Around 4:30 PM this afternoon I turned in my last economics exam, and well I was really tired so I do not think I was actually that visibly excited but in my mind it was a nice relief to be done and done with everything school. Over the last week I've had two final papers, five exams, and in between I read One Hundred Years of Solitude for my literature class. In English. I had to read it quickly. Lots of studying. But now, my first trimester is over, and I only have a few days to hang out in Barcelona with friends before they all leave. Some have already left, and let me tell you, it is very strange. Allow me to briefly slip into cliché. It seems like we arrived yesterday. Time has flown. I don't quite believe all the photos I've taken when I scroll through my iPhone every once and again, because to have traveled so much and seen so much and met so many people seems to me as though it should almost take year. Such are the wonders of modern communication and travel. It is still hard to wrap my cabeza around the fact that (realistically) I won't be seeing most of these people again for a long time, if ever. Well, besides the folks who are staying in Barcelona for the rest of the year (or live here permanently). Those people I am very excited to see again after New Years. And it looks like I'll be visiting the two Scottish guys on my floor in early March, because The Head and The Heart are touring Europe briefly and are playing in Glasgow. And Paris. I'm going to Paris to see them too. Back to back weekends with my favorite band and great people! Something to help outweigh the more sad thoughts as the trimester ends.
Museo nacional del Prado - Madrid
Everybody say, "Hola Velázquez!"
Yup, there I was.
Imagine Dragons concert! Bought the tickets for this in June. It felt so far away at the time, and for it to have come and passed already is rather strange. How is it December, again?
My friend Andre, from São Paulo, and I went around on bikes on Saturday afternoon. It was gorgeous outside. I borrowed my friend Pera's "Bicing" card, which is the public rental bike system in place here. Unfortunately, you need to be a permanent resident or have a Spanish bank account (or both?) to have a card of your own and use the service. Hence the borrowing.
This is a good photo to end the year on, don't you think?
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