fue a barcelona para semana santa!

Happy late Easter!
I hope you all have a blessed Easter weekend. I was very lucky to spend it with some great friends. On Wednesday night I took a night bus from Madrid to Barcelona which was a crazy experience due to the amount of people that were trying to get on. There were 10 buses leaving every half hour from 11pm to 2 am. Once I got there with my friends Michelle and Scotti, we waited for Nicole (my travel buddy) and her roommate Jamie to get in. They were flying from Florence. I cant really remember what days we did what because this was one of the longer trips I have been on so it was hard to keep tract of.
While in Barcelona we went shopping on La Rambla which is a very crazy street full of performers. It is very interesting and you cant take their picture unless you pay them. So Nicole was paying them in czech crown cause that was all she had. Ha! We also went to Guadi's Sangrada Familia and Park Guell. Since I have been to Barcelona before I have seen all these places before, but they were still so beautiful. We saw a semena santa parade which consisted of many people marching and chanting while playing music and 2 floats. One of mary and one of Jesus. It was very bizarre for me personally, but it was just part of their culture. Also the people in the KKK looking hats are just part of the ceramony. There wasnt one person in the parade that didnt have a pointy hate. I forgot what the significance was, but my senora told me. Also while we were there we spent a day on the beach, and I got a very european hair cut. It was very frightening! But I must say I like the change. I have some friends from Regis that I met up with and they took us to this famous fountain show that is by all the government buildings. I forgot the name though. Oops! Then on Easter it was very rainy, but we wondered around the city and went to a Catalan mass. I really love Barcelona but nothing is better than Madrid. And at the end of the weekend it is always nice to come back home.
I only have 23 days left and it is such a bitter sweet feeling. I am so excited to come home and see my family and move into my house with my friends, but I don't want to leave my new family here. I cant believe these past 4 months have gone by so quick.
Hasta Luego!
Kayla


( the first picture was just in the streets of Barcelona trying to look Spanish with my new hair cut and spanish dress. The next picture is Nicole, Jamie, and I at park Guell with the city of barcelona in the background. The last picture is the Jesus float that was in the parade.)