Qui no s’arrisca no pisca

¡Hola a todos! I've officially finished week two of being a working woman in Barcelona. So exciting!! I'll tell you all about it in a second, but first I wanted to mention something that I forgot to put in my previous post!

One week down (más o menos)

So this whole week has really been go-go-go nonstop for me. At times, I feel like I've been running around like a mad woman trying to do all of these different things. My list is way too long for a two month span. It's funny actually because all summer I literally did NOTHING, except the obvious studying of course. But it's nice to have a change here and to be constantly busy doing new things!

Last Sunday night was the big game! Barça vs Real Madrid!!!

Gracia, your typical neighborhood

Today was another fun day of exploring, this time in a totally different barrio of the city. Barcelona has many different barrios similar to any other city. I live in Gracia, which is a more quaint, non-central, and non-turisty area. Before today, I hadn't really seen the real Gracia, but after getting to know my surroundings a bit better today I can say that I'm definitely glad I chose to live in Gracia because I love it.

Oh street signs, where art thou?

Greetings from España!! The last couple of days have been pretty eventful and uneventful at the same time. It didn't take me that long to adjust to the time zone, although I did sleep until 11 am this morning by accident. I've been walking around A LOT since I got here, and my feet hurt soooo bad but ni importa!

Everything has worked out great with my apartment, although actually arriving here was an interesting experience. We're in a good location about 4 blocks from the metro. I'm also within walking distance to where I have to go for work everyday so that is a major plus. I have 3 roommates, all of whom are studying here. Two of them are from Spain, and the other is from Japan. I haven't really spoken too much to the one from Japan because she mainly keeps to herself, but I have gotten to know the other two pretty well and they are super nice! One is from outside of Madrid and the other from Zaragoza. I enjoy having them around, and it's been great practice for my Spanish!

Yesterday was the first day that I actually went out exploring my surroundings. I live about 6 blocks away from La Sagrada Familia, which is a major tourist spot here.