Well I have certainly been keeping busy since the last time that I wrote I have been to a few more places on the island, including Santa Maria and Inca, and have been busy hopping around Spain when I had some holidays. A few weeks ago I went to Barcelona and I just got back from Valencia, where I went for the holidays last week. It has been fun to see different places, and get a bit of a feel for how different places are in Spain. I loved both Barcelona and Valencia, but I was excited to come back to Palma after both. I just love how close everything is in Palma, how all of my friends are only a walk away, and how the sea is so close to everything. In Barcelona, for example, using the metro seemed really necessary in order to get around, while in Valencia, the city centre is located a little bit further away from the sea than is Palma´s, I thought.
Still, there were things that I loved in both places. I love the port area in Barcelona, and the Boulevard that goes along the sea. There are also so many good museums and things to see, like the Sagrada Familia and Parc Guell. I also had a lot (a lot!) of fun with my friends with the night life there.
In Valencia, I was blown away by the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias. That is a very impressive bit of architecture. It looked as though the places in one of my favorite video games, Mass Effect, a science fiction game, had been inspired by that place. (I put a picture of the game here, too, for comparison.)
I´ve also been busy trying to cook Spanish food. I have so far made two paellas, both of which my roommate from Barcelona told me were very, very good. So I was happy to hear that!
And the last thing I wanted to mention, I went to a football game last week with my classmates from my Castellano class. We had just finished a test (which I passed, by the way) so we went as a celebration of being done. I loved it, and can´t wait to see more games.
And I think that´s about it for now. I am going with my sister to hike some of the Camino de Santiago over the Christmas holidays, so I´ll be sure to let you know how that is!
Have a great holiday!
