Today I intended to do some serious museum visits, but instead I spent hours and hours in Parc Guell, because as I was on my way to Gaudi's Casa Batllo my camera died. So I wandered around and read my book in the shade and climbed up to the top of some hill for a great view of the city. All of this without my camera, which was unfortunate because it was lovely. On the bus ride home, I was so dead that I almost fell asleep - which would've been bad, since I had no idea where it was going or where I intended to get off. Afterward I wandered around the Gothic Quarter for a while, exploring little alleyways and just generally moseying along. I went to El Born, and then down to the ocean, and then over to another park, el Parc de la Ciutadella, which is nearby UPF. It was really pretty and full of hippies (I kid you not, juggling and slacklining everywhere I looked. It was like a tiny piece of Whitman. The part I don't like) and there was this pond that was seriously electric green. I was worried about the ducks. There's also a zoo, which I found myself circling for the better part of an hour, wondering why it had been smelling like poop for so long. I finally ended up, as I had hoped I would (but hadn't actually made an effort to make sure I was going the right direction) at UPF, and I walked home from there to see how long it takes. It's a gorgeous walk, even though it took me about 25 minutes.
Ana's niece Bea came over for dinner tonight to practice her English with me, and to help me with my Spanish. I really liked it, and I hope we can do it more often because I feel self-conscious making errors in front of the family, but with Bea she just encouraged me and corrected me. Whereas Gonzalo and Pablo usually just laugh. It seems like she really wants to get better at English too, so it's the perfect combination! I'm pretty pumped.
Tomorrow night, the fiestas begin, since Thursday is the anniversary of the day Catalonia lost their fight against Spain and became part of the nation. Also, David comes on Thursday, so it'll pretty much be nonstop good times. Assuming he gets here alive.
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