Thanksgiving
For Thanksgiving, my roommates and I had a traditional meal. We bought a turkey from El Corte Ingles, which is a 7-floor department store with a supermarket in the basement. I made an apple pie and green beans and we also had stuffing, mashed potatoes, and gravy. Afterwards, we brought a warm plate of food down to the homeless man who sleeps outside our building.
The Prodigy
I went to a Prodigy concert with a friend that I met when I first arrived in Barcelona. After learning about the Olympics that day in my Barcelona City History class, we went to the concert in a tent that was next to the Olympic Stadium. I’ve never been so exhausted after a concert; the band puts on a great show.
Exams
Exams here are conducted a lot differently than at Richmond. You have to present your university ID card to enter the room and you have to leave all your bags, coats, and books in a corner of the room. You also have to sit separated from the other students and sometimes even in alphabetical order. It was a shock to me how little the students are trusted here because I am used to Richmond’s honor system; it makes me feel like I am in high school again.
