Well, had an awesome trip to Barcelona this past weekend. I couldn´t have asked to have had a better weekend in that magnificent city. Also, i was blessed to have met a friend up there that really took care of me. I had a 2 bedroom apartment all to myself, right next to a discoteca and not very far from sagrada familia catedral. The sagrada familia was breath taking. Words cant begin to explain the beauty, history and culture in this country especially in the bigger cities like barcelona and madrid. Even here in malaga, we have a roman theater that is over 1000 years old and a moorish fort and castle. I still need to go see a bullfight, probably in marbella if i still can, and get to a flamenco bar. I went to the barcelona sevilla game this weekend and it was astounding. even in their sports events they have a great display of culture and history as i got to hear the catalan chants from the crowd in unison all night. allthough the game ended in a 0 0 draw, it was still an experience of a lifetime. not sure how many more times i will be able to come to barcelona, find a ticket for the best team and stadium in the world, and hang out for the weekend. hopefully its not the last time, but it certainly could wind up being. leo messi had a chance at the end to win the game, and it was quite intense. there was a foul and penalty kick in extra time, so it was the dream scenario for a game, but the goalie for sevilla played the game of his life that night. after hearing some catalan that my friend was fluent in, i thought it sounded like a mix of spanish and french and decided its a language i really want to learn as well as italian and perfect my french. i love how there are so many languages spoken everywhere at any time here. i dont think anyone here speaks just one language.
last night we went to a tip cup tournament at a local bar here and it was just as intense as the soccer game! it was crazy, there were people with flags and their faces painted and chanting, getting buracho, and getting louder than the game in barcelona it seemed! a pretty intense competition, i think our american team did quite well even though we had like 3 in it. there was an italian team, a german team, russian team, a few spanish teams and it was pretty fun actually. speaking of competition, did anyone see my chiefs smoke the raiders this weekend? 6 picks and 2 for 6. crazy. and a shutout on top of that! i think the chiefs raiders rivalry is back in full swing! life is great right now. im really enjoying myself here, i feel right at home. its funny when i go somewhere and there are local spaniards that i know, they are always showing off my tattoo to other people. its funny and i am proud of my culture and heritage. i was told i have the face of a spaniard and was also called a malagueno! which is the term for a local from malaga. quite the compliments haha. well, anyhow, gotta run to class here soon so im going to close this post out and you will be hearing from me in the next week or two. hasta lluego!
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