On Vacation From Vacation

So I've had a busy past couple of weeks. We celebrated Thanksgiving with our school and they cooked us dinner, and it was delicious, but I didn't get to eat as much as I wanted.

Then the day after that we got up to go to the airport to go to Barcelona for the weekend. There, I went to a chocolate museum and learned that when coco beans were being used as currency, you could buy a rabbit or the services of a hooker for the same price.

I also got to see a bunch of other Gaudi-designed placed around the city. That was cool and I went to the Gruel Park, which has gift shops that look like gingerbread houses.

I also had some fun figuring out the metro system.

The weekend after that, I went to Paris and did all of the touristy stuff there. And by all, I mean less than half because there's so much to see and I only had a weekend. I saw/climbed up Notre Dame, went to the Louvre and saw the Mona Lisa and other famous works, went all the way to the top of the Eiffel Tower and then walked along the Champs Elysees and toured the Arc De Triomphe. While there, we also ate PB&J below the Eiffel Tower and on top of the Arc De Triomphe. We timed our trip right because on Friday nights the louvre is free for anyone under 26 and on the 1st Sunday of the month a lot of monuments are free.

I also made good use of the Paris metro system, which now makes me wish that we had one in the twin cities.

Right now I'm suffering through finals week. I've already taken 2 and I have one more tomorrow morning.
I only have 3 more full days left in Sevilla and then I'm home on Saturday night.

See you all then!