Monday, January 31, 2011
Mount Tibidabo
On Sunday we went up to the mountain that overlooks a good amount of Barcelona. It was a fantastic hike and completely worth it to get to the top. Unfortunately we didn't get to see as much of it as we wanted so I think Dave, Mark and I are going to go back so we can hike some of the offroad trails. It's funny, when we were hiking up we saw a good amount of cactus and it reminded of Arizona :)
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Barcelona + Classes
Classes are now in full swing -- like i've told a lot of you I have setup my schedule pretty nicely. I have class for 10 hours a day on Monday and Wednesday, however I have no class on Tuesday, 1 class at night on Thursday, and 1 Friday morning.
My classes are usually 2 hours long and we will take a 15 minute break somewhere in there. Past and Present in Barcelona is so boring, as well as Marketing Cultural Heritage. It feels a lot like high school which kind of sucks. I don't mind Spanish at all or Intentional Marketing. Both are pretty good classes, the professor for International Marketing reminds me a lot of grandpa, older guy who has a bunch of experience and knows literally everything. I think my favorite class is International Strategic Management. It's taught by some dude from Britain or Australia, I don't really know. But he uses a lot of case studies and makes the class incredibly relevant to all business practices.
I am incredibly sick of staying up all night and sleeping during the day -- i feel like such a slob, it is a lifestyle I could never live the rest of my life. I don't get why many Spaniards would rather live their life during the dark, opposed to getting up early and just working straight through the day. Different values on life I suppose. They seem to be very family oriented here. Many students in my classes, who are Spanish, still live with their parents, not because they can't afford to live elsewhere, there is just not much point they say.
Last night we went to something-negra and they literally give you a huge boot of beer and a tap for it. It was a pretty sick place and will definitely be going back there.
My classes are usually 2 hours long and we will take a 15 minute break somewhere in there. Past and Present in Barcelona is so boring, as well as Marketing Cultural Heritage. It feels a lot like high school which kind of sucks. I don't mind Spanish at all or Intentional Marketing. Both are pretty good classes, the professor for International Marketing reminds me a lot of grandpa, older guy who has a bunch of experience and knows literally everything. I think my favorite class is International Strategic Management. It's taught by some dude from Britain or Australia, I don't really know. But he uses a lot of case studies and makes the class incredibly relevant to all business practices.
I am incredibly sick of staying up all night and sleeping during the day -- i feel like such a slob, it is a lifestyle I could never live the rest of my life. I don't get why many Spaniards would rather live their life during the dark, opposed to getting up early and just working straight through the day. Different values on life I suppose. They seem to be very family oriented here. Many students in my classes, who are Spanish, still live with their parents, not because they can't afford to live elsewhere, there is just not much point they say.
Last night we went to something-negra and they literally give you a huge boot of beer and a tap for it. It was a pretty sick place and will definitely be going back there.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Malaga, Marbella, Morocco, Grenada
So this last weekend I was able to check out the south of Spain and Africa. It was a lot of fun! To begin with we flew into Malaga, rented a car and was able to travel freely (one of my friends is from polland and has his drivers license for Europe). We drove from Malaga to Marbella, a beach city in Costa Del Sol. We were gonna hang out there the majority of the weekend, but it wasn't as cool as we expected -- still had pretty nice weather though. We decided to try our luck and go to Africa on Saturday.
We drove to a port city, Algercias, Spain and took a ferry from there to Africa. We arrived at their brand new port and took a taxi into the city of Tanger. It was a cool experience, but I can say we will not be going back any time soon. The people there were only out for themselves and the haggling was beyond ridiculous. I have never been so annoyed of other people in my life before. Guys would come up to you and just not leave you alone. Since it was a dead time during the year we stuck out like even bigger sore thumbs.
On Sunday we decided to drive to Granada, which was about a 2 hour drive from Marbella. We were able to see La Alhombra, which is a Muslim palace. This was my second time there, but it was amazing to see again. We arrived back at around 1 am that night. Unfortunately missed the Packers game but it was good to see that they won! What a shame I am across the pond.
We drove to a port city, Algercias, Spain and took a ferry from there to Africa. We arrived at their brand new port and took a taxi into the city of Tanger. It was a cool experience, but I can say we will not be going back any time soon. The people there were only out for themselves and the haggling was beyond ridiculous. I have never been so annoyed of other people in my life before. Guys would come up to you and just not leave you alone. Since it was a dead time during the year we stuck out like even bigger sore thumbs.
On Sunday we decided to drive to Granada, which was about a 2 hour drive from Marbella. We were able to see La Alhombra, which is a Muslim palace. This was my second time there, but it was amazing to see again. We arrived back at around 1 am that night. Unfortunately missed the Packers game but it was good to see that they won! What a shame I am across the pond.
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