Barcelona Day 2- I Would Like New Shoes

My Under Armour shoes suck now. The insoles of them are a bit tattered and it is a nuisance to walk in them. Doesn't help that my sandals are torn from playing basketball in them (I know, not the smartest idea, but I played really well in them the first day).

In the morning, my friend Brianna, a Mexican Computer Science major from SD State, and I walked around Las Ramblas, again. This time, we had goals: for her, a souvenir for her brother, and for me, fan gear of the best soccer team in the world.

Along the way, we enjoyed window shopping, admiring Gaudi architecture, and eating lunch. The farther you went down the street, the classier the store, reaching the pinnacle of expensive toward the end, with a really classy wedding dress place. Gaudi was everywhere again today, and I need to find time to upload all my pictures to share his madness. Lunch we went to a baguette place and shared a sandwich. Throughout our journey we talked about our home campuses, our computer science programs, and future plans. Very chill morning.

We also went to the mall that I talked about yesterday but can't remember its name for the life of me. We used the free internet to check our facebook walls with our apple devices. Clearly we were both addicts. After we went to McDonald's to buy a medium (for me) and small (for her) Coca-Cola; we got a small (in American) drink and a midget cup. Welcome to the world outside the United States- things are smaller here.

Based on our estimates we may have walked some four to six miles just during the morning. Both our feet hurt, but for the souvenirs it was worth it, we felt.

By 1:20, we were back at the ship, because she had a field directed practicum. I had free time, so I socialized with other students, played the piano, talked about cleats (boots) with my Bahamian friend who bought a pair, and practiced my shot (which still sucks). Also, siesta. Enough said.

At 9 PM, I went with another group of friends out to dinner. We went to a small restaurant which served tapas ("stuff"), though we didn't eat in typical Spanish style and most of us got entrees, accompanied with fries. I got bistec. Bistec is good, Tagalog or not, assuming you didn't screw it up. Some of them also got sangria (aka the thing I tried yesterday but can't spell for my life). Good dinner.

We walked Las Ramblas (again) and then waited for the bus. Faculty and staff who were waiting there got impatient and hailed taxis; half of our group went with them. The other half walked back across the bridge to the terminal. It didn't help my shoes, to say the least.

Overall, not a bad day, but certainly not as amazing as the first day. But tomorrow I hit up Camp Nou (watch that be completely wrong)- Viva Barcelona.