CABECITA LOCA: Ya es Primavera

Aiiii...it's finally spring time in the BCN and we have had some pretty consistent spring weather too! I have finally started wearing sandals and dresses again and wake up with a smile every day that the sun is out, and beckoning me to come play.... so when I'm not in class, I am playing in the sun. This is what I usually am doing...

BICING- this is a public, bike membership system that allows the sharing of city owned bikes through a card that you swipe at a station, collect a bike, go anywhere you want in the city, and when you are finished riding, drop it off at any other station with open spaces. Membership costs 24 Euro a year, SUPER CHEAP, plus I haven't had to take the metro anywhere (in the summer, the underground is unbearably hot and humid), which is way awesome because there is a bicing station in front of my house and in front of school, gracias a Dios!

PICNICING- There is an awesome park in the city called Ciutadella. It is huge and green and offers many grassy knolls to relax on as well as trees for shade and trees to climb. We have had a lot of May birthdays in our group of friends, so we have been picnic'in quite a bit. It is especially nice when Adam and my friend Derek bring their guitars and we relax, eat chorizo sandwhiches and watch this one naked guy pass us every hour or so. In the park there is also a lake where you can rent row boats and put-put around, a nice fountain to admire (under construction, what isn't in the city?) and a mammoth statue where you can find all the tourists, a zoo, an arboretum and lots more. It's a very whimsical park with diverse groups of people and is just a 15 min bike ride from home, downhill... again, gracias a Dios.

BEACH ing- not much to say here...except we cant take BICING here because the stations are always full on good days. I also don't have fotos because everyone tans nude... and my friends don't want to stumble upon their parts on my blog. sabeis?

TERRACE ing- A few of my friends are lucky enough to have a terraza on top of their apartment buildings.. this means that the roof, is a terrace shared by all the habitants of the apt edificio, free for anyone to do anything. Recently we have been utilizing this a causa de the beautiful weather, so sometimes we do our picnicing/pot lucking up there and sometimes it's just an excuse to be outside, play some music, watch the sunset (la puesta del sol) and have a drink with our friends.

PLAZA ing- Barcelona is the best. Since a lot of us are spending our last amounts of money on travel, we, a veces, don't like to go out to bars... so instead we hunt down happenin' plazas where we can drink 52 cent beers with a bunch of Catalans... some plazas have playgrounds and toys, others just have a good ambiance (buen rollo we spaniards would say) so especially with the summer weather creepin in, the evenings are so nice to spend outside. So, we do!

that's it for now, just a quick update on my life... here are a few more things that may interest you too...
-I am finished with school May 20th (minus one test on June 11)
-I have a 20 pg and 10 pg research paper to write before then, plus a class presentation, and 3 other smaller essays (fáciles)
-I leave for Prague (Czech Republic) on May 16th for 4 days
-I am going to the Primavera Sound Festival on May 30th in BCN, headlined by CAT POWER (!!!) and the Swell Season (if you haven't seen the movie ONCE yet, you MUST, academy award best song)
-My friend Hannah (from home) comes to visit on May 27th for 5 days
-I leave for Lisbon, Portugal on June 1st with my friend Hannah for 3 days
-I am planning one more trip in June.... possibly to: Spanish islands of Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza, or to San Sebastian (northern Spain) or maybe somewhere in southern Spain

AND LASTLY:
I will be home (northern California) for: AMERCIA'S BIRTHDAY!!!! I will probably have a flight around June 30th so I will see you all in less the 2 months =)
In the words of Cameron: "America needs love too, she's all like, hey, I miss Karli, Spain quit being greedy"

Enjoy some spring time fotos until then, and you can expect another blog when I return from Prague!