Hey all! Sorry for the sparse blog updates as of late. I plan to make some posts this week that fill you in on some of the highlights of March so far.
As many of you know, my Mom got here on Thursday and we've had a great time showing her around the city. I must admit, the Georgian-Californian-that-hasn't-been-to-Europe-before has done surprisingly well adapting to la vida española. The first day, we met her and Margaret and Sigrid at their hotel and walked them around a main street called Passeig de Gracia. It was nice to see her after over 2 months here and have a slice of home over in Barcelona. We were excited to impress her with our improved Spanish skills by saving her in situations of ordering food, asking how much things cost, etc...but she never really needed our help! She wasn't hesitant at all to walk right up to a Spaniard and test their English skills. We taught her how to ask for the bill - "la cuenta, por favor señor" - and she got it on the first try.
Unfortunately, the weather is the worst since we've been here - constantly rainy and cold. For that reason, we've decided to eat our way through Barcelona. We've gone out to get Spanish tapas, Basque tapas, chocolate covered waffles, chocolate in general...we even decided to keep within the theme by visiting the museum of chocolate! Since it's pretty hard to see the sights with it constantly raining, we took consolation in seeing them all in their chocolate sculpture form.
We've had fun showing her around our daily life here - taking the metro to our school, showing her the apartment building, taking her to our favorite cafe for a cafe con leche - and we've gotten used to having her around. It's going to be hard to say goodbye on Tuesday. Hopefully these pictures give you an idea of what we've been up to in the last few days!
As many of you know, my Mom got here on Thursday and we've had a great time showing her around the city. I must admit, the Georgian-Californian-that-hasn't-been-to-Europe-before has done surprisingly well adapting to la vida española. The first day, we met her and Margaret and Sigrid at their hotel and walked them around a main street called Passeig de Gracia. It was nice to see her after over 2 months here and have a slice of home over in Barcelona. We were excited to impress her with our improved Spanish skills by saving her in situations of ordering food, asking how much things cost, etc...but she never really needed our help! She wasn't hesitant at all to walk right up to a Spaniard and test their English skills. We taught her how to ask for the bill - "la cuenta, por favor señor" - and she got it on the first try.
Unfortunately, the weather is the worst since we've been here - constantly rainy and cold. For that reason, we've decided to eat our way through Barcelona. We've gone out to get Spanish tapas, Basque tapas, chocolate covered waffles, chocolate in general...we even decided to keep within the theme by visiting the museum of chocolate! Since it's pretty hard to see the sights with it constantly raining, we took consolation in seeing them all in their chocolate sculpture form.
We've had fun showing her around our daily life here - taking the metro to our school, showing her the apartment building, taking her to our favorite cafe for a cafe con leche - and we've gotten used to having her around. It's going to be hard to say goodbye on Tuesday. Hopefully these pictures give you an idea of what we've been up to in the last few days!
Chocolate and churros - first afternoon in Barcelona. So good.
Night time in Plaza Catalunya. Before the rain came down all night and all day.
Purse pals. This is at a great Basque country-themed Tapas restaurant.
Me and Mom on las Ramblas.
In front of the Boqueria. We were really excited to show her around the market. Definitely one of the must see sights here in Barcelona.
Fruits, candy, fish...anything you want, cheap and fresh.
You may start to notice a chocolate pattern. Don't judge. A vacation is a vacation...right?
Me and Megan outside our apartment building - Melon District! "A place to live" - Really? Is that the best slogan you could come up with?
Our tickets to the chocolate museum were made out of, well, you guessed it - chocolate! More more more!
One of the main sights in Barcelona - in chocolate! We saw the real one too, so don't worry. It was bigger but far less edible.
Very, very good pizza in the Borne neighborhood today.
Two and a half more days with her here in Barcelona - I'll may sure to keep you posted!
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