cosas variadas

** Last week friends and I went to Park Güell and La Padrera (park and house designed by Gaudí) They are really neat.
** This weekend I took a road-trip with my host-family (Ana; her daughter, Mar; her son, Moises and his dog, Pluja). We went to visit Ana´s sister, who lives in Navarra (the state...northern Spain, about 4 hours from Barcelona) in their parents old house. Highlights of the trip include: being in the country! I really like Barcelona, but it was amaaazing to be in the campo again. We drove up one night into the mountains. It was cold, but beautiful. I guess like my old cowboy friend Hal says, ¨You can take the girl out of the country, but you can´t take the country out of the girl...¨ cliché, I know... And I went out with Mar, Moises and some of their friends ( as kids they spent their summers there). Lovely time. Also, Ana and her sister went out and bought a bunch of roasted red chilis! que heaven for me! So they canned and froze them. We eat them with pork. Its fantastic.
** Second frisbee practise today, since I have classes on Monday nights and can´t go. I´m excited.
** Classes are still going well, some more interesting than others. My drawing class if fun, and I like being in a class with Spanish students. The professor speaks in Catalan, though, which is a bit unfortunate. I usually understand, and if not, I ask people. We have 2 breaks during each class (since its 3 hours long) and everyone goes outside to smoke. I think I am less bothered by cigarette smoke than I used to be. This bothers me. Means I´ve been around too much. hmph.

**more pictures later? I´m having trouble attaching them and I need to go to class. Adeu!