you don't have to read this

Who blogs these days? 

You really don't have to read this, i'd actually advise you not to because 1. I'm not good at writing and 2. because my life really isn't interesting enough to read about. But I am blogging because I know as soon as I return to the states everyone will want stories about what happened and if you know me you know that I forget things (everything) so I don't want to leave anything out.  

So here it is...

I've been in Barcelona for almost a month and so far it has been an experience that is indescribable to say the least. I've been asked why I decided to study abroad and my honest answer is because I was bored. So why not move to a different country for a few months and learn a new language while i'm at it?!

Yeah I know I can learn spanish in school but not really... See my high school spanish teacher, Mr. Hall, told me on the last day of class, "Cody I will pass you on one condition, you never take spanish another day in your life." So here I am a Junior in college and I have to take 4 semesters of spanish to graduate. Poor planning on my part but what's new?

I am living in a homestay with 2 other American students and a house mom who is a saint, in my eyes but more to come on Elisa later on. 

So far I have been to a FCB game (Football Club Barcelona)

and even though it was pouring rain, it was pretty fun.

Also, traveling Europe is something you'd be stupid not to do while you're here...

So a few weeks ago I went to Berlin and experienced snow and 7 degree weather which isn't as bad as you'd think.

(my room mates and I infront of a cool German goverment building)

While visiting Berlin, I learned a lot about their history and realized that most of the significant things that have happened to German are a result of them pissing other countries off. Like the Berlin wall and communism, the Holocaust, bombings from WWII... But I did get to see the Mercedes Benz headquarters so that was cool. 

I've done a lot of other cool stuff but I can't think of it right now and I have a presentation due in 30 minutes so i'm going to start that now. Did I mention it's supposed to be in spanish? This will be interesting.

(Hopefully i'll have cool artsy pictures up soon)

Hasta Luego!