Hello everyone! Here are a few snapshots of life this past week. First, on Thursday, my Catalan Art class took a field trip to La Casa Mila, also known as La Pedrera, by Antoni Gaudi. True to Spanish conceptions of time, those of us who got there on time waited almost an hour before we went in, but it was totally worth the wait. Gaudi is sooo cool! I'm a little bit obsessed with his architecture right now, and la Casa Mila might be my favorite of his works.
Next up, on Friday a few friends and I decided we were craving chocolate chip cookies, so we went shopping for the ingredients, and baked cookies together! It was kind of hard to figure out what baking soda was in Spanish, but we ended up buying the right thing, and the end result was delicious.
On Saturday, we had a program-organized trip to Tarragona, a city with ancient Roman ruins. Unfortunately, it poured rain all day, which made our tour around the old city walls not so pleasant. We were cold and kind of miserable, but it seemed fitting to me because we were seeing and hearing some very dark things. For example, the guide explained to us that the short pillars outside the walls were for leaving unwanted babies to either die or be taken in by someone else, most likely as a slave. Then we saw the ruins of the amphitheater where the gladiators fought. I couldn't stop thinking about this quote by CS Lewis from the Weight of Glory: "It may be possible for each to think too much of his own potential glory hereafter; it is hardly possible for him to think too often or too deeply about that of his neighbor...There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations-these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit-immortal horrors or everlasting splendours."
On a happier note, I finished out the weekend with a wonderful Sunday: Church, lunch at a cheap but delicious pizza place, a walk through Parc Ciutadella with some friends from church, and skyping with the fam. I love Sundays, and this is one of the reasons why:)
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