A few more things...

So of course I forgot a few things since I tried to recap two weeks in one post. 

Here are just a few more things I'll recap:

- Nightlife

- Barca soccer game

- Santa Maria del Mar

Nightlife:

As I mentioned in my post before, the nightlife here is truly amazing. Our first night out was for the welcome dinner for exchange students held by the committee for international students. It was amazing! It was at a very cool Asian-themed club right on the beach and there was an open bar of wine, beer, and cava (Barcelona champagne) til midnight. Later, per my Jersey girl style, I got up on a platform and started dancing with all of my friends here

Another night we went to a bar called chupitos (which means shots!) and the entire wall is covered with names of shots. The shots are very cool! They had a Harry Potter one where they light the alcohol on fire and throw cinnamon on it which makes it spark and look like magic. Also there was one called a boy scout in which they again lit the shot on fire and then gave you a marshmallow to roast over the fire – then you dip the marshmallow in the shot, eat it, and down the shot! Very, very cool bar.

We go to many fun places here in Barcelona so I can't write about every single one of them, but I will be sure to let you know about the particularly special or cool ones we go to.

Barca Soccer Game:

Last Wednesday we went to the Barca soccer game. It was a cool experience riding the metro with everyone else in the city to watch the game. The seats were awesome and we won 5-1 against Almeria. Although I have no idea who they are, it was still fun to watch us beat them! Traditionally I'm an American football fan over traditional football, but after the worldcup and seeing Barca play, I'm starting to get into the whole soccer thing.

Here's the stadium doing the wave - I guess the wave translates in any country! :

Santa Maria del Mar:

On Sunday, Amy, Prachi (girls from my program) and I went to church at Santa Maria del Mar which is just a few blocks from my apartment. We met up around 11 (mind you after going to bed at 6am from the night before) and had a very European breakfast at a cafe and then headed to mass. It was amazing to go to church in such a beautiful building! I really should learn my prayers in Spanish though because it's a little hard to keep up without any literature to read from. I'm definitely looking forward to going there and the Cathedral for mass in the future.

Well I must start packing for Sevilla and Granada. It should be interesting trying to fit a week's worth of clothes in a backpack. It also will be interesting wake up at 5am to catch the bus to the aiport :( Again... I guess I can't complain too much ;)