My UPF classes ended on Tuesday, so I now have inordinate amounts of free time, which I somehow almost always end up wasting. This does not bode well for me, since I now have only 14 days left in Barcelona. FOURTEEN! I also have a very long list of things to do while I'm still here, so I should be at the very least doing things from that, if not actually studying. Tuesday I also had my final exam in Art History. It wasn't too bad - I think that I could have done better if I had remembered the names of some "Die Brucke" artists. But life goes on.
I was supposed to have the oral part of my Islam History final on Monday, but the professor said he was too busy to conduct any finals that week, and would have to reschedule them all for next week. So a good 35 out of the 97 people in my class had to reschedule. Mine is now on Thursday, and the written is on Tuesday. My Borges term paper is also due on Tuesday, my Spanish essay is due on Wednesday, and my Spanish final is on Friday. What a fun week.
Last week though, I did lots of fun things. Like buy a Barack Obama caganer!
I also went to Mt. Tibidabo with Stacey and Danielle, but we were too late for the funicular, which closes at four, so we watched the sunset from a cafe half way up the "mountain." Barack is posing in front of Barcelona at dusk - the view is from that cafe. I also saw the magic fountain show at Placa Espanya, which was GREAT. I saw it during La Merce, but because of all the people and all the fireworks, I didn't get to see as much of the fountain as I would have liked. This time we were standing literally right in front of the fountain, and it was definitely magical. I also went to the Thai Lounge with Stacey, which is supposed to have the best Thai food in Barcelona, and had some amazing pad thai and some weird dim sum. They were both delicious, although not exactly what I was expecting. I also had the best cocktail of my life at a bar called Cabart - the femme fatale. It's rum, ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, sugar, lime, and bitters. Amazing. On the same evening, we saw a Portland band called Yacht at the Apolo! Danielle and I wanted to somehow communicate to them that we were from Portland, but they didn't give us a good opportunity to scream after they said "Portland," so it didn't work out.
I also went to Mt. Tibidabo with Stacey and Danielle, but we were too late for the funicular, which closes at four, so we watched the sunset from a cafe half way up the "mountain." Barack is posing in front of Barcelona at dusk - the view is from that cafe. I also saw the magic fountain show at Placa Espanya, which was GREAT. I saw it during La Merce, but because of all the people and all the fireworks, I didn't get to see as much of the fountain as I would have liked. This time we were standing literally right in front of the fountain, and it was definitely magical. I also went to the Thai Lounge with Stacey, which is supposed to have the best Thai food in Barcelona, and had some amazing pad thai and some weird dim sum. They were both delicious, although not exactly what I was expecting. I also had the best cocktail of my life at a bar called Cabart - the femme fatale. It's rum, ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, sugar, lime, and bitters. Amazing. On the same evening, we saw a Portland band called Yacht at the Apolo! Danielle and I wanted to somehow communicate to them that we were from Portland, but they didn't give us a good opportunity to scream after they said "Portland," so it didn't work out. Maddy's friend from UO, Leah, is in Barcelona this weekend with some friends from her Sevilla program, so I have hung out with them a bit. We had some delicious Italian food in El Born, and they met us at the magic fountain show as well. I should hang out with them right now - but even more than that, and even more than blogging, I should be writing about metafiction. But it has been so long since I've written a paper! I don't know where to begin. I mean... I've totally begun already. Please. My paper is due in two days, of course I've begun.
Anyway, only seven more "things" to do before I am done with school, and only fourteen more days to do the forty more things on my "Last month in Barcelona" list.
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