¿Porque?

hmm... so i was told before i came that a lot of the rest of the world hates america/ameriacans. that may be true...but most everyone we have come across seems to be fascinated by the fact we are from the states and ask us a lot of questions about celebrities and different things about the country and its culture. only one time..i was talking to this guy outside of school...and after i told him where i was from he asked me "is it true that all americans are more stupid than the rest of the world?" he ACTUALLY asked me that. i just looked at him like "uh.. are you serious?" he didnt see anything wrong with asking..he just wanted to know. haha...some people.

so we went out the other night to this bar that was pretty cool... it was like fairy tale themed... and i know that sounds strange...but it was really nice and pretty cool...here are some pictures.






the sweden girls! Lisa, Mel and Matilda





the roomates!! Mel (waffle), Me (brewkay), Matilda (macaroni) and Em (kuney-kune)


em, roquel, me





we went to this other bar that specialized in having "themed" shots...like over 200 different kinds....some kinds that you light on fire...some kinds that you suck out some kind of gas...we tried one that was called a "harry potter" and it was this shot of something...with an orange slice on top that had cinnamon and sugar on it...and then they lit it on fire while tossing in cinnamon causing it to go ¨whoosh...whoosh¨and get really big.. it was fun.. and then we did one called ¨the marshmellow....where they give you marshmellows on a toothpick... and light this shot on fire and then you roast your marshmellow until its roasted...then dip it in the shot and then take the shot... they were all pretty cool. here is a pic of the harry potter shot.



Friday night was mel´s last night in town....so got a group of people together (girls from brazil, turkey, sweden and then us)and went out for sushi. It was really good for us because one of the girls didnt speak any english...so we had to all communicate in spanish... it was difficult...but really cool to see how far ive come in two weeks. after sushi we all came back to our apartment for a little while to pregame a little and relax before we did the "late night" going out. Lisa was playing music and i asked if she had any justin timberlake... and she put it on and i told her how when im at home... its a known fact if i have people over... there will be some justin playing over and over... and its like a justin timberlake party. and she goes "okay. thats it! im getting a facebook (we had been telling her she needed to get on to keep in touch with us) and im coming to the USA to come to a justin timberlake partÿ!!¨she was so serious about it...it was great. To help me study... i made some flashcards of spanish phrases and verb conjucations and random vocab words...Well... somehow this stack of cards was found and everyone thought it would be funny to go around all night with a spanish phrase as a nametag..and apparently had some sort of nametag photoshoot frenzy. one girl was passed out on the couch with a blanket on top of her and we put the ¨¿Porque?¨card on her... im sure its one of those "you had to be there" moments...but it was really funny... when we get pictures back from that night i will have to post them (or maybe not..)
anyway...it was another late night of going out that night too...after the photoshoot we went out to "pacha" some club... and stayed out really late. too late for me... im only 23 and i feel like im too old to be staying out so late...yikes.

Mel moved out saturday morning...then the cleaners came to set up for a new girl to come.... the cleaner told us that we were in the wrong room...and should have been in a bigger room...so we happily moved to Mel´s old room. muuuuch better :) Me, Emily, Matilda and Lisa spent all day at the Port Olimpica Beach...it was really nice


when we got back from the beach, our new roomate was moving in! her name is claudia and she is from Austria! no pictures yet... but im sure we will have some to come! she seems really nice so im sure it will be great!

oh yes! Emily got switched the morning classes...so thats really great that we will be able to go site-seeing or go to the beach together after class everyday!

in other exciting news....im going to FRANCE this weekend to visit my friend Ellen! im flying into paris on friday and staying through sunday. Ellen is a friend of mine from school in nashville...and she is spending the semester in Frace for a study abroad program...and when she returns..shes gonna be my new roomate!! Anyway, i didnt think i was going to be able to see her until december, so putting this weekend trip together was very exciting for the both us!

today, we spent all afternoon on this tourbus that has 44 different stops all over barcelona, and you can get on and off as much as you want all day....it stopped at all the main tourist sights and landmarks and had an audio guide in whatever language you chose to go along with it... it was pretty interesting! here is one of our favorite stops...Gaudi´s La Sagrada Familia. it was stunningly beautiful. here is a pic


tuesday is a holiday here in barcelona... not sure for what (i should look that up) -- but we are off of school...so emily and i are gonna spend the day hiking up Mt. Tibidabo. we are pretty excited about that :)

again...im running out of time at the internet cafe so ive got to go for now... just know we are having so much fun and learning so much and LOVING it! and we love you too!