Classes
My first classes started today. I had spanish in the morning, which is pretty much like the other spanish classes I have taken, except there are only 10 people in it. I have another class tonight from 8 to 9.15, which seems late to me, but I guess it is pretty normal for them. Although I will be late for dinner on monday nights because of it. My family eats between 9 and 9.30 every night. And you absolutely cannot find food here for lunch before 1pm. It is kind of weird, and I feel like I am hungry all the time, but I suppose I will get used to it after a while.
I also get very tired here. Some of it I am sure is jet lag, but I think it is because I am walking so much more. Plus there are so many new things to take in that every day feels like two days combined, I feel like the things that I did this morning I actually did two days ago. I guess I should be glad, I´m sure by the end of the trip my days will be going way to quickly.
In Barcelona people celebrate christmas until january 6th, which is supposedly the day that the three kings arrived in bethlehem to give jesus his gifts. So most kids only get a few presents from santa, but get most of their presents from the three kings on the morning of the 7th. We went to see the parade throught the center of the city, which was very cool. There are huge lit up floats, one that blew glitter into the sky every couple of minutes. There were also giant dragonflies and a huge shooting star made out of lights. Because of the holiday, all of the stores have huge sales this week (like our week after christmas sales) but they are even better, with most clothing marked down by 50%. I went shopping today with some of my friends and bought a light jacket (the coat I brought is waaaay to warm for here).
My friends and I are begining to plan our first weekend trip out of spain. We are thinking the weekend after this coming one, but we aren´t sure where to go yet. Airfare isn´t too bad as long as you find the cheap companies, and we plan on learning to travel without spending much money.
Kelsey