Hola!
It is nearing the end of my second day in Barcelona, one that primarily comprised of sleeping to try and catch up to the clock here. Bryndan and I successfully bought groceries and went to a cafe on our own today which we thought was a rather monumental moment (granted, we ordered our food in English but the groceries were in Spanish!). It is rather obvious that we are travelers here, given our lack of Spanish and obvious blonde hair. Most people speak Catalan here, a dialect of Spanish -so even our poor Spanish attempts are met with a look of "Uh huh...you're not from here." This is of course, all part of the experience.
We are planning to visit our school tomorow if ....(get ready!)....if it doesn't snow! It was awfully rainy here today so school was cancelled! Both Bryndan and I were surprised by this. Hopefully there won't be snow tomorrow...I hear it's almost spring like in Calgary! Go figure!
This being my first 'big' travel experience, I am starting to really realize all the things I take for granted, for example, using a blow dryer! Even the power here seems to pose some petite hurdles in taking care that I don't light something on fire! Luckily, Bryndan and I discovered that my laptop does indeed work and charge here which is a blessing. On the blow dryer front, we may just buy one that is guaranteed to not implode.
Both Bryndan and I are excited as aforementioned to hopefully a) find our way to Sant Cugat del Valles tomorrow and b) see the school and preferably c) find our way back home. I have a feeling there will be some large differences between schooling here and at home in Canada which will be very interesting to hear about.
Gracias por leer!
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