Last weekend Meera, Michelle, Kirstie, Kaylin, and Grace all came to visit. They arrived in Placa Catalunya around 1:30 am and we headed back to the apartment. Everyone was tired from traveling and we missed the free entry into the clubs so we decided to lay low and go to bed early.
We woke up around 11 am, and headed back over to Placa Catalunya. We were walking around the streets of the gothic quarter doing some random shopping and looking for a place to eat. Finally, we found a restuarnt that looked good. It included four courses and a drink for 10 euros.
First they brought out bread and some kind of delicious oily dipping sauce . Then they brought out the soup of the day which was kind of a really plain potato soup. After that i got hummus. The hummus was really good! The next course consisted of garlic chicken and potatoes. And fianlly you got to pick a desert and I got spain's version of apple pie (it was nothing like American apple pie but still delicious). After the meal we were stuffed! But we had barely done any shopping so we continued on our journey.
We got back to the apartment at around 8pm. Everyone showered and got ready for the evening. We headed to la Bolsa which is a stock market themed jobs. The prices of drinks go up and down with supply and demand. The drinks get more expensive when everyone orders the same one and less expensive when no one is ordering it. The concept is really cool and exciting, however, it really wasn't that exciting when we were actually there. After the bar we were going to Razzmatazz which is a very famous spanish club with five different floors. Each floor has different types of music. We got there around 130 am and paid 15 euros to get it. Each club is free on a different night of the week (for Razzmatazz its usually wednesdays but the girls from Rome really wanted to go). No one was at the club yet because it was too early. We walked around and kind of danced for a while. Around 3 am people were just starting to come. Around 330 am we decided to leave because we were tired, the club still wasn't full, and we really didn't like the music very much. However there were tons of locals which was a really cool mix up from the other american packed clubs we have been to thusfar.
On Saturday we started the day at La Rosa Negra which is our favorite mexican resturant with wonderful guacamole! We then took the Roma girls to Parc Guell which I'm pretty sure I talked all about in a older post so I wont elaborate. After the park we decided to go to the mall. All the rome girls did a TON of shopping. Apparently Barcelona is much cheaper than rome because each one went back with a few pairs of boots, some tops, leather jackets and various other items. I bought a leather jacket and a dress (for 5 euros!). I'm pretty proud of myself for not spluring on clothes because those are really the first things I bought. I might have more of a problem in the summer because I love summer clothes.
After shopping we headed back to the apartment to again to rest and get ready for the evening. I made everyone fried rice (we're all broke and fried rice is super cheap to make). We headed to a bar called "chupitos" which translates to shots. They have over 350 shots to chose from. They have the "Harry Potter" that is lit on fire and sparks like a wand, they have "the boy scout" which is where they give you a marshmallow to roast on the fire, then you stick it in your shot then drink it, they have finding nemo where they put whip cream on top of a shot, and a little gummy fish in the whip cream, you have to find nemo in the whip cream, show and show the bartender the fish before you're allowed to take the shot.. and obviously many more.
After the bar we went to our apartment, but the girls had to pack up there stuff because they had a 630 am flight back to Rome on sunday morning. Around 330 we left the apartment and took them back to Placa Catalunya so they could catch the night bus to the airport. We departed around 445. Because the metro doesn't run as frequently in the middle of the night on saturdays we didn't get home till 530 am so we crashed, and slept until about 2 on sunday afternoon.
The rest of the week was very boring and busy. I had an exam in Cultures Without the State (which proved to be easier than i thought but unfortunately I only studied the harder material so we'll see how that goes) on wednesday and a presentation about Andy Warhol today. Finally those are over and I can relax!
Our apartment is falling apart. The internet does not work, and we have to try to feed off of other people's unsecured networks (this is proving to be very difficult because there internet doesn't work either). on monday i decided to do my laundry. When i finished the wash i opened the washer but it was still completely full of water, so all the water came rushing out and went down the balcony. (since i'm on the six floor it soaked everyone's clothes on the way down. I had to attempt to let out the rest of the water into a bucket, and then I had to ring out my clothes one by one and hang them on my drying rack... fun times.
Oh! I have a Skype interview on Monday with a prospective internship for the summer! Wish me luck, I've never did a virtual interview before... this should be interesting.
And finally my parents are arriving in Barcelona tomorrow morning! I am very excited to see them (and i especially can't wait for the free/delicous meals that come along with =] ) Thats all for now!
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