Well, here started the first and unique exchange weekend in Barcelona. We were tired as hell, but we decided to get up at a reasonable hour to do lots of activities. We had met about ten people more at ten in the morning in Rambla de Poblenou, to have a nice time at the beach. It was sunny and the day was great, so there was no problem. But once we were there we looked around us and noticed that none of us had brought any ball or anything to play, so Andrea and I went into a shop and for three euros we got a fancy ball!
We were all the morning in the sand, doing lots of different things, it was fun. At lunch time we stayed there at the McDonald's by the beach, we were just ten people counting Dutch and Catalan, so we were in a small group. When we finished we walked all along the streets in Poblenou and went back to the school, were we were going to meet all the rest of the class. During this trip, we learned a bit of Dutch, some separate words and sentences, many of them just to have fun. They learned also some Catalan and Spanish expresions, also the Barça anthem. They were good at languages!
Park Guell was the principal plan that evening, but it turned out that it closed at six, and it was five o'clock, so we arrived at the conclusion that Parc de la Ciutadella would be great as well! Honestly, every place seemed great to us when we had fun and laughs with them. We also brought ping-pong balls and rackets to play there. My target was Martijn, he has been training ping pong for 6 years and he's really good. I wanted to try him! I lost 7-5 at the end, but it was worth it, and we shaked our hands after the match. So after dancing, shouting, chatting and loads of other stuff we came back home, where a paella made by my mum was waiting for us!
Actually, it was the first paella she cooked, but it was tasty. So we finished our day as we did always, some chapters of Modern Family and some chatting before bed. The next day we were going to visit Camp Nou. It would be the first time for me and, of course, for him. So, goodnight and see you in the next post!
Song of the day: Jack Johnson - Do You Remember
sábado, 12 de febrero de 2011
viernes, 11 de febrero de 2011
Best Days Ever - Exachange Day 3
Well, Third day was Friday, and it started like just another work day for me. Getting up early, preparing all my stuff to school... But we still had a guest, who had already got used to the life in my family! So we arrived to school and I had to attend Geography class, while Bill and the other Dutch people were doing some activities with class B. Anyone in my class was really listening to the teacher. There was too much going on, lots of good moments to come and think of.
So I was swimming in my thoughts and when I looked at my watch it seemed to be 12:30, time to go to the port to pick'em up! We met all of them just by the beach in front of the Mafre towers, almost everybody had had dinner by that time, so I had to hurry up with mine to start doing things! That day we were supposed to make a photo marathon along Las Ramblas, taking pictures of 20 tghings we had in a paper. The truth is that the first ones were kind of difficult to find, but once you got the spirit of the photographer, it was instantaneous! We went into lots of places: the Boqueria, the Liceu, Canaletes fountain... We had a really good time, and about five o'clock we took the metro in return to the school.
Me and Bill went home to have some "house time", he was really tired from all the previous activities. So we got ourselves comfortable and prepared the Guitar Hero game. He had played before a couple of times, but I have to say I used to play a lot last year and I'm such a master :D We started talking and played poker with my brother. Time went fast and suddenly it was nine o'clock, so we prepared the table for dinner.
We never had something typical to eat, he didn't want to taste bread with tomato and the only thing that can be considered from here he ate was a potato omelette. But well, we weren't that uncomfortable that night, and we talked naturally while eating. Afterwards, he showed me some really funny videos, the ones from the serie asdf and some others, and we laughed a lot. We finished the day with a couple of Modern Family chapters, and we were so tired that we hardly said goodnight.
Song of the Day: James Blunt - Stay The Night
So I was swimming in my thoughts and when I looked at my watch it seemed to be 12:30, time to go to the port to pick'em up! We met all of them just by the beach in front of the Mafre towers, almost everybody had had dinner by that time, so I had to hurry up with mine to start doing things! That day we were supposed to make a photo marathon along Las Ramblas, taking pictures of 20 tghings we had in a paper. The truth is that the first ones were kind of difficult to find, but once you got the spirit of the photographer, it was instantaneous! We went into lots of places: the Boqueria, the Liceu, Canaletes fountain... We had a really good time, and about five o'clock we took the metro in return to the school.
Me and Bill went home to have some "house time", he was really tired from all the previous activities. So we got ourselves comfortable and prepared the Guitar Hero game. He had played before a couple of times, but I have to say I used to play a lot last year and I'm such a master :D We started talking and played poker with my brother. Time went fast and suddenly it was nine o'clock, so we prepared the table for dinner.
We never had something typical to eat, he didn't want to taste bread with tomato and the only thing that can be considered from here he ate was a potato omelette. But well, we weren't that uncomfortable that night, and we talked naturally while eating. Afterwards, he showed me some really funny videos, the ones from the serie asdf and some others, and we laughed a lot. We finished the day with a couple of Modern Family chapters, and we were so tired that we hardly said goodnight.
Song of the Day: James Blunt - Stay The Night
jueves, 10 de febrero de 2011
Best Days Ever - Exchange 2
Well, so I'm finally back and willing to explain how the first whole day of our great exchange went.
This day is actually the one in which we got to know each other better, and we got more confident. When I first got up up at my parents' bedroom, I didn't really know what was going on, but then I remembered everything! I went to Bill's room (mine) and told him to wake up, it was time. He answered me almost at the second I knocked on his door, and he went directly to the shower. He even seemed used to my house! We had breakfast and prepared things for school, and we went to the street. He only came with me on the first hour, in PE class, but he couldn't participate because of a problem he's got on his knee... We played Shootball, the sport very similar to what here we call "Matar". I had a lot of fun, though I didn't like Bill just sitting and watching... Since the end of that class until 6 o'clock we didn't see them, but at that time we went to the Metro station to pick'em up, and went to the bowling tio have a good time!
There we played for about an hour and a half, and that few time was really useful to get to know each other better and to make jokes and laugh, the most important thing when it's about being with a person you just have met! I returned home at about nine in the evening, so there was a little gap between that and dinner. He had an iPod Touch, an my brother and I have a shared one, so we were talking about it and playing some games. Then we chatted a little in the living room and started having dinner. At first it was a little bit uncomfortable, too much silence, but my mother tried to keep a conversation with him all the time, so it wasn't that bad after all.
Before going to bed we saw some "Modern Family" chapters, which is really funny and made him laugh a bit. It was late, around a quarter to twelve, when we said goodnight and he entered my room. I hadn't got used to sleep in my parents' bedroom, but at the end it became a routine! I thought next day would be great too, We were going to go to the center, and maybe some other place afterwards. So in a few minutes, I was deeply asleep.
Song of the day: The Kooks - Mr. Maker
This day is actually the one in which we got to know each other better, and we got more confident. When I first got up up at my parents' bedroom, I didn't really know what was going on, but then I remembered everything! I went to Bill's room (mine) and told him to wake up, it was time. He answered me almost at the second I knocked on his door, and he went directly to the shower. He even seemed used to my house! We had breakfast and prepared things for school, and we went to the street. He only came with me on the first hour, in PE class, but he couldn't participate because of a problem he's got on his knee... We played Shootball, the sport very similar to what here we call "Matar". I had a lot of fun, though I didn't like Bill just sitting and watching... Since the end of that class until 6 o'clock we didn't see them, but at that time we went to the Metro station to pick'em up, and went to the bowling tio have a good time!
There we played for about an hour and a half, and that few time was really useful to get to know each other better and to make jokes and laugh, the most important thing when it's about being with a person you just have met! I returned home at about nine in the evening, so there was a little gap between that and dinner. He had an iPod Touch, an my brother and I have a shared one, so we were talking about it and playing some games. Then we chatted a little in the living room and started having dinner. At first it was a little bit uncomfortable, too much silence, but my mother tried to keep a conversation with him all the time, so it wasn't that bad after all.
Before going to bed we saw some "Modern Family" chapters, which is really funny and made him laugh a bit. It was late, around a quarter to twelve, when we said goodnight and he entered my room. I hadn't got used to sleep in my parents' bedroom, but at the end it became a routine! I thought next day would be great too, We were going to go to the center, and maybe some other place afterwards. So in a few minutes, I was deeply asleep.
Song of the day: The Kooks - Mr. Maker
miércoles, 9 de febrero de 2011
Best days Ever - Exchange Days 1
Well I think I have to apologize about this two weeks without activity, but I have too much to talk about, so let's get started.
I ended up last day explaining my first contact with the Dutch partner. So we talked a bit n Messenger, and with other students. I was about to explode on Wednesday, waiting for them to come, and when I arrived at the school, they were already there. It was hard for me to recognize Bill at first, because I hadn't seen any recent photos of him, but since we said hello and then everything started to go as fast as the light. We went home, I introduced him to my family and we unpacked all his things. I had the whole five days of the exchange planned, so we didn't have to wait a minute to go to Rambla de Poblenou. There was almost everyone there, and we went walking down to the beach, where we spent a while. I really liked it. It was really dark and we had to go back, I think at 8 thirty or something like that. The first family dinner was a bit embarassing, lots of uncomfortable silences and not a lot to say. But after dinner I stayed talking to him for a while, we laughed and made jokes. Then we saw the show Modern Family (in English, of course) and it seemed that it wouldn't be that difficult to have one more person at home. We said goodnight and went to sleep.
This way I explained it, so fast, that's the way it seemed to me that happened: one second I was nervous for them to arrive, next we have already said goodnight. And we understood each other really good, which was one of my first fears I had. So, they say good things happen fast right? If that's true, this one has been AWESOME!
See you in the next post!
Song of the day: Jason Mraz - Lucky
I ended up last day explaining my first contact with the Dutch partner. So we talked a bit n Messenger, and with other students. I was about to explode on Wednesday, waiting for them to come, and when I arrived at the school, they were already there. It was hard for me to recognize Bill at first, because I hadn't seen any recent photos of him, but since we said hello and then everything started to go as fast as the light. We went home, I introduced him to my family and we unpacked all his things. I had the whole five days of the exchange planned, so we didn't have to wait a minute to go to Rambla de Poblenou. There was almost everyone there, and we went walking down to the beach, where we spent a while. I really liked it. It was really dark and we had to go back, I think at 8 thirty or something like that. The first family dinner was a bit embarassing, lots of uncomfortable silences and not a lot to say. But after dinner I stayed talking to him for a while, we laughed and made jokes. Then we saw the show Modern Family (in English, of course) and it seemed that it wouldn't be that difficult to have one more person at home. We said goodnight and went to sleep.
This way I explained it, so fast, that's the way it seemed to me that happened: one second I was nervous for them to arrive, next we have already said goodnight. And we understood each other really good, which was one of my first fears I had. So, they say good things happen fast right? If that's true, this one has been AWESOME!
See you in the next post!
Song of the day: Jason Mraz - Lucky
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