Week 1
Traveling to Spain has been an eye opening experience so far! Barcelona is a beautiful city with an abundance of things to do. There are shops and restaurants in walking distance of the apartment. It is easy to use public transport around the city, but it is also possible to walk to several places. There is a large variety of food and I have tried several local dishes already. The most interesting was the Paella. Paella is a rice dish. I have tried one with sea food and one without. They were both very tasty and different. The food at supermercados is similar, but slightly different. There seems to be less processed food. You can buy bread from bakeries and meat from butchers instead of purchasing it all at one grocery. It is incredible how many people are able to communicate with us in English. I have been amazed at the different languages I have heard spoken. I have also been surprised at how much Spanish I have picked up on. I took 4 years of Spanish in high school and 1 semes