vamos a jugar!

week 4

This week has been really exciting for me! Of course, it was filled with lots of work at DNA Architectos but I was put in charge of building the two models of the Punta Brava houses which turned out looking very nice and my project managers were really pleased with my (along with the girls') work! It felt really great go hear that all the work we put into the models was appreciated! The drawing set and models were completed on time and will be flying out with Aryanour (the CEO!) tomorrow (Monday). I hope the presentation goes well and the client picks one of the houses to be built on Costa Brava!

Emma and I had to work really late on Tuesday and we decided, that since they gave us the morning off on Wednesday, that we would go out dancing. I convinced her to try out a club that I had heard was really fun and had good music. She gave in and we went dancing and had a really awesome time! We ended up making friends with a guy from Paris, Alexis, who was really nice and chatted with us for a while. He was on holiday in Barcelona with some friends and since Tuesday night I have been hanging out with him and his friends which has been really fun.

Alexis during our Sunday exploration of the city with his friends!

Thursday night was WANTED DJ's and of course Jess, her friend Ingse from Norway, Adam (our new co-worker from Hungary) and I all went to hear the DJ's at Mix Club. The show was, as usual, really fun and there was tons of dancing. We were talking to a group of people, one guy who owns a few restaurants here and his friend who is a movie producer here. I hope that sometime soon I can go meet them at the restaurant and try out some of their traditional tapas! SUPER delicioso!

Today (Sunday) Alexis and two of his friends and I all walked around the city taking pictures and exploring a lot of the churches, tiny Placas, and shops.

Cathedral of the Sea!

We had lunch down in Barceloneta, the neighborhood by the ocean and sat at a waterfront restaurant and had seafood paella, artichokes, and prawns. The food was really really delicious - Barceloneta is known to have the best seafood in the city because it is so near the water.

It was a beautiful day as well - lots of sun and warm enough for a t-shirt. Alexis and his friends mostly spoke in French which was funny since I don't speak a lick of french, but the conversation was really fun and I put in my two sense when I understood what was going on or when we were speaking in english. Haha! Tomorrow all of them go back to Paris but in two weeks I may fly there to visit some old friends and Alexis offered to take me around Paris. We will see what is to come ahead!

There is a beautiful little Placa tucked away in the winding streets of the city, but the church inside is...well...culturally quite grim. When someone dies and the service is held at this church, the body of the person is brought back out into the Placa and people can..."re kill" the body again which is why there are so many chunks missing from the wall of the church. The display of this is public but it only happens on one occasion during the year.

These musicians sit in Placa Catalunya, really close to my house. They just absolutely make my day with the piano on the street and the banjo. The singer (playing Banjo) sings so much like a souther blue grass singer with the twang and everything. I absolutely love it!