barcelona

Yesterday, we took a three hour train ride from Madrid to Barcelona. The train itself was pretty neat. It was a super high-speed train, but I don´t know if it qualified as a bullet train. When we arrived, we went straight to the dormitories to get settled, ate lunch and then went for a two or three hour paseo (tour) of the city. Afterward, a group of us went to this really trendy restaurante that serves Basque style food. There were all sort of trays with little tapas (of sorts) on tooth picks and you could just take what you wanted. At the end of the meal you just had to show the staff how many thoothpicks you had and they would ring up your meal. A number of us noted how trusting of a system it was. I don´t think any restaurantes in the states would use a system like that for fear of getting robbed. Well today, we´re going to the Don Quixote language school to take a langauge test and get placed in classes of the appropriate level for conversation. These classes are conversational only, there is nothing written at all! Until next time, ciao!