the simple things

things i will miss about barcelona:

• the sea and the mountains all in one
• the architecture
• the fact that you can make at least one new friend everyday
• bocadillos
• no humidity, or maybe it just feels that way compared to florida
• the way people dress
• public transportation
• the ham, i didn't even like ham in the states
• the way they celebrate, and the fact that they have so many holidays during the year it's hard to keep up
• school
• speaking spanish
• the parties in the streets
• walking everywhere because everything is so beautiful
• gelato
• otto zutz
• the fact that there is something to do on any given night of the week
• access to some parts to europe for just 50 euro round trip, and other parts still way less than you'd pay in america
• when you're on the metro, dressed up and exhausted, coming home from a night out, and the moms and dads are all going to work
• the shopping
• how i live in a super posh neighborhood, yet my rent is nothing
• how helpful people here are
• how you can never be late, because there is time, and there is "spanish time"
• the airport and the fact that you can get there 20 minutes before your flight leaves and still make it through. they are so laid back
• listening to spaniards speak english
• the way i feel i took a year off of life to live in a fairytale
• FC Barca futbol team and the insanity of the fans, it's not even an obsession, it's a religion
• also, the way my teacher lets us out of class early when there is a futbol game
• the way the night sometimes starts the next morning

things i will not miss about barcelona:

• the way the night sometimes starts the next morning (call me grandma, but what do you do from 6-11pm by yourself??)
• the fact that you can never get away from the smoke in public places
• the way i am literally checking my purse every 2 & 1/2 minutes to make sure i still have everything
• the 600 people on the beach that all try to sell you the same thing: a massage, a beer, or sunglasses, and they never leave you
• when you are out to eat and order a coke and you get the tiniest bottle, not even a fountain drink, and no free refills
• sundays

i will definitely be adding more to this as i finish my weeks, hours, seconds here...