Hello, hello, everyone. I'm back in Barcelona after a lovely trip to London. I was there from Thursday until Monday morning. Let me tell you a little bit about the place ( Read more... )

I'm going to the Coldplay concert in February!!!

Closer to present, I'm going to London on Thursday!!!

"Merci" (thank you): one the "many" things I learned to say during my stay in Paris. My favorite: "la toillette, si vous plait" (the toilet, please). I'm probably butchering the spelling, but hey, I'm trying. What else: "un, deux"... yeah, that's about as far as I can count in French. I carried on a conversation, if you can call it that: "Sa va ( Read more... )

This past week I visited Gaudi's Casa Batllo. It's a house that he built for the Batllo family 100 years ago. It was absolutely amazing. The whole house is designed to resemble an underwater fantasy. The outside is made up of tiny tiles of multiple colors that reflect the light and look like fish scales. The windows are also made with ( Read more... )

Aww, it's halloween, and I don't have a costume, any candy, OR any liquor :(. I disappoint myself. I wish I was in Austin, on sixth, so I could soak (or drink) up the festivities. Everyone have fun and be safe! I'm debating whether or not to go out tonight... we don't have class tomorrow (we didn't have it today, either) cus it's All Saints Day ( Read more... )

So I was checking people's away messages just now on AIM... and one of my friends (who I haven't seen in forever) is having a show in Temple. And not that I miss Temple, per say, but I miss being home. I miss Austin. I miss my friends. Granted, Carol is great to have around... but I need my others. My parents, my sister, Sarah, Jen, Christie ( Read more... )

It was a solemn day today... a national holiday in Spain for the Virgen de Pilar. I don't know anything about it, just that I didn't have class today. I had planned to be productive, but in an almost well-planned solemn fashion, it rained. So, I didn't get too much accomplished ( Read more... )

YESSS!! We won, we won, we won!! One of the guys in the program found a random, hole in the wall bar that broadcast the game for us! I saw it up until 26-3 (I think) and then the satellite station switched the game to Minn. vs Miss. So I didn't get to see the rest of the blowout. But I was happy enough seeing it up until half-time I suppose. I ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went to the Picasso Museum. It was pretty interesting to see work from when he was in his teens, living in Malaga, Madrid, and Barcelona. It's crazy to think that we both sat on the same beach. It was also nice to see the progression of his work throughout his years... being influenced by various cities and surroundings, people, ( Read more... )

Wow, I had the weirdest dream last night. And it was one of those ongoing dreams - like I'd wake up from it, fall back asleep, and then it'd pick up right where it left off ( Read more... )