¡Hola amigos!

Hello from Barcelona! How is everyone? I´ve been so busy over here that I completely forgot to check the blog, but it is so good to see what everyone is up to. By the way, Bleedin Love is just as popular in Spain as it is in the States. That, and ¨Beautiful Girls¨ by Sean Kingston. I heard it five times in the first 48 hours here. Interesting music choices.

I met up with Matt and Tyler when I got here, which was great because they´d already figured out the layout of the city. I got to follow them around rather than trying to navigate on my own with my huge map out, definitely reduced the distinct tourist appearance. It was really fun to see them here, despite the fact that we ended up not going to Club Catwalk. Bummer.

Anyway, Barcelona is gorgeous! Everyone should try to come here sometime. Unfortunately, it´s rained almost every day I´ve been here. Apparently that´s very strange... it´s normally 80 degrees and sunny all summer here. Go figure. It´s a funny place too. It´s part of the Republic of Catalonia, so most of the signs are in Catalan rather than Spanish. And everything is late here, so you eat at 9 or 10, go out at midnight to a bar, end up at a club at 3, and get home around 6. I have 9 AM classes, so I haven´t been taking full advantage of the clubbing scene (as you all can probably imagine) but it´s still been a really interesting experience when I have gone out.

Not much else here. Betsy Allen (for those of you who know her) arrived Sunday, so it´s been fun having her here to explore the city with. I´m taking classes every day, although my Spanish isn´t improving quite as much as I would like. Still, the 7-year-old at my homestay is working hard to ensure that it does get better. She laughs at me a lot.

I feel that this is going to be a long post when I actually put it up, so sorry. A few things I learned in class today, for your amusement:
1. Soul mate in Spanish = ¨media naranja¨- literally translated, your half orange. How cute.
2. Dogs pant because they can´t sweat, thus they release heat by basically sweating out of their nose or mouth. Gross, but interesting.
3. Thoughts to ponder. Did Adam (of Adam and Eve fame) have a belly button? If so, who was his mother?

Okay that´s it for now. Miss you all! Have fantastic summers!

Kelsey