not enjoy my time at
Dachau, I feel it was necessary to pay my respects to the thousands lost. One
of my favorite aspects about Germany is how open and honest they are about their
dark past. Other countries would never allow the public to come and tour their
concentration camps where their people brutally exterminated people by the
thousands free of charge. I truly admire Germany’s openness. They use their
past history as a way to prevent it from happening again. Each year, the German
police are required to visit Dachau to have a refresher course where they are
taught that if something like this were ever to happen again, they should
listen to their humanity rather than to orders and stop it. German schools are
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Like I said, I could have went anywhere else. My heart
probably would have felt lighter and my skin would probably have become tanner.
But instead, I chose to catch of glimpse of humanity in one of its darkest
forms. It took an entire day for me to come “back to life” after visiting
Dachau. I literally just wanted to fall apart and cry hysterically. What I took
away from my visit though is much more important than tan skin and key chains. I
became grateful for <i>everything</i> I have.
For my coat, my clothes, my pictures, my hair, my license, my bed, my <i>name</i>. So the next time you go to hang up
your coat, remember how lucky you are to have a coat to hang.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822484034644677490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349016679230074186.post-14988360053062424642013-04-01T12:59:00.000-07:002013-04-01T12:59:02.585-07:00Munich -The Beer Capital of the WorldAnd now onto our final destination -Munich Germany.<br />
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We arrived to Munich late at night so once again we went straight to bed to rest up for the next day. On our first day, we woke up early and headed towards the town center, Marienplatz. We got to see the famous clock that I found very similar to Prague's clock. These people love their clocks apparently. We wandered around the little side streets for a while exploring. It was so cool because everything was just so <i>German</i>. We grabbed a quick bite to eat. I got my a German beer of course, this one was a russ beer lengthened with lemonade! I also got a delicious potato and cheese soup.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We learned that the location of where the girl ties her bow on her dirndl represents her relationship status. I encourage none of you to ever tie your bow in the middle -you will never be left alone.</td></tr>
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After lunch we jumped in on a free walking tour. Whoever started these tours was a genius! They're solely based on tips -so the tour guide <i>has</i> to give a good tour if they ever want to make any money! Our tour guide was awesome, and so incredibly smart. He took us all over Munich telling us as much information as he could within a 3 hour time block. He could not stress enough how much the people of Munich love their beer. Everything, including historical events always somehow went back to alcohol consumption.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hitler gave many of his speeches halfway up these steps </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There used to be a sign here that supported The Nazi Party. Everyone was forced to give the Nazi Salute to it. If they didn't they would be beaten and put on a list and even thrown in jail.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1 week ago the statues placed on top of these columns mysteriously disappeared. If rubbed, those 2 statues were supposed to bring you love and good weather.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the street where a big gun-battle took place while Hitler was attempting to overthrow the government. Directly front and center infront of the police, Hitler would have been shot had his body guard not tripped over someone's body and landed directly on top of Hitler -taking 5 bullets in the back and saving Hitler's life. How things would have been different...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a memorial that commemorates the brave people who would avoid doing the Nazi salute and bravely walk down this side street instead, knowing that there were Gestapo waiting to question them.<br /><br />It's important to know that it is now illegal to give the Nazi salute in Germany. If you are caught giving the salute, you will be taken into custody, questioned, and fined a large sum of money. You will then immediately be taken to the airport and flown back to your country where you will not be permitted to come back for a number of years. You will also be placed on a list for the rest of your life where they will investigate you.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">According to our tour guide this is "the most screwed up royal family to ever exist". He went down the line and in detail described just how crazy these people were. For example, one was convinced that she swallowed a glass piano, and one was convinced that he was a chicken for 2 years....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This guy for example, is known for having sex with anything and anyone. He tried to sleep with everyone in his entire kingdom. In order to keep track of who he had slept with, he hired a painter to sneak into his bedroom at night and paint the sleeping women. There are hundreds if not thousands in storage now.<br />He was also known to have every STD possible (obviously). Medical historians have traced back specific STD's and have linked him as the beginning source.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rubbing this statue helps you to do good things with your life</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Hofbräuhaus is the world's most famous pub. Back in the day, they didn't even have bathrooms so the drunken Germans would pee on the floor. They eventually installed toilets under the tables so the men would never loose their seat if they went outside to pee. Now I can safely say that they have proper bathroom facilites.<br />Also, this is the birthplace of the Nazi Party. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a doggy parking space. Dogs are allowed in almost all stores except for pharmacies. So where do you put your dog then? You simply park it outside...</td></tr>
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After our tour Bryn and I headed to The Hofbräuhaus to try the beer. It was this huge hall with big long tables -similar to a dining hall. I enjoyed my 1 Liter beer, the only size option available, and met some really nice German folk.</div>
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That night we had an authentic German meal at Augustiner Braü, which is another famous local beer. There are several Augustiners in town. I ordered an Augustiner of course, which I've decided is one of my all time favorite beers. Of course they don't import it... we also ordered two different types of schnitzel and apple stroodle for dessert. All I can say is <i>incredible</i>. I can say with confidence that this was one of the best meals I've ever had.</div>
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After our time visiting Dachau, we had another authentic meal at another Augustiner except this particular restaurant had an entirely different menu! I ordered german sausage with vegetables and mashed potatoes, delicious!</div>
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In the end, Munich was <i>amazing</i>! I really really enjoyed Munich. I learned so much here and I really appreciated how open and honest Germany is about their past. There is so much to Munich that people don't ever really take the time to learn about or see. I enjoyed Munich more than most of the places I've visited so far; It's definitely one of my favorite places so far and I highly recommend considering Munich as one of your travel destinations. </div>
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I can't even comprehend how blessed I am to have spent this entire week traveling around Europe and following my dreams of seeing the world. I'm so grateful for this experience and I feel that I have learned so much and have become so much more informed about current and past events. My world is so much larger now and I don't think I'll ever find the words to explain just how grateful and blessed I feel.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822484034644677490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349016679230074186.post-31981848287062159092013-04-01T10:18:00.001-07:002013-04-01T10:18:08.859-07:00The fairy tale that we call PragueSo after an incredible time in Paris with my Dad and Darci, I flew out of Paris Monday night and headed for Prague to meet my good friend from my program Bryn. I arrived there around 11:30PM so I basically checked into the hostel and then went right to sleep. <div>
That morning however, we woke up early to get a jump start on the day. We began our adventures by checking out The Easter Markets. Obviously, these markets are not around all year, but we happened to be in Prague right before Easter so we got to check them out.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They may have cheap prices, but their money is <i>so</i> confusing! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First meal -along with some goulash soup</td></tr>
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We then made our way across the famous Charles Bridge to the side of Prague that they consider the newer side. Here, we signed up to take a segway tour around the city! We thought it would be so cool to ride segways. We missed the group tour because we got lost but they set us up on a private tour for only a few crowns more.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's not possible to fall on a segway -thats what attracted us to this tour.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The John Lennon Wall- This wall was originally a gigantic portrait of John Lennon in 1988 where young people would come and express themselves. This was the only wall where they could express themselves as they were under severe repression. Today, the Lennon portrait is long gone but the wall still symbolizes peace and love. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Dancing House -It's supposed to look like a man and a woman dancing</td></tr>
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Our segway tour lasted about 3.5 hours. Prague was freezing cold so even after wearing two pairs of paints, 2 pairs of socks (one pair being wool), gloves, a scarf and a hat, I was frozen solid. By the end of the tour we were absolutely miserable. The nice tour guide saw how cold I was and actually gave me the jacket off his back. When we finally got back, I was so cold that I was nauseous. I've never been that cold before in my life. The segway tour was awesome, but I'd definitely only recommend it for warm weather!!<div>
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The next day we explored on our own a bit. We walked over The Charles Bridge and checked out all of the vendors selling art and jewelry. We had even been hoarding our free sandwiches from the hostel and handed them out to homeless people we stumbled upon. </div>
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That evening we were signed up for two tours. One was an Underground tour of Prague which explored the underground rooms, cellars and catacombs from the 12th century. This tour was actually really interesting. It took place underground and was heated so we were warm the entire time which was great! I especially enjoyed the tour because we were given lanterns and toured the underground in the dark. The underground is subject to a lot of paranormal activity so the darkness added to the excitement We were encouraged to take pictures with flash to see if we caught anything. This tour was very informative and historical -we really learned a lot about the history of Prague.</div>
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After our underground tour we grabbed a quick snack and waited for our second tour to begin. This tour was a ghost tour. They're kind of lame, but I'm fascinated by this kind of stuff so Bryn was nice enough to humor me. Our tour guide was really funny which made our tour much more enjoyable. This tour took place outside but since we were moving and it was only for 2 hours we were okay.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This castel is said to have inspired Disney's Cinderella Castel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The building on the right is where Mozart played some of his symphonies.</td></tr>
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On our last day in Prague, we did some shopping. In fact, we even bought a big bag and planned to check one of our suitcases to make room for our purchases. That's dedication if I've ever seen it! I bought quite a few things I didn't need but nonetheless love them. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can't get over the fact that the whole place looks like its out of a fairy tale! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Easter eggs were all hand-painted and <i>beauttiful</i> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These sticks are an Easter tradition where the men run around chasing their women and hitting them with them. Afterwards, the woman is expected to give him one of the Easter eggs. Good thing I don't participate in this, all he would get from me is a black eye!</td></tr>
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After shopping, we ate at our now favorite joint in Prague -Bohemia Bagel. This is a chain restaurant that sells delicious bagels and food and unlimited coffee. For some reason bagels are very rare to find in Barcelona and therefore we ate here 3 times... After resting that afternoon we hopped on a 5 hour long bus ride with a man snoring in my left ear the entire time and set off for our next stop, Munich.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822484034644677490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349016679230074186.post-73973099158549328272013-04-01T05:21:00.001-07:002013-04-01T05:21:48.360-07:00Paris is always a good ideaHi strangers, I know it's been a while!<br />
<br />I've been so busy with having my Dad and Darci visiting me here in Barcelona and then immediately heading off for spring break. So lets start with the first leg of Spring break, Paris!<br />
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After a nice visit with my Dad and Darci we set off on Friday for the weekend in Paris. It was so nice to pick them up at the airport and to see people that I've known for longer than 3 months! I was so ready to show off my new home and to put on my tour guide hat for the first time here.<br />
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When we arrived to Paris, the first thing we did, of course, was go see The Eiffel Tower! I'll never forget turning that corner and seeing it for the first time. It was amazing; my jaw dropped!<br />
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Afterwards, we grabbed some dinner in a nice restaurant As we were walking out we realized that the tower was lit up now. So we quickly ran back over to see it. It was even more beautiful than before, at one point it started sparking too!</div>
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The next morning, we woke up determined to take on Paris. First stop, The Louvre. While waiting in line to get inside, I kept thinking about The Di Vinci Code movie since they filmed parts of it there. All I can say is wow, The Louvre is ginormous. We spent a good 3 or 4 hours inside and I don't think we covered more than half of it. Once inside, we went straight to see The Mona Lisa because we'd heard that the lines can get very long. It was SO cool to actually see the painting. I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that I was staring at the <i>original</i> Mona Lisa.</div>
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After the Louvre and lunch, we decided to go check out The Arc d' Triomphe. The only problem was that the exit to The Arc was blocked off. We later found out that it was blocked off because of a gas leak. When we finally made it over there, we found tons of cops everywhere with shields and everything! There were lines of cop cars. Eventually we asked someone what was going on and they said that there was a protest against gay marriage going on. The arc was blocked off from all sides so we couldn't go see it. We decided that it would be best if we left, which was fine with me because I didn't want to be around those kind of people. Later that night, we saw on the news that 300,000 people formed a human chain to protest against the government's approval of gay marriage...</div>
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So we headed over to "Lover's Bridge" or what is actually called Pont de Arts. This is where people from all over the world come to put a lock with their name and their lover's name. They then throw the key into the river, symbolizing that they will be together forever. I'd been <i>dying </i>to go to this bridge because I've heard all about it and have seen it all over the internet. The bridge is literally <i>covered </i>in locks. I could have spent the whole day there just reading the locks.</div>
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After Lover's Bridge, we needed to go check out Notre Damm. Of course though, once we arrived there was a massive crowd surrounding it on all sides with a huge big screen. Apparently, we had come on the 850th anniversary celebration. They had replaced the bells in the towers and today was the bell ceremony where they would ring for the first time. <i>SO COOL, </i>in theory. In reality, we were pinned up against people trying to leave for about an hour and a half and could not move! We did get to hear the bells which was pretty cool considering we get to say that we got to hear them ring for the first time!<div>
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On our last full day we woke up early again and then set out for more adventures. Our first stop was Moulin Rouge! It was <i>really</i> cool to see being a music/ theater kid!</div>
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After Moulin Rouge we did some wandering and eventually stumbled upon the art district. It was just literally an entire plaza filled with local artists painting the most beautiful paintings! If they weren't so expensive, I would have bought them all!</div>
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After wandering around the streets of Paris for a while, we made our way back over to The Eiffel Tower, only this time we planned to go to the top! It was brutally cold outside so waiting in line to buy tickets wasn't exactly a pleasant experience. In fact waiting in line to buy the tickets, then waiting in line to take the elevator to the first floor and then waiting in line to take the elevator to the summit and then waiting in line to go back down to the first floor and then waiting in line to go back down to the ground were all <i>freezing</i> and not to mention tiring. But, its a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and I'm so glad we did it. It was amazing at the top! We even looked down from the way top and saw a bride and groom taking their wedding pictures!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fun fact: Barcelona was offered The Eiffel Tower before Paris but declined because they thought it was too ugly. </td></tr>
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On our final day, Dad and Darci left early in the morning on a flight back to the states. My flight to meet my friend in Prague for spring break wasn't until 8pm. This means that I had the entire day to myself in Paris -things could be worse. I spent the day exploring, taking pictures and eating all sorts of french sweets.</div>
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I had such a great time in Paris, it was definitely the number one place I needed to visit since I was about 10 years old. Although I had always dreamed of being there, I never actually thought I would ever <i>be</i> there. It's so surreal to be visiting all of these places, because in a way it hasn't even hit me.<br />
I loved Paris! It was so beautiful. Despite what people say, I actually thought the Parisians were quite nice. I know that they have a bad reputation of being rude and snobby but for the most part, I witnessed very kind and genuine people. Paris wasn't as romanticized as it may seem in the movies but it was well worth the trip. It was also so nice to be with my Dad and Darci. I've been away from my family for so long now that it was nice to have a little adventure of our own together.<br />
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Now onto our next stop of spring break, Prague (stay tuned)!</div>
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Day 3:<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had a long drive ahead of us. The drive was actually very
nice though, we left the city and headed into the country. I had never pictured
Africa to be so <i>green</i>. There were
beautiful mountains the entire drive. Along the country side there were tons of
people working on farms. So many people were walking along the side of the
streets riding mules and horses with various crops or farm equipment slung over
the sides. There were also a bunch of horse/mules and buggys. I’d never seen
anything like it, it was almost like being in an amish country. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We took a
quick bathroom and coffee break in Ouezzane. We also toured another market.
This one was particularly unpleasant for me because of the chicken slaughter.
There were chickens hanging from the ceilings. I even saw a man weighing a live
chicken, preparing to slaughter it. Luckily I looked away. It was awful, you
could hear the chickens screaming right beforehand. I really didn’t like that.
Also, the various types of meat and carcasses were not being refrigerated at
all and it was about 65 <span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.1875px;">°F</span> There were flies all over the place landing on
the food. Once again, I realized exactly how <i>lucky</i> I am. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dirham is the Moroccan currency. Its roughly 10 dirham to 1 euro. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chickens basically awaiting slaughter :(</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this photo. I think arabic is so pretty.</td></tr>
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We parked
our bus on a mountain and hiked up to a Muslim village. There, we used a
translator to interview two Muslim women about
their lives. One was very old and one was a young adult. Their opinions
about the muslum life varied because of this. The old woman told us that she
had an arranged marriage when she was 17 and had her first child at 20 years
old! The young girl did not like the village and preferred to be in the city,
it was more exciting. They also told us
that they had everything they could ever need in their village including
electricity and televisions and cell phones. Their bathroom was a Turkish
tolilet aka, it was basically just a hole in the ground that you squat over. I
had such difficulty, I ended up peeing all over my sneaker…<o:p></o:p></div>
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After our hike we had another long busride to Chefchaouen,
The Blue City. Chefchaouen is something that looks like its right out of a
movie. From afar it looks very similar to Greece. The buildings, streets and
walls are all this beautiful soft blue. <i>Everything</i>
is blue, its so gorgeous! The streets are so tiny and windy, I honestly have no
idea how anyone knows their way around or reads a map for that matter. It’s
basically like you’re walking around the most complex (and beautiful) maze
you’ve ever seen. It’s situated on the side of a mountain, so all of the houses
have this amazing view of the mountains. Its probably in my top 3 most beautiful places I've ever been. When we arrived we dropped our bags
off in our hotel and hit the streets to shop. A lot of the girls wanted to get
leather bags and backpacks because Morocco is very well known for its leather,
and its very very cheap. I ended up buying a little handmade teapot, my own
belly dancing belt(!!!), jewelry, a
Morocco shirt, a leather wallet and some other little things. Barganing was the
best part of shopping, the street vendors were so funny, some got so
aggressive! We also got henna tattoos, something that is very popular among
Muslums. Of course though our henna artist was <i>terrible</i>. She used way too much henna so mine dripped all down my
foot while I was walking. It came out so bad we were on the floor laughing at
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That night
our entire group of 15 huddled into our room. Blaire had us go around and
explain the thing that most shocked us about our experience. It was very cute
and I could feel myself getting a little sad and we had only been there for 4
days!! If we have to do this back in Barcelona, I’ll loose it! He also gave us
each a bracelet to symbolize our experience and to help keep our memories of
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We woke up before the crack of dawn (it was really authentic
because the roosters were cock-a-doodle-dooing every morning) and hiked up a to
a Spanish Mosque to get a good view of Chefchaoen. It was beautiful even with
the on and off rain. We were told that we were so lucky because our group had
experienced the best weather on the trip ever. It was gorgeous, about 70<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.1875px;">°</span> the
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We had a long bus ride to the border. Before this trip, I
had no idea that there was Spanish territory in Africa. But in reality, Ceuta
is Spanish territory. Therefore, we had to physically get out of our bus and
walk across the border because our bus driver did not have a visa to cross. Its
very sad, most Moroccans can’t leave the country because they need a visa to
travel anywhere and its very difficult for them to get approved. Once we cross
the border we took a taxi to the port and took the ferry back over to Spain. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This adventure tested all of my prior assumptions about
Muslims and Islamic culture and proved them all wrong. These people are
genuinely the most hospitable people I have ever met. Several different
Moroccans from other cities all told me that I was “apart of their family now,
and to come back and stay with them”, and they really did mean it. It’s so
tragic that American’s feel such hostility and anger towards Muslims when in
reality they’re just ignorant. These people are some of the nicest people I’ve
ever met within my lifetime. Yet because of a Islamic extremist group not even
on their continent, they’re automatically linked to terrible stereotypes. I strongly encourage everyone and anyone to
get over to Morocco. I have nothing but good things to say about it, and it
really is a life-altering experience. I also highly recommend the program I
went through, which also takes groups of adults over to Morocco -<a href="http://moroccoexchange.org/" target="_blank">Morocco Exchange</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="firstword" style="color: #2c4070; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Pray</span><span style="color: #2c4070; line-height: 19px;"> not only because you need something, but because you have a lot to be thankful for.</span></span></i></td></tr>
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Hola chicos! Where do I even begin to explain Morocco? The
worst part is that I can’t even put into words how amazing this trip was. When
people ask me how each trip was I always answer “It was amazing!!”. But the
problem is the word is so overused that it loses its meaning. My time in
Morocco was more than just a trip, it was a complete experience.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I went with a program called Moroccan Exchange, which is a
completely separate program than my study abroad program but several of our
students also went on it. This program is worth every penny and then some. I
like it because it is focused around the <i>people</i>
rather than the history. At the end of the day, how many facts do you really
remember from your day-long tours? Instead, we interviewed and held discussions
with Moroccans from several different cities and asked them questions about
their lives. We also stayed with Moroccan families for two nights. I learned so
much about the Moroccan culture during these times and truly feel sorry for
those who only had the opportunity to stay in hotels. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As mentioned before, I can’t possibly put into words this
experience but I can certainly try. There no way I can mention all of the
incredible things we did on our adventure or my blog would be 5,000 pages long.
So I’ll mention the highlights. I apologize in advance for the long post(s).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Day 1:<o:p></o:p></div>
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We were off to a great start of Thursday morning when we
were running for our lives through the Barcelona airport, out past through
security to get our stupid ticket stamped because we forgot. This mad dash all
took place as the plane was boarding. Thankfully, we made it back through
security and all in time, but arrived back at the gate with a lot more stress.
And so it begins…<o:p></o:p></div>
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So we flew to Malaga, a city known for its gorgeous beaches
in Southern Spain. From there we met our fantastic program advisor Blaire who
took us to our bus. We rode in the bus for about an hour and a half to the
port. At the port we got our passport stamps and headed for Africa on the
ferry. Spain and Africa are actually extremely close together which I didn’t
know before I came abroad. They’re only about 10 miles apart! This makes
illegal immigration a very big problem. But it is also very difficult sometimes for the illegal
immigrants to make it across because The Atlantic Ocean meets The Mediterranean
Ocean right in the middle, thus making the waves gigantic. Many people die
trying to cross the sea to get to Spain. So far this year, Blaire said they've found 16 bodies and its only March.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When we
made it over to Africa, we got on another bus and headed to a town called
Tangier. We walked through one of the Tangier markets, which was like nothing
I’d ever seen before. There were ginormous carcasses hanging from the walls,
and the smell was terrible. The fish market in particular was very different,
some of the fish were about 4 feet long!! Unfortunately, Murphy’s Law wasted no
time in paying me a visit in Morocco. While walking through the market, I
wasn’t looking down and kicked this yellow bin that was on the floor to cover a
hole in the ground. My left leg sent the bin flying and my right leg went right
into the hole, about up to my mid-calf. Thankfully I was wearing boots, but I was
pretty stuck. It was a hole filled with this sludge of God knows what. My
friends pulled me out revealing my boot to be completely covered in
sludge. I had my first taste of Moroccan hospitality when they ran to my side
to make sure I was okay and rushed me back with them to clean me off. After
they cleaned me off with water and sponges my boot never looked better! My luck
is so bad its almost comical…<o:p></o:p></div>
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We then went to a local women’s center and for a discussion
with some young local Moroccans. There was one boy and 2 girls. They gave us
this delicious mint tea and some little pastries. We discussed their religion
and how dedicated they were to it. Traditionally, Muslims don’t drink alcohol,
it is forbidden. There are clubs and bars in the cities but they are mainly for
the tourists. They pray at least 5 times a day, and have a very strong
connection with Allah, their god.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mint tea is <i>SO</i> popular in Morocco. We had it about 5 times!</td></tr>
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After spending some time discussing Muslim marriage and
other topics we got back on the bus. Next on the agenda was camel riding! I was
looking forward to riding camels so much, even before I even left for Barcelona
I kept saying how much I wanted to ride a camel. There were 3 camels, and one
baby so we rotated riding the camels down the beach. The baby was adorable, he
followed behind his mom every rotation. Getting on the camel was so strange,
and getting off was really hard. Because when they stand up you feel like
you’re about to fall. And when they lay back down is even worse, I screamed!
Nothing like dismounting Thunder, I’ll tell you that!<o:p></o:p></div>
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After camels we headed to tour The Medina which means city
center. The streets were these beautiful little winding streets colorfully
painted in light blues, greens and pinks. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The star has 5 points to represent the 5 pilars of Islam and it is green because green is associated with paradise.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Fatima's Hand. Fatima was the prophet Muhammed's daughter. Her hand is a very popular symbol that is supposed to prevent bad things from happening to you.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mosque's have green roofs to represent paradise. Only Muslims are allowed inside Mosques in Morocco.</td></tr>
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Afterwards we headed towards Rabat, Morocco’s capital city.
There, we were assigned to our homestay families. We first met our homestay
brother named Fahed (I was calling him Fred for a while until I realized there
was no “r”). He was 25 and was fluent in English. He told us that he learned
English by watching American movies. This family <i>loved</i> American movies. They were very very modern. We had a movie
on while eating dinner even. The father was by far my favorite, he reminded me
of my grandpa. He was so cute and witty! He was also able to speak pretty good
English since he used to travel the world because he played for the national
Moroccan rugby team. He wore the traditional Muslim man dress, with his yellow little
house shoes. The mother was so very sweet. She spent significant time cooking
our meals, and each morning she delivered our breakfast to our room. Her
English wasn’t very good so we weren’t able to talk to her as much. Fahed also
had an 18 year old sister but we didn’t see her very much. They also had a
study abroad student staying with them named Jake from New York. He actually
had heard of South Windsor, CT before! Finally, the family had adopted a stray
cat from the streets named Lilou. She was very playful and clearly was boss of
the house. It was so nice to have a pet again even if it was only for a day or
two. Lilou even slept with me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Speaking of cats, if dogs are Barcelona then cats are
Morocco. There were cats everywhereeeeee. I even saw one lady throwing food to
cats like they were pigeons one day. It was a bit sad because they were all
strays but for the most part they all looked healthy and well fed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first night</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First night's delicious dinner. (Everyone eats their section from the plate in the middle)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lilou!!</td></tr>
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Here is a little tour of our house. The homes is Morocco are <i>so</i> different. They have an open area in the center throughout the whole house that is not covered by a roof.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is our house mom preparing our couscous</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The main level </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This acts as the dining room, and the bedroom for the parents. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking down from the top floor</td></tr>
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After enjoying our amazing
delivered breakfast, we headed out to meet up with the group. We got on the bus
and headed to Salé. This particular event was very eye opening for me. We
caught a glimpse of the shanty towns which were literally shacks made out of
trash on top of each other. I’ve honestly never seen anything like it before,
it was so sad. It sends a shiver down your back, and you really are able to
finally grasp how lucky we actually are, and how <i>rich</i> we are. These people don’t have plumbing, their electrical
wires were installed by themselves, and when it rains on their dirt floors, it
is literally a disaster. We went to this NGO called Hope for Salé which was
founded a couple years ago to provide an education for young people from the
Shanty towns. If these kids don’t get an education, they are literally
hopeless, they have nothing. Hope for Salé gives them an accelerated education
so that they can get their degree ASAP and sets them up with an internship
after they receive their degree. <o:p></o:p><br />
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We sat down
and had our delicious mint tea and held another discussion with some boys our age from Rabat. This
particular discussion was particularly interesting because they had such a
large spectrum of beliefs. On one side was a boy who was basically anti-Islamic
culture, he drinks, he smokes, he believes in gay marriage etc. On the other end
was a very conservative boy that followed the Islamic religion very closely. We
discussed very controversial subjects such as their hatred towards the Moroccan
king, gay marriage, drugs and alcohol, pre-marital sex, arranged marriages and
much more. It was very interesting, and at times our discussion turned into a
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we headed out to check out some Roman Ruins. To be honest, I wasn’t
particularly excited to see <i>more</i>
Roman Ruins because we literally see them every trip we go on. I was pleasantly
surprised when we arrived at Chellah. It was fascinating! On one side was a
Islamic mosque from 900 and on the other was a Roman graveyard from 900! At one
point flocks of school children came in to have lunch and play. It was so
incredible to watch these kids run around and play atop of 1,000 year old Roman
Ruins! There were also tons and tons of these gigantic storks nested ontop of
the ruins. They made these hilarious noises by clapping their beaks together.
There was also this tiny pond where an old lady sat all day. She fed the cats
also, so this pond was a prime hang out for all of the cats too. Legend has it
that if a woman is having trouble getting pregnant, she can come to this pond
and feed the eels that live in it and she will become fertile.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is an old Minaret. These are where the muathin calls the Muslims to prayer. They are expected to pray 5 times a day and now a days the call is projected throughout the city. We heard the call several times, it was very neat!</td></tr>
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was couscous day. Every Friday, the muslums eat couscous. Like Spain, lunch is
the largest meal of the day. The chuschus was delicious. It had various
vegetables such as pumpkin, onion and zucchini. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He was the cutest little man ever!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arabic Coca-Cola </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barça literally runs the world. There were Barça jerseys everywhere!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A street vendor tried to sell me a rug for my camel. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you ever go to Morocco you HAVE to try their pastries. <i>Fantastic!</i></td></tr>
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Our next
activity was the Hammam. All I can say is wow, it was increbile. A hammam is a
public bathhouse. Usually, it has 3 chambers that the people rotate through.
They are separated by gender. We were a group of 13 girls and 2 boys (one boy
being our director). So the girls and I went to one and the men went to
another. It was a bit awkward at first because we were only supposed to wear
our undies, but we got over it and did it! It was actually really cool. We got
a bucket and walked into this hot room filled with steam. We filled our buckets
with scalding hot water and then added a little cold water to make it bearable.
We then rinsed ourselves off using a dish to scoop the water in and then used
this olive oil-based soap. We then used a scrub thing to scrub off all of the
dead layers of skin. Some girls got a professional scrub for a couple dirham,
but I’m glad I didn’t because it looked kind of painful. After we rinsed off,
my skin had never been softer in my life!! Not to mentioned how relaxed we all
were. It was <i>such</i> an experience, and
so cool. I highly rrecommend going to a hammam if you ever get over to Morocco.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had a wonderful last super with the family. We said our
goodbyes that night because we had to be up very early the next day. The family
was so so sweet; I already miss them. They told us that we were now apart of
their family and invited us to come back and stay with them whenever we want. I
truly believe them when they say that.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was my favorite meal. It was <i>so</i> good. There were meat ball patties under the eggs and we used the bread to scoop with.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It is disrespectful to eat with your left hand.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our adorable family; I miss them already!</td></tr>
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