Today felt very long but also very uneventful. Our day started off with a three hour advanced medical Spanish class. We learned the names of different tools commonly used in medical practices. We also learned CPR in Spanish. In case you were wondering, I understand almost everything. 🙂
This afternoon, we went to Reus, a city about 15 minutes away from Tarragona. This is the city where GaudĂ was born; he was a famous architect and has a lot work in Barcelona. We went to the GaudĂ Center today, which showcased some pictures and replicas of his art. I think it could have been a lot more interesting, but we forced to do a “worksheet” with over 80 questions on it. After walking around there or an hour and struggling with the questions, Belkys told us we didn’t have to do all of it, so we all did a mass exodus out of the museum.
After the museum, we walked around Reus a little. There were some cute shops there, but I didn’t buy anything … I’m saving my money for Barcelona. We were back in Tarragona by 8:30, but then it took forever to get back to our house because they dropped us off in a different place than where we were picked up. It was a disaster trying to navigate the city … When we were walking through the Old City, the way we normally go was blocked off due to construction. It was like a maze trying to get through the city.
It’s weird here because even at 9 PM it’s still sunny! We didn’t eat dinner until after 10:30, but Melanie and I talked to Pau a little, so that was good. It’s cool to have someone around our age to talk with. Pau kept asking if we wanted to eat earlier because he didn’t know when his parents would get home, but we honestly love eating dinner with the entire family because it’s so fun!
We learned today that Big Bang Theory in Spain is called “Los Freakys” (freakys means geek here). I really want to watch it here to see how the jokes transfer over. They talked about “Knock knock Penny!” and the episode where Kripke gets Siri and she can’t understand him because of his speech impediment. It’s so interesting how similar people are here to us in the US.
Tomorrow morning, we head off to Barcelona. We are going to do so much there! I won’t be bringing my laptop along so it doesn’t get stolen and I don’t know if I’ll have wi-fi (called wee-fee here), so expect a lot on Sunday! ¡Buenas noches!
