Hello from Barcelona. The trip over was pretty smooth, can´t complain too much. I left RDU for Baltimore at 1:15 and arrived about an hour after. My friend Mike and his mom picked me up at the airport and brought me back to their house in Laurel Maryland. We had a light dinner and then they drove us to Washington Dulles airport and we flew out to London at 9:25. The flight was great, British Airways provides you with eye pillows, blankets, socks, and a pillow and a free snack, meal and wine. I sat next to a young couple that live in London and we had a great conversation about all kinds of stuff over a couple mini-bottles of wine. I didn´t sleep much, but it was fine. We were delayed in London for a couple hours, but were able to get online and get in contact w/ our friend in Barca to let him know. We finally got to Barca at 4pm and our friend Cesc picked us up at the airport and drove us to the apartment. We met our Singaporean roommate Joel and a couple other kids from UNC who were visiting and got some Xurros (catalan for Churros, fried dough snacks w/ hot chocolate). Then, Cesc´s friend Nacho came over and brought us all passes to go to the FC Barcelona match vs. Mallorca that night. It was absolutely amazing! Barca won 3-1 with Thiery Henry, Andrès Iniesta, and Yaya Touré all scoring. It was fascinating to watch how passionate everyone is about their teams and observe all the traditions that go along with sporting events here.
We`ve been able to meet up with all of the other exchange students and my good friend Matt (Miami) from UNC. We all went out to a discoteca at the beach last night and got to know each other. The other students are from Mexico, France, Italy, Finland, Singapore, and Canada. Once the internet becomes a little more accessible I will post some pictures. Take care!
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