After a day exploring the land of Barcelona, we took our sightseeing to the sea and headed out on a catamaran. After a short train ride to the dock, we arrived jut a few minutes before the catamaran came to pick us up. The location was actually right next to Read more…
5/6/23-5/7/23 How do I even begin this blog post? When I thought public transit was bad in Pittsburgh, we were in for an awakening in Sitges. But let’s back up a little bit first. After enjoying my morning cereal and fruit on our balcony (how am I ever Read more…
This blog is quite hard since my computer did in fact break last night. It is working better now but still hard. Today is the day we went on our boat trip. I slept in a bit but was woken up by the maintenance man fixing our balcony door. Today Read more…
I woke up and stopped over at the same coffee place I went to yesterday when we all flew in. They don’t really speak English and I don’t really speak Catalan but we were able to manage with me getting my coffee and donut Afterward we went to the CEA building Read more…
After a few days getting acclimated in Barcelona, we ventured out of the city for a bit and into the most beautiful wine region in coastal town. After a one-hour bus ride, we entered the El Penedes Wine Region, an area in Catalonia sweeping all the way up from the Read more…
On Friday May 5th it was a fairly relaxing day. Earlier that day me a few of our flat mates wanted to walk around and explore Barcelona for a bit before out Catamaran sailing trip planned in the evening. While we were walking around, we found this skate shop called Read more…
Day 2 Started off the morning with a walk to a local market. This is where the locals shopped, and there was aisles and aisles of fresh meat and fish. I stumbled my way through a conversation to buy some coffee. I can’t wait for tomorrow when the pot is Read more…
WOW! What day we had! After a long, and I mean longggggggg night, I got to sleep in a lot since we did not have to meet for out bout tour until 4. Luckily I got a lot of sleep in preparation for our sunny adventure on the water! I Read more…
We did it! We made it to Barcelona after a long straining Junior year. Day 1 felt like it took forever because of the jet lag that ensued from the plane. I’ve never experienced jet lag like that before and I felt so unbelievably tired. One of the first things Read more…
We arrived in Barcelona at around 9 a.m. after a long flight across the Atlantic. After everyone got through customs and got their luggage, we were bussed to our beautiful apartments close to our CEA building. It was recommended we stay up and immediately adjust to the time difference, so Read more…