Alright, so I haven't blogged in a while. Sorry. I got busy. But I went to Rome with Mom and Andy and it was a lot of fun. We also went to Pompeii, which was great and inspired me to take a class next semester on Pompeii. We saw and did everything you'd imagine in Rome, including the Vatican which was really cool. We also did a wine tasting that was spectacular, and came with delicious meats and cheeses. Best wine, cheese, and meat ever. Even the tuna was okay.
This picture was Pompeii, the town that was completely destroyed (aka preserved perfectly) by Mt. Vesuvius erupting in 78AD and then was found totally accidentally a couple hundred years ago. It doesn't totally do it justice, but its a good one of the three of us. It was SO hot there! I actually thought I was going to faint, but luckily they turned one of the ruins into a cafeteria that sold bottled water.
This is us at the Vatican. Not really much to say except that the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica are awesome. Totally worthy of a guy who used to basically rule over all of Europe.
Then they came to Barcelona and we did all of the touristy things. Sagrada Familia was awesome (this is a picture of the interior) and I would totally recommend it to anyone. We also went to the beach and other things like that, including the Rock Museum--which for the record is about music, not fossils. That week after they left I started my new internship at the IUEE (which stands for the University Insitute of European Studies in Catalan). The people are really nice, and I was sad I was only here for 11 days. While here I wrote a paper about the EU's Energy Roadmap 2050 that they published to their website! Here's a link to the article. If you don't want to read it I totally understand, but look at my name at the top all fancy!
http://www.iuee.eu/pdf-actualitat/512/eKBvIf6YcJjtGdNGbrhb.PDF
The last program of the trip was to Tossa de Mar on the Costa Brava. Like any proper European location there is a giant castle, but we didn't have enough time to go. We did have enough time to buy a delicious lunch and sit on the beach. Alissa and I went swimming, so now I can say I've swam in the Mediterranean! The water was really nice, but the rocks they had instead of sand hurt my feet :(.
And of course like any proper redhead, I got pretty badly sunburnt even though I put sunscreen on every two hours and immediately after swimming! Luckily I'll spare you pictures of those.
Even so, it was totally worth it. The beach was beautiful and it was such a nice day.
The last weekend was a free weekend, and I didn't go anywhere. But we did go out and have a great time in Barcelona! We went to the Ice Bar, which is entirely made out of ice and pretty awesome. On Sunday, Lindsay and I took sailing lessons! To be honest, they didn't teach us anything so I'm glad I knew--they just let us take turns steering with the tiller.
Dad got here Monday, and tonight I'm moving out of Bellaterra and into his hotel. Then we're going to Stockholm! Hopefully I'll blog about Stockholm, but no guarantees apparently.
I've had such a great time in Barcelona and I can't believe I'm leaving! But I also am excited to go home, especially to see everyone!
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