I haven't written anything in a while because I have been super busy.   I guess that is a good and bad thing...

I am having so much fun here it is unreal.  I can't believe I have been living here for over a month.  Crazy.
The first weekend of February, I went to Barcelona with some friends.  It was absoultely amazing.  It amazed me how much people spoke English and how tourist-y it was too.




Barcelona!!

biggest marketplace in the world!  

Can't go to Barcelona (or Spain in general) without some delishh Paella

outside the Sagrada Familia with friends in Barcelona!  so beautiful!

At the "Ovella Negra" (Black Sheep) bar in Barcelona with some Delta Sigma Pi friends I met up with!

This past weekend we went to "Art after Dark," which is basically the Guggenheim art museum turned into this huge discoteca at night with dancing, drinking, etc.  Really cool!  Met some Spanish people and had a good time overall...

We also went for a trip to the south of France the same day as "Art After Dark," and we got French cheese and crepes...pretty solid.

My host mom has been pretty weird.  I am only allowed to shower between 8am and 11pm, which is frustrating because I have to leave for class at 8am so I have to shower at night most days....but I am trying to respect her wishes.  eh.

For valentines day we ate apples and little cookies....it is not as big here, but people still celebrate it.  Not as commercialized, but definitely similar to the U.S. on a smaller scale.

I am almost done planning my spring break...I am going to Paris for a week with Mom, Tom, Maureen and Luke and then I will fly to Prague to meet up with friends.  From there we will go to Amsterdam and Brussels, then finally back to Bilbao!  It should be a blast...so excited!!!

I got a tandem partner named Nerea.  She is legitttt Basque, and really cool.   It is awesome to practice talking with her and learning about her life.