Journal Entry 9:45 AM July 2nd

9:45 am July 2nd

So today's juice is Mediterraneo. It has orange, lemon, peach, pineapple, carrot, maracuya,and acerola. I'm not sure what they all mean so I'm going to have to go look them up.

3:30 ish

We all decided to go to Sitges (a beach outside Barcelona) today after class. It's really wonderful here although it's still very busy and quite tourist-y. I think because of the limited amount of waterfront (compared to the U.S.) it would be hard to find any real quiet, secluded beaches.
I know I sound very type A but now I'm going to have to reorganize my schedule so I can still get to the "Casas." But for now I'm just going to enjoy the beach and worry about that later.

5:10 pm

The beach is beautiful and I even got up the courage to move away from the group and try going topless a bit. It's wonderful actually, it's a very relaxed and free feeling. I just didn't want to make everyone else in the group feel awkward. It's funny because I can tell who is used to it and who isn't. Every time Brits or Americans walk by I hear them say something, but the locals ignore it. It's comfortable and the feeling of it being okay and accepted was very calming. They don't care that a half-naked American is lying on their beach. Naptime!

I walked down the beach after I woke up and went to the church and pier down a ways. I also bought a photograph print of a pretty building in Sitges (E5)! The man who sold it to me explained that it's his original work and that he only has 100 pictures and I bought #2. He explained it all in Spanish and I understood it!

11:05 pm

We left the beach a little after 7 and headed back toward the train station. We stopped at a bar and had tapas. I tried a couple (Yay for solid food) even though I know the egg would do murder to my stomach. It was actually a lot of fun. I think the best parts of the day were on the way home though. On the train back to town I saw houses right on the ledge over the water, the view was so incredible! If I lived there I would never leave home. The other great part was actually walking home (instead of taking the Metro I walk) for two reasons. First, the city is so incredible and alive at night, not like at home where everything is silent after 7 pm. Second, I know my way around! It's the area of town I have actually been in quite a lot, and I knew where everything was and where I was going.

Also going to the beach instead of "Las Casas" didn't throw my plans off too much. I think I can go tomorrow when I go back to "La Rambla."

I might have to do a little shopping tomorrow too because my purse ripped-out again.

*add to my to do list: Try morning bread products (take pics)