Goodbye Barcelona

The past 4 days have completely flown by and as I write this, our ship is an hour away from leaving Spain. Today Amanda and I went to a café for breakfast and then walked around the Gothic Quarters of Barcelona. We went shopping for a couple of hours and just enjoyed the atmosphere of Spain one last time. I love the culture here so much. Everything seems so calm and laid back. After a long day of walking around, Kelly, Abby, Amanda and I took the metro to the beach. The water was freezing!! My favorite line of the day is when Kelly said, “Uh guys… Is this a nude beach??” It was NOT a nude beach, but we will just say that bathing suits are 100% optional in Spain. We could only stay at the beach for 20 minutes before we had to get back on the ship around 4 pm. Amanda and I got to our cabins and I just fell right asleep. We did not get back to the ship last night until around 3 am and we were up and out again this morning by 10. I cannot wait to sleep tonight!!!

The story of the hour is that someone is missing from the ship. We were supposed to be on the ship by 6 pm and he is no where to be found. All 700 students are here except him. His name is Alex… so hopefully he gets here before we leave at 8 because the ship will leave without him if he’s not. (They announced that to us in our preport meeting.)

One day of sailing awaits us tomorrow as we make our way to Italy. We’ll be arriving there on Saturday at 8:00 AM. I am kind of disappointed because all of the girls that I have been hanging out with are all doing an independent 5 day trip throughout Italy. I really wanted to go, but I have SAS trips for every day that we are in port. I am going to be able to see everything that they are seeing, I just will not see it with them. I guess I will just need to make new friends! For tonight, Amanda and I are having a movie night in our room and then we are going to write some essays that are due next week. I am still having an amazing time and I am so excited to see what Italy has in store for me!