Mi segunda Semana en Barcelona!!!

Well Better late then never right!!!

During my second week in Spain a lot happened! I was finally settled in my new home for the remainder of my stay in Barcelona! The homesick was still not going away. I literally emailed the advisor of the program and asked him what it would cost me to drop out. With the encouragement of my family and boyfriend I was told I was not a quit er and things would get better, I just needed to have patience. I was experiencing true culture shock and I had no idea how to deal with, because I felt like I had no business being in the city of Barcelona! I couldn't complete the grammar class, couldn't speak Spanish to the level of these Spaniards, and was completely lost in all my classes!!!Well as the days went on I opened up to a great friend named Andrea who truly has blessed me on this trip! She made me see the endless possibilities I would be missing out on if I where to go home! She dragged my BUTT out of my house and made me go sightseeing and see everything the city truly had to offer me! But I was wrong it has alot more to offer me then I could ever imagine! Its a city of endless adventure, culture, and new experiences!!

We toured around Las Ramblas, Sagrada Familia, shopped on Pacia De Gracia, Went out to a tapas bar for her 21st birthday, and experienced the CRAZY European night life. Yes I said CRAZY!!! Don't even bother showing up to clubs until 1:30 or 2 am because you will be on the dance floor alone. The party gets poopin at about 2 and ends at 6 just in time for breakfast! Personally its a little much for me! Usually Anthony is taking me home at 2 because I'm ready for bed!!!

Well back to my life at home at my host moms house. The second week I got a stye in my eye for you who don't know what that is, its a pimple in the eye!! ( gross I know) Well my host mom so kindly asked me I would like for her to take me to a palm reader where she could take my hand and transfer her positive energy into my body which would cure my eye! My heart hit the floor because I literally thought i was living with a witch crafter! Then she told me she practiced this in her house, which made my heart skip a couple beats!! I kindly told her I didn't believe in that, and that it was against my religion!!! Also Ive been lectured alot like I was some 5 year old! It was so hard to listen but I sucked it up and realized its her personality. When I tried to get a word in she wouldn't let me speak, she would cut me off so fast, and keep talking. OHHH SPANISH WOMAN! enough complaining! Shes not that bad, just some MAJOR adjusting will have to take place. This concluded my 2nd week in Barca! I packed my bags and headed off to Andalucia where I visited Visiting Granada, Seville, and Cordoba!!!

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My arrival in the city that NEVER SLEEPS!!!!!!!!!!

Well I must admit I am beginning this blog kind of late.. but Ill make sure to give a play by play of my first month in Barcelona... aka the city that NEVER SLEEPS!!!

Week 1

Well I literally finished packing my suitcase about an hour and a half before Anthony had to take me to the air port. I had been lagging all week because I knew once I began packing it would actually become real that I was leaving. Well I have to go back a couple of days. My AMAZING and yes I said AMAZING friend Jen came over and whipped my butt into shape. She got me organized and if it weren't for her I probably would be begging Anthony to ship me all the stuff I left at home!!! After Jen made a list of all the clothes I needed for example: 1 sweater 2 pants etc.... I went and tripled every thing on her list. Why??? well because I'm the girl who ALWAYS OVER PACKS!!! I'm the freak at the airport desperately trying to take stuff out of my luggage to make the 50lb limit!!! Sure enough THAT HAPPENED AGAIN!! I should have listened!!! Well... after that A.D.D moment Ill go back to the what this blog is really about. Well Anthony and Chanel took me to the airport at 4 am so I could get on my 7am flight to JFK!!! As we got there this experience was becoming more and more real and I could not stop crying!! You would have thought some one died the way I was crying!!!! We checked my luggage and then Anthony and Chanel walked me to security!!! oohhh wow was that hard or what, knowing I'd have to go four months with out seeing my beautiful best friend and 2 and 1/2 before I got to see my amazing boyfriend!! The lady behind me in the security line seriously wanted to smack me because I would not shut up, and I kept hitting her (on accident) with my suitcase to see if Chanel and Anthony where still down stairs!!! Well let me just say 17 hours of traveling and being sick is not the BEST COMBINATION!!!

Well we got to Spain and our BCA group met our program director!!! We took a bus to Hotel Bonanova Park!!! We stayed here for the first week, as we got adjusted to the city and learned our way around. We had orientation and we began our pre semester course!!! The first week was so hard I literally was ready to jump on the next flight out to LAX because I was SOOO HOMESICK!!! I tried to keep it to myself because I felt like no one else felt homesick. I made friends easily because everyone in the program is great!!! The first week a couple of use decided it would be a great idea to walk to school!! Well after 2 hours of walking and 10 minutes to spare before class we realized we should probably take the metro for what was left. I must say it was hilarious when I look back.. but not at the moment because my blisters where killing me!! Well I didn't do too much sightseeing the first week because I was so jet lagged. Every break I got I wanted to Sleep. I was waking up at 4 am because I was wide awake and could no sleep!! Our hotel was located so close to Avda Diagonal which IS AMAZING!!!! On Thursday we got to find out who our host family was. I would be staying with Eva Del Campo and she lived off Avda Roma, like a 3o minute walk to school ( with how slow I walk). Well On Friday we all anxiously waited as we got picked up one by one. I was one of the first ones to get picked up and my host mom seemed amazing!! She was sooo nice and I was so excited to finally get settled!! Well that illusion lasted about 2 days. Let me just say if she is not watching TV she is Nagging about something!! Trust me she will find something to complain about even if there is nothing. Well that really concluded my first week in Barcelona!! Stay tuned..