Nice pics of where I am staying

Hello Everyone,

Well, I woke up around 10am today to clean up a little and get ready for my language exchange with someone but guess what?? When I went to wait for him at the cafe he never showed up. Either that, or he was there and we couldn't recognize each other because he never called. Oh well !

So I came back to my apartment and am just chillin'. I am gonna meet with a girl from Germany this afternoon to practice my German. Yeah !! She seems nice. Better than last night's exchange.

What happened was this guy wanted to practice his English and he'd help me wirh my Spanish. He offers to me to come over and watch a DVD with him. I tell him no, and that I'd meet him at Pizza Hut.

So I got there a little early because Pizza Hut is next to the temple La Sagrada Familia. I saw it light up at night. It is sooooooooo amazing. It's too bad I didn't bring my camera with me.

Anyways, when he calls me to tell me he is there he wants me to go to the other side of the street. This was because he has a girlfriend and her friends were around. He didn't want her friends to see him with me. What the HELL??? HE was the one that called me up and asked me to help him with English. So I told him that I would talk to him tonight, but we won't be meeting anymore. I did NOT come all the way out here to cause problems !!!

The good part about the evening was that I had some good pizza from Pizza Hut. I was sooooo hungry that I broke down and ate a whole small pizza and potatoes with a large drink. I polished it off like it was my job. I was barely listening to the guy. And we decided to call it quits early.

Tonight I am also supposed to meet with someone, but he cancelled out on me. Oh well. Monday will be here soon and maybe I can go see a chick flick with one of the girls in my class.

These pics that I took are of where I live right now. The mural was painted by the last roommate that was here. I also included pics of my new room and the view from the blacony. Gotta love this place. It it SOOO much better than where I stayed before.

Anyways, gotta go now

 

More updates

Hello Everyone,

I have been home all day today except for a few errands and I gotta say it feels kinda good.  This morning the construction across the street woke me up. One of the workers would just NOT stop banging his hammer. After I woke up I finally bought some food. I was so hungry. I've put off shopping for what feels like the longest time. I also paid a nice little visit to the Austrian Consulate, which is actually across the street from where I live right now.

I thought that because my mother was born and raised in Austria, (I also have a grandmother, aunts and cousins there that have lived their all their lives) that I would have a better chance of getting an EU passport faster without having to give up my US citizenship. HAHAHAHAHA!!! In reality, I have no chance. For me to become an Austrian citizen I think that I would have to live there for 10 years among a loooong list of other requirements. Plus, I think that I would have to give up my US citizenship.(Not gonna happen in a million years) I dunno why I even thought I had a chance. Well, at least I tried and the lady that explained all this to me was nice.

A couple of days ago I went with one of my classmates in my Spanish class (from Germany) to see a film on Montjuic. I got to practice my German with him, which was cool. Seeing a film on Montjuic is soooo pretty. We took a bus from Placa Espanya to Montjuic where we then walked up to the castle. There was a jazzband playing some awesome music until the film started. We watched the film outside on the grass, surrounded by the castle. And it only costed 2 Euros !!!! It was so beautiful. We saw the film Dancer in the Dark (2000) with Bjork, the singer. The film was very sad and depressing, but very beautifully done. Bjork has an amazing voice.

Yesterday was also a good day. My old student and new friend, Sara drove me to the beach. Most beaches here in Barcelona are crowded, but this one was not very crowed at all. I was in heaven !!!! We swam in the ocean and talked in English and Spanish. I also took some pictures with my disposable camera.

I also met with my new friend, Frank from the Canary Islands for the second time. He is sooooooo hilarious and makes me laugh !! He also loves Friends and knows the works to a lot of classic songs. We sang California Dreamin' and Hotel California. I was thrilled that he knows the words ! We had some sangria and walked to Port Vell and chilled out till like 1am. He also taught me all the slang and cuss words which comes into play later, I promise. In exchange, I teach him all the ghetto vocab.

After chilling out with Frank, I walked home. While I was waiting for the light to turn greet this old, dirty, perverted man tries to talk to me and I am just not having it. I wouldn't even shake his hand. So this man decides to be rude and cuss me out under his breath. I swear this old bag used all the nasty/cuss words that Frank just got done teaching me. So therefore, I understood everything ! I was so proud of myself !! Instead of yelling at the man, I just stood there and laughed until the light turned green and I could run away. After all, I had JUST learned these words and got to hear them used in action ALL at once. How strange. Don't get me wrong, I hate it when people insult me, but I was just happy to finally understand what these words mean.

Today, I have been online ALL day. At least I am getting out of the house tommorow. Thats all I gotta say about that.............

Barcelona -- Love and Hate Relationship

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This entry is gonna be brief today. I swear this trip is such a rollercoaster for me. I'll be feeling so wonderful for a few hours and then I'll feel like I've hit rock bottom for the next.I really don't have "good" or "bad" days. I have good and bad hours. So wierd. No wonder I am tired all the time. This morning I've been floating in a little "happy balloon". Then this afternoon it got popped.

Please don't get me wrong. I LOOOOVE Barcelona. I can't even describe the feeling. However sometimes you just can't have everything.

Anyways, I'll write more later.

Good ole' College Days......................

My coolest friend Nesto sent me this picture taken about 3 years ago..............

This was around Christmas time while we were still living in the dorms. All I really remember about that time is that I was having a rough year. I was taking a full load of hard classes and working 2 jobs as well as having other personal problems. I didn't think that I was gonna make it.

And Nesto was next door from me and was always smiling and saying hello. He also used to invite me over to watch the latest popular TV shows. He was just always happy and that rubbed off on me somehow.

I also didn't realize how fat I looked in this picture. Damn !!! The camera added a little more than 10 lbs if ya know what I mean ;)

So, I hope y'all have had friends like Nesto...............................

San Sebastian and a little bit of France

Hello Everyone,

I was supposed to write about this trip last week, but I have been way to lazy because a lot happened here. But as you can see, San Sebastian is SOOOOOO beautiful.

Unfortunately, the bus ride to get there from Barcelona was eight hours. LONG trip. The bus driver stopped once three hours into the trip to let us use the bathroom and get something to eat. The bus also stopped in Pamplona for a few minutes, where there is Running of the Bulls every year in July.

On the way back, I spoke to the guy next to me. We spoke in English so he could practice his English. He also spoke a little German so we practiced a little. We had interesting conversations about the US, our government and our CA government. I got to describle the abysmal condition CA is in right now. He also described the structure of the Spanish government to me. Overall, it was educational for me.

There was also this old guy sitting behind me that I'll just call Hannibal Lector. Every time I saw him he was looking at me. WTF???? Creepy. I was glad when the trip was over. Ew, Ew, Eeeeew !!!!

Anyways, I gotta go but I'll be writing more about this trip later.