SO I’m trying to take my mom’s advice. I shouldn’t be sad I’m leaving… I should be happy that I’ve had such a wonderful time here. She’s totally and completely right. So now, when I get sad, I look up ways that I can come back/get a job abroad. My time here has really shown me what makes me happy in life… travelling. And there are so many opportunities that involve travel. I just can’t wait to graduate so I can take advantage of them.
Now how have I been spending my time?
I left you on Wednesday, right? Well like I said, after Marty left, I was a bit down. So Wednesday was pretty uneventful. I went to class from 10-11, which just so happened to be my last medieval history lecture… probably one of my favorite classes in all of college. Definitely the best professor I’ve ever had. I learned so much AND it was actually interesting. Not to mention I made a really great friend in the class- Sam, one of my few British friends. He ALWAYS filled me in when I didn’t do the reading. I REALLY hope I keep in touch with him.
Afterwards I went on a hike with Cathrin… but it started raining halfway through so we had to turn around… boo. And I stayed in that night to save money and do HW.
Thursday wasn’t exciting either. I had class from 12-1 and 4-5 then I went to the library, got some books, and went into town to Starbucks to read. After about an hour, I headed home and packed for BARCELONA… WOOT WOOT :)
I spent pretty much all day Friday travelling. I woke up, went to the library to print off my travel stuff and started my long day of transportation. Now get this. The first bus I took was at 10:10 AM. I took a bus from campus to town, a bus from town to London, a bus from London to the Airport, a flight from London to Barcelona, another bus from the airport in Barcelona to the city, then took two subway rides to get to our hostel. Arrival time at the hostel: 10PM. We lost an hour, but that’s still an 11 hour travel day!!! Whew.
But once we got there, it was wonderful. We went out for Mexican food that night and then went out into town. Stephanie saw an advertisement for an ice bar (a bar COMPLETELY made of ice), so we went there. That entire area was SOOOOOO cool. Tons of clubs right along the beach… it was so pretty! The ice bar was fun but we could only stay there about 20 minutes cause it was so damn cold. So we headed to a few more nightclubs, spent a great deal of money, then headed back to our hostel around 3AM. Fun night :)
Saturday, we woke up and went on a really fun bike tour around Barcelona. I’m a firm believe that the best way to see a city, is by bike. You can stop so easily and it’s the perfect pace to see the basic architecture of the town. We first went around the area by the cathedral, then we went to a bull-fighting area, then another BEAUTIFUL cathedral, then to the beach area. We stopped there and had a delicious lunch at a restaurant with outdoor seating. Then we made our way back to the main part of town. The tour itself lasted about 4 hours and was only 20 euros. I’m so glad we did it!
After the tour, we just wandered around town for a few hours. We shopped, strolled through their big outdoor market, and grabbed some ice cream. Then we went back to the hostel to rest and shower for the evening.
That night we went out to dinner to this place called the travel bar. Karina and Laura had gone to Barca a few weeks beforehand and recommended it to us. They have one euro meals.. woohoo! So we ate and drank some sangria then went on a bar crawl with them. It was a good, cheap night. The bars they took us to were pretty dumpy, but we meet some nice aussies. I love Barcelona.
Sunday, we woke up kind of late, so we only had time to go back and see the insides of the main cathedral. Afterwards we made our long trek BACK to Canterbury. Another 11 hour day. We didn’t get home until 10:30, and when we did, I watched some tv and passed out.
I woke up Monday, and did HW all day long. I wrote my boring Jesuits paper then headed to Amy’s for Stephanie’s good bye dinner. It was really sad for me to see her leave. She’s the person that I’ve travelled EVERYWHERE with. It was like the first major goodbye… But the dinner was really fun and we all pigged out on some great food. We all stayed until 12ish then said our goodbyes and went home. :(
Tuesday, I went to class from 11-1 and 3-5, doing hw in between. Then I went into town, ran some errands, and went back to Amy’s for their Christmas party. Everyone was being lame and didn’t feel like drinking so we just sat around and talked for a few hours. Even though nothing exciting happened, we all had a great time :) I love these people!
Wednesday, I slacked off pretty much ALL DAY. I lounged around, watching TV. Then at night, we all walked to this GREAT pub for dinner. It was the cutest place ever… exactly what you’d think of when you think of an English pub. I’m sure going to miss places like that… We ate, went home, and got ready to go out. Then we went out to the venue for drinking and dancing. Best part- I managed to spend less than 5 pounds all night!!! WOOHOO!
Today, I had class from 12-1 and 4-5, then I met with some girls in my Spanish class to get ready for our exam. Came home, ate dinner, did hw, now I’m writing this blog. This weekend should be really good- after all… it’s my last official one in Canterbury :(
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