Beautiful Day(s)

          One thing that I have noticed here is that the weather doesn’t really change all that much. Sometimes, that can be a bad thing (as I hear that back in the northeast in the U.S. they haven’t seen the sun in about a month). But what that means here is that every day is beautiful and sunny, albeit quite humid, but I think I can manage.

           On Tuesday at the hostel I noticed that a lot of people were checking in for the first of two U2 concerts here in Barcelona. For financial reasons, I initially told myself that there was no way I was going to get tickets. Unfortunately,on Wednesday following the first concert, I had the pleasure of listening to each and every guest rave about how incredible the show was. Some were even nice (or cruel) enough to show me some videos they had taken, which was what ultimately pushed me over the edge- I had to go. Luckily, two of the other American interns here were willing to pay the cost of seeing one of the greatest acts of all time, so I didn’t have to go alone, although I would have if necessary. The concert was held in Barcelona’s soccer stadium, and there was not an empty seat to be found. There were more than 90,000 people present, which made it by far the biggest concert I had ever been to. I am glad to say that it was well worth the expense of the ticket and the 2-hour process of finding a taxi home. It was completely over-the-top, as is to be expected of U2.

              On Saturday the Intrax Intern Abroad crew from Madrid came to stay with us for a night. I was personally very happy because the group in Madrid consists of 5 guys and 1 girl, whereas I am 1 guy living with 5 girls. Yeah, I know that sounds really cool and all, but believe me, it is definitely better in the end to have some dudes around. When they arrived, we all took the train to Sitges (a touristy beach town a half-hour away) and spent the day swimming and hanging out on the beach. Later on, we all went out to a discoteque called ‘Sutton,’ where I had the pleasure of having “wingmen” for once. On Sunday it was a bit of a slow start, so we pretty much had time to eat and then show the Madrid kids a few things around Barcelona before their 8:00 train. I can’t wait to go stay with them in Madrid in two weeks!

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