it's march already?

Although I can't believe that it is already March and that the first month and a half of my stay here has come and gone, I know that the next two months are about to go by even faster. Starting last weekend I have a trip just about every other week - - first stop, Barcelona.

We started our trip to Barcelona with a five hour bus ride which was one of my favorite parts. This doesn't say anything negative about Barcelona, just that I love driving, especially through the Spanish countryside. Once we got to Barcelona we had dinner at FresCo, a restaurant with the most amazing and extensive salad bar ever (especially compared to the ice berg lettuce and oddly squishy tomatoes in the dorm cafeteria.) That night we went out to a bar called Chupitos aka "Shots." My favorites were the Harry Potter shot which had sparklers coming out of it, the Boyscout shot where you roast a marshmellow on the bar and dip it in your drink, and the Finding Nemo shot where you find Nemo in whip cream before taking the shot.

The next day we went to the Picasso museum (it was in a series of old apartments and we learned that "as a child he painted like an adult and as an adult like a child") and walked around the streets crowded with people and colored with street performers and artists. The most impressive aspect of Barecelona, however, were the works of Gaudi. He was an artist/architect who's whimsical creations look like they're straight out of Candyland or Whoville. His most impressive designs were the Sagrada Familia (not your typical cathedral) and a park that could have come straight out of a little kid's imagination.