Visiting Camp Nou

One of the main things I've noticed over the last few days is how much Barcelonans care about their Futbol team - FC Barcelona. Spain itself has had a lot of success in the past year - winning the World Cup as a country and FC Barcelona itself taking the Champions League last year, but it's interesting that Barcelonans are Catalonian before they are Spanish. My guardian angel, David (Spanish student that leads a group of us CIEE students through the first week), said that he didn't care too much when Spain won the world cup. He lives and breathes FC Barcelona though. 

The museum and the stadium (Camp Nou) are adjoined. To give you an idea of how important soccer is to them, David said this is the most visited museum in Spain...over art museums and the like. The stadium is awesome since it's so big, and the bleachers spell out "Mes que un club" - more than a club. The museum was cool and high tech. The best part of the tour was actually getting to go down to the field since the museum and the stadium are connected. Here's a picture of me with David - you can see the stadium in the background...it holds almost a 100,000 people! I hope I can find a cheap ticket to go to a game before I leave.