Barcelona and Tarragona

This last Wednesday after class our Calvin group met up with a high school group from a Denia high school called Chavas for our trip to Barcelona and Tarragona. After eight hours on a bus with 30 high school students, I started to realize how far I have come after being out of high school for three or four years. Also, I would say that high school kids are not that different whether they are in Spain or in the U.S. That stage of life has lots of common traits. Barcelona is an amazing city; we visited most of the well-known attractions. Gaudi is the most famous architect in Barcelona, and we saw the Pedrera, Parque Guell, and La Sagrada Familia. The cathedral was by far the most impressive part of Barcelona. The main pedestrian street is called Las Ramblas, and it is by far the busiest part of the Gothic District of Barcelona, which is also the oldest part. We stayed at an albergue, (hostel) which used to be a seminary and now serves as a conference center and school for nurses. One student from Chavas, Vicente, hung out with the Calvin group the whole weekend, and we have hung out since then here in Denia. Later this semester, we have more trips coming up: Granada, Madrid, London, and Marrakesh. The last two are independent trips that we are planning for February.