Bienvenidos a Barcelona!

Hola a todos!

So, I have officially arrived in Espana! (Well, I've been here for an entire day now, I'm just getting around to writing about it tonight). I have so many thoughts going through my head. First of all, seven hour flight? Not fun. But they did feed me dinner and breakfast (chicken and mashed potatoes with a salad for dinner and a croissant for breakfast...not bad) so that was kind of cool I suppose. The best part of the flight, though, was when I got to see the sunrise. For those of you who have not seen a sunrise from an airplane, I HIGHLY recommend it.

Also, fun little fact, I found out that the girl I was supposed to meet up with after my flight was on the same flight as me! We discovered this as we were boarding, how funny. But that was pretty sweet and definitely made me feel better because I was SO stressed about having to find her and figure out where I was supposed to be etc. etc.

So, I just pulled only my second all nighter ever in my life. I don't know how I'm functioning (I wasn't functioning most of the day), but they tell me this is the best way to beat the jet lag, so here I am up and running on no sleep!!

So, I get here and basically me and Justine (the girl that was on my flight) are just chillen for like two hours, nothing spectacular since we were still in the airport. We get in our taxi around 10 a.m. (4 a.m. for all you folks back at home) and drive to the hotel. Drop our things off, meet up with another girl Ana--who has been here for two weeks now--and go start exploring!!!!

I honestly  have no words for how beautiful this city is. Really. The architecture here is absolutely incredible. And there's palm trees! I didn't expect palm trees. But we walked around and saw everything then stopped for some lunch. I ate some tapas and some paella, and had my first legal drink (Woohoo!).

Then we came back--I cheated and slept for an hour--and then we went out for an official tour of the city! I got to learn how to use the metro! Which I'm still afraid of so my mission for tomorrow is to practice using it (I'm so lame, I know).

Then we had a couple of meeting things to go to, and then our little group of just six went out for dinner at a tapas bar. Muy delicioso!! Hay mucha comida!!!! I am so stuffed and DEFINITELY ready for bed tomorrow! Tomorrow I get to wake up and meet my host mom! So excited for that!

That was a lot to have to fit in to one post. Here's some pictures!!

My first legal drink!! Some fantastic sangria!

The city is honestly so gorgeous. I'm loving every second of being here already, even though I am beyond exhausted. On that note, I think it's time for some sleep.

Adios!