it still hasn't really sunk in that i'm here and that i've been here for over two months! there are only 5 1/2 weeks left before i go back home. i'm still not quite sure how i feel about that. i miss my family and friends (and most food back home), but i love barcelona and there's so much i'm going to miss when i go back.
anyways, this isn't the farewell blog cuz i'm still heeeerrrrreee! i guess this is the what-i've-been-up-to blog. well, aside from the hum-drum of school, i've just been living life. nothing too exciting. the highlight of the past month or so was halloween weekend. not because of the holiday, itself (i didn't dress up), but because anayo and nimo came to visit! i don't think they realize how
excited i was for them to come. i'd missed them (and black people in general) so much!i grew up in a predominately asian neighborhood, went to schools that were predominately asian (or PI), and currently go to a predominately white school. however, in all of those areas I either had my family or a group of friends to add a splash of black in my life. in barca, there is a good number of black people - at least more than i expected before coming here. most immigrated here from various countries in africa, like nigeria or senegal, others are french. nonetheless, i don't know any. so, with the exception of my new friend, kiah, i don't hang out with any black people. there are only 6, including myself, in my program of 200 or so (reminds me of high school).
the girls were here from wednesday night through monday morning. they ended up ditching their hostel and stayed in my homestay for most of the trip. we tried to do most of the touristy stuff. we went to la rambla, the harbor, placa espanya, parc guell, sagrada familia, parc de la cuitadella, and arc de triomf. we also explored the night life and hit up el gato negro, one of the infamous chupito bars; my favorite discoteca, otto zutz, and a couple of the clubs on the beach - shoko and opium. i'll let one of them blog about the details...
btw ladies, i only have two regrets. 1) that we never got sangria! unacceptable. i can't even describe how lame it is that you came to spain and never drank sangria. smh. 2) that we couldn't find a legit paella place. tell me why, as soon as you left, i found 2 restaurants that sell big paellas for two for 12 euros! on top of that, imma's making paella again this sunday.
i had so much fun and it was cool showing them around and revisiting places like parc guell which i hadn't gone to since i first got here. it also gave me a greater appreciation for the city and made me realize that though there's a lot that i know about barcelona, there's still a lot for me to discover. so, home, i miss you, but i'll be back soon enough. i only have a little time left in barcelona and who knows if and when i'll be able to come back. so, i've got to make the most of these last 5 1/2 weeks.
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