First weekend of travel

The "Castle"
 Colleen, Molly, and myself...Roommies!
Hola!

Today was my first travel experience and we started off slow but had a great time. We took a bus to Lloret De Mar, which is along the Costa Brava one hour north of us. It was beautiful. The town had very narrow streets with many shops, and most clearly catered to tourists as it should because it is right along the water. The weather was crappy and first and I was not pleased that I had woken up at 7 to get to this place but we seized the opportunity and hiked over to a castle. False alarm. Once we got all the way over to the "castle" there was a metal plaque that said "Private property in the form of a castle. Built in 1966." Not so ancient nor exciting but the views along the way were great! The water here is crystal clear and mixes of turquoise and blue...this really is the place to be. We went to take a nap when we finally made it down and the sun ended up coming out! The night ended with some karaoke in an Irish pub (who knew the Irish were known for singing) and making friends with men from England who are a part of a "firm" for their soccer team. I will explain what a firm is later but without much more explanation these men were bad asses. 

Today we spent all day at the beach and wandered towards an actual castle on the other side and found an even more beautiful beach...jealous, I know. 

I'm back in Barcelona and am sitting here in my towel about to get ready to take over the night life. Tomorrow we are going to Gaudi's park, which is supposed to be really interesting. I actually start classes on Monday as my 3 week vacation comes to a close but I'm really looking forward to them. I'm taking an intensive spanish course that is 3 hours long, 3 days a week; a course on Sports and Society in Spain; Mediterranean Oceanography, which includes going fishing; and a management course that knocks out 2 courses at school, helping me continue to graduate on time and with ease! 

Hope all is well, I miss everyone!

con amor, mary