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So, I've been in Spain for a week now, and it's been pretty low-key, thankfully. I arrived on Saturday morning, without luggage, and had a whole free day. Me and some other people explored a little bit and just relaxed. Monday through Thursday I had class from 9:00-14:00. Intense. I have five classes: a culture class, Catalán, Spanish grammar, composition & conversation, and another conversation class. It's not too bad, but I'm definitely taking long siestas.On Wednesday I made it out to the last night of la Festa Major de Gràcia. It was awesome, but unfortunately I didn't bring my camera. Google it. It's basically just a big party in the barrio of Gràcia, where there are concerts, bars and decorations on various streets. Such a fun place.

On Friday we were spared going to class and took a tour around Barcelona. Our first stop was La Pedrera, a very cool looking building by Gaudí.

This is a view of Passeig de Gràcia from the top of La Pedrera.

After that we drove to La Sagrada Familia, another Gaudí masterpiece.

Then we were off to Park Güell (again, Gaudí) to eat our bocadillos and manzanas. We spent a while here. It was very humid and hiking around this park soon gave way to extreme tiredness. It's got a very beautiful view of Barcelona, though.

Next we drove to Montjuïc. We just drove around it, so no pictures from there. They had the olympics in Barcelona in 1992 and the stadium, torch, some of the pools, etc. were built on Montjuïc. I don't know if anyone remembers, but the torch was lit by an arrow an archer shot from super far away. Pretty amazing. Anyways, after that we visited the Fundació Joan Miró and saw a lot of his paintings. Not really my thing, they're way too abstract for me. We weren't allowed in any cameras, so that's that.