Barcelona

I went to Barcelona this past Thursday thru Monday. It was quite the trip. It was fun and touristy and exhausting. I pretended to be healthy and now I'm dealing with my fake healthy state. It's okay though. I enjoyed myself thoroughly.

We stayed at a hostel right off Las Ramblas, the major and busiest street EVER. We went to Plaza Espanya where there was a beautiful art museum, took pictures of the city, and just walked around more. I don't remember what we did the entire weekend...um, basically took pictures of the city, went to Sagrada Familia, designed by Gaudi who is a GENIUS, and the Picasso museum, Parc Guell, the Olympic Stadium, and ate a lot of food (and drank a little too). I finally had spicy food. YUMMY.

Anyways, enough babbling, I'll save that for post-pictures. Here are some from my stay in Barcelona. Enjoy!!


I saw Stefan!!!


What an absolutely gorgeous building.


The view of the city.


Inside the Sagrada Familia.


Another shot. Gaudi is sick.


La Perdrera. Gaudi is awesome.


View from Parc Guell


Another Gaudi creation AND it was a part of ANTM. Yay.


The Olympic Stadium.


Placa Catalunya. Hugest Corte Ingles ever. Corte Ingles is Spain's hugest superstore..kind of like Target but way more pricier.

Now I promised to put up pictures of food, so that is what I'll be doing. Sonia is an amazing cook and I can't wait to get recipes. I think her love and patience for it is definitely reminding me that maybe I should give it a shot. Plus, it's somewhat mathematical, no? Haha.


This was so freaking good. It was some kind of stew with potatoes, onions, green pepper, garlic, and ribs. I had to control myself not to devour everything at once. BUT it helped that the dish was steaming hot. So yummy.


It may look weird, but it's so flipping good as well. Lentejas, or lentils, soup and croquetas. So good. Croquetas are little fried goodies filled with some kind of creamy batter and either ham, chicken, or pork. So good.


There's a churro stand right by the bridge I walk on to go to/from Triana to/from the centro. I had chocolate dipped churros but was too tired and lazy and hungry to take pictures of them. But this is a cream filled churro with chocolate sprinkles. Heaven.


This is called uchero. It's this broth with tiny noodles, carrots, and garbanzo beans. Mmmm so good. I ate it up. The tiny plate has meat that was cooked in the soup and you eat that with bread. It was so delicious.


This was supposed to be spicy. It wasn't. But it's rice with red beans and other awesome veggies. So delicious.


This may have been the best burger I've ever eaten. The bread was so good. And she put on all these awesome veggies, including sauteed mushrooms with onion and garlic. Wow.

I think Sonia thinks I'm insane because I haven't had a problem with any of the meals she's provided. Then again I love eating and love a lot of food so yes I have no idea. And she loves veggies as much as I do so that's sweet too. In the upcoming weeks she's taking me to an oriental market where I will be able to pick out some food and I will be cooking it for her. I was thinking mandu gook or daenjjang chiigae. We'll see. I feel like if Jessica or Mary Ann is reading this, they'll know what I'm talking about haha. I love Korean food. And I miss it.

The rest of my life is pretty awesome. I missed my nephew's dol. He is so cute. I was really sad not to be there. I don't really feel homesick anymore but seeing pictures of my family and my nephew on facebook brought the tears. I know that I'm so lucky to be here, but I'm missing out on a lot of new things back at home. Aww but at least it's only a few months, right?

All other parts of my life are going well. I'm really lucky, in more ways than one. And I'm looking forward to new things back at home. This is the first time that things are going my way and are actually turning out better than I had ever imagined. It's great and I haven't been so happy in a while. I guess Family Video did provide me with some positive things after all. Haha.

Okay, well take care and enjoy this post. Love and miss you!

And leave me comments damn it!

-abc