{"id":963,"date":"2011-08-22T13:41:32","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T17:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/?p=963"},"modified":"2011-08-22T13:43:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T17:43:00","slug":"my-summer-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/2011\/08\/22\/my-summer-in-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"My Summer in Barcelona!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wait, what?\u00a0 Summer is almost over?\u00a0 It is completely impossible for it to already be August 22.\u00a0 Time has clearly played a trick on us all.\u00a0 AHHHH!<\/p>\n

Good news is, I\u2019ve had an INCREDIBLE summer!\u00a0 Bad news is, I haven\u2019t been able to tell you all about it \u2018til now\u2026. But here I go!<\/p>\n

Ok, so this summer I had the ridiculously, amazing opportunity to say, \u201cPsh\u2026 summer?\u00a0 Who would ever want to stop studying for three months?\u201d and take a summer class\u2026. In BARCELONA!<\/p>\n

That\u2019s right!\u00a0 I went with the Harvard Summer Study Abroad to Barcelona, Spain to learn about Barcelonan art, architecture, and culture.\u00a0 I got to speak all sorts of Spanish, pretend to know Catalan, eat yummy food, travel to Paris and Rome, soak up the sun on the beach\u2026 oh right, and go to class.\u00a0 Of course.<\/p>\n

When I went, I knew absolutely none of the other kids on the program.\u00a0 They were all rising sophomores and juniors from Harvard, but for whatever reason I\u2019d never met any of them.\u00a0 I love meeting new people, so this didn\u2019t bother me, but I still did not know what to expect.<\/p>\n

It was one of the best summers of my life.<\/p>\n

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Me in front of the Sagrada Familia!<\/p><\/div>\n

We lived in a summer student housing residence in large singles.\u00a0 Not only was each single relatively big, but each had its own full bathroom and kitchenette!\u00a0 Our classroom was located in the historic main building of the University of Barcelona, and we got to learn all of the ins-and-outs of the city\u2019s super-efficient metro.\u00a0\u00a0 We only had class Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of every week, so this meant four full days every weekend to explore and travel!<\/p>\n

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In Madrid!<\/p><\/div>\n

An average school day went as follows:<\/p>\n