Today was such a great day! Although long, it was so much fun. We woke up and had the typical breakfast at 7:30. While not as delicious as the first hotel’s breakfast, it was ok. After a quick music lecture we all walked to get on the tram. We learned about the metro system and used the tram to get to the train station. When we got to downtown
We were then set free for lunch where we went to a small deli/café type of restaurant. I opted for the cheap chicken nuggets with nachos and one of my only cokes for the trip. It was pretty good and I felt satisfied. We walked around for a good bit before we had to meet up with our group in the next couple of hours. We ducked into a couple of store and just walked around to see the city. We stopped at an espresso café to get our fit in a beautiful square (I got a chocolate milkshake since I am not too big on the coffee). The milkshake was very thick and rich, however, it was not the highlight of this stop. All of a sudden, all the boys started standing up and laughing. When we moved closer to the door, we saw that they were looking at a man who had an extreme lack of clothing! This man, who was completely naked, was just walking around a bus stop. He proceeded to get on his bike and ride around the square for a couple of minutes. The craziest part though was that no one else seemed to be amused or even giving the guy a second glance! They just walked past him completely normally! A cop car drove by and didn’t stop or do anything either! It was pretty entertaining, and we were almost positive that he must have been on some sort of drugs. When we were leaving, he had struck up conversations with several cars at a stoplight and a man at the atm. At least he seemed friendly!
We walked over to the Museo Picasso but were about an hour early. Several people stopped in at a bar/internet café to check face book. Me and Amanda went to get out post card for the city (a collection that we had both started) and to look for some mascara (my liquids bag got lost somewhere in the third airport). I was relieved to find both. The mascara was pretty pricy though. It was 11 euros (about $18) which was so much better than the 24 Euro (38 dollar one that I had found in
We entered the Museo Picasso, and this was by far the coolest museum that we have been to. All the works were really neat to look at. I hadn’t realized how diverse Picasso was. Not only did he do his later cubism/abstract paintings, but he also did many realism things when he started out in
After the museum, we traveled to the southwest corner of the city. There, we took a metro up into a mountain and then hiked the rest of the way up. One of our professors (a man that has traveled the world literally several times) said that we would find the second best view of the city (the first best view belongs to a place that also holds his spot for the best view in the world, where we will go tomorrow). The hike was pretty long and strenuous but it was so worth it! It was just an amazing view. From it, you could see all of the city as well as the harbor. We spent several hours up there taking in the view with our lollypops before climbing back down.
At the bottom of the mountain, we decided to grab some dinner before heading back to the hotel. We stopped at a place that our professor had recommended. Café Taxidermy is famous for fasionistas to see and be seen. (Also, it was supposed to be pretty cheap). We sat outside in a beautiful square with an amazing view. When we got there and asked for a menu, we were informed that dinner does not start being served until 8:30! We were blown away that they do not even start serving until so late. We ended up getting tapas. I got the sweet and sour chicken, which was good, but a very small portion.
After dinner we headed back to the hotel to do homework. We got one concert report done, the one on the Spanish opera L’Orfeo which we had seen in
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