The semester is quickly winding to a close. Yesterday marked the last full week of classes and now we only have two or three classes next week with exams the following week. In exactly two weeks I will be back in the States. Exams seemed to pop up out of nowhere! However, having all of next week to study will really help. We have been trying to make studying fun and had a blast during our anatomy lab review yesterday making up pneumonic devices and dancing around, I'm pretty sure all the other groups thought we were crazy, but it worked for us.
This past Thursday was Thanksgiving. We still had classes and review sessions, so we are having Thanksgiving today. However, the wonderful ladies in the Ref decorated with American flags and turkeys and we had a wonderful thanksgiving lunch with turkey, stuffing, potatoes and pumpkin pie! Today's Thanksgiving should be awesome. I think approximately 25 people will be coming over to celebrate pot-luck style!!
Last weekend I went to Barcelona, Spain to visit a friend. It was so beautiful and is definitely one of my most favourite cities. We saw La Sagrada Familia, a church that was originally started in the 1800s and has not yet been completed. Designed by Gaudi, the church is full of colour and so intricate. Highly recommended.
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| One of the stations of the cross on the facade. |
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| Cubo magico - all directions add up to 33 |
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| The grey portions have already been completed, while the white still has to be constructed. |
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| Ceiling |
We also went and saw El Palau de la Musica Catalan - a concert hall for every type of music you could think of.
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| The ceiling - beautiful with natural light |
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| The Foyer |
Park Guell - also designed by Gaudi - was also amazing.
I loved using my Spanish and was even able to whip out my Portuguese to speak to some Brazilians we met at a club :) In Barcelona, the main language spoken is Catalan - which I don't speak (a mixture of Spanish and French). However, in the city anyone that speaks Catalan also speaks Spanish so we were fine. The title of this post comes from our map from our hostel that had random phrases in Catalan - including Freedom for Lobsters.
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