Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Missing Barcelona

I spent a few months in Spain a few summers ago. I got there May 1st, and got home in July.  I went with one of my old roommates Hilary Packham. I think about it everyday and I wish so badly to go back. If only we had bundles of money because I would be there in a second.

Some of the things I miss the most:

The adventure
The Sun
The Spanish
The beaches
The soccer
The people
DANCING
Traveling around the country
Bo de B
Gelatiii
Gelato in general
My friends there
The little precious Spanish babies!
My Spain family
Trying to understand different accents
Edith's rice
The Metro
The culture
THE BREAD
Prideful Spaniards using Catalan
The music
Random beach nightclubs
San Juan Holiday
The tourists
and.... EVERYTHING!

Do not miss:
Gaining so much weight
No baked goods
No dryer machine

Daniel served in Barcelona... WE DID NOT MEET THERE.... and he says he has lived there long enough.  I would move there for a few years... but not any longer than that. The city life was great, but it was only for a summer and I had no obligations. No serious boyfriend, no job, no school, and no internship. I literally went to the beach every day and then went out dancing at night. Who wouldn't love that right?

I would love to have a kid or two there so I could take them to the park, and around the beautiful city.  That way, they could be fluent little Spanish speakers! All of the cutest kids speak Spanish! I could also improve my Spanish dramatically because if Daniel was working there, I could spend my days exploring the city with our young kids and be forced to use my Spanish. If I could come back home completely fluent (conversationally.. but definitely not grammatically) after just a few months, thinking about going there for two years makes me so excited! I love Spanish and I want to continue to learn more and improve my speaking, listening, and writing abilities. What better way then to go back to Spain right? That was my initial logic for going to Barcelona. It was worth it for sure but the only bad thing is now I just crave to go back.

My only other struggle is that when we have enough money to go on a trip, part of me will want to go to a new country that I have never been to, and part of me will want to go back to the countries I love!!!

Well, enough ranting about something that can not happen at this point. It is just more of a reminder of what I am missing out on!

Hasta luego España! Te echo de menos!

Below are some of my favorite Spain pics! They are in RANDOM order. Viewer discretion advised.

BCN=Barcelona


Whitney's study abroad group came to Barcelona

Club in Seville


Fake tats were hilarious

BCN beach

Club in Valencia with my old friend Carlos (left)

Mcflurry's in Spain = Amazing

San Juan

Black chick



Hey Hil

Love my ice cream!

BCN sunset... I mean SUNRISE... out too late?

Ahh I want to go back

Creepers!

Beautiful random buildings everywhere

SO NOT OKAY

Please help

Valencia

Random kid's pool at his nightclub 

Last night in BCN :(

BYU friends

Metro buddies

Miguel's car



Eating rabbit with Jackie

Donating blood... safe?

In Valencia with Carlos

His roommate

Dark girl!



I was chubbbbby

Edith's rice!

Mi familia

Mi mama de España

BEST.FOOD.EVER.

Alejandra! 

Dark

My friend Miguel



Buddy from our church

SKETCHY RIDES

So sick from the fair

About to throw up

First day in Barcelona!

Parks all over 

Flight attendant friend 

Their chips SUCK

This was in a market!


BCN beach!

Thessy!

I love the beach

Beautiful city



Weird food... octopus! 

RONNY

Fair food

Metro

Yay!

Fair food

La iglesia allí!



Ximena and Lee the lovebirds

Sagrada Familia

BCN beach.. Barceloneta

The fish

Metro!

Met our Brazilian friends 

CHILD

YSA activities 

No dryer.




Brasil friends

Pig. in. bag. in. grocery. store. 








Las Ramblas

BCN CLUB

CRAZY win




Train thing up the mountain 


SO high up

Edith!

lovebirds









ew

yum




amazing random Argentine musicians 




Random salsa dancers 


AMAZING



Creepiest man alive








YSA dance.


He likes Madrid. BCN beat them

He was bitter




I hit my arm on a nail


BCN won Champions league!











So drunk. So sad.

City was trashed

After BCN won champions league 

FULL stadium 

Random Brazilian woman



child



Huge vending machine 






Chocolate and Churro  


Carson

Whit


Carson and Christie 


The port!

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