Monday on Barcelona has been great. It was our first day of class, and we had two lectures on Spanish history and the economy. The professor was a little dry, but it's interesting to compare the French and Spanish cultures.
This afternoon we toured a sparkling wine company based in Spain: freixenet. I really enjoyed the tour. We had a presentation on their history and went into their huge cave cellar. It's a large company that exports all over the world and they have a unique marketing strategy, claiming to be the sparkling wine for the entertainment industry, and they use an iconic red shirted boy as their image. It was a nice afternoon.
We are getting tapas with a group of us later, which always seems to be the highlight of the day. Tapas, the small meals served all over the city, is very refreshing after our big meals in France. My favorite so far has been the mushrooms from tapatapa last night.
Barcelona is going by so fast! I'm hoping to use an afternoon off of class on Thursday to do some more sight seeing. Saturday, our departure day is approaching fast!
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