Tomorrow I will pack my bags and prepare for the trip home…. but first one more big party here in Barcelona!

The movie is about a French guy that moves to Barcelona to study on the Erasmus program for 1 year. He lives in a small apartment with students from all over Europe. In the movie you see problems all student apartments have, especially when you live with multiple languages together. They visit some of the touristic spots in Barcelona and even mention the street Portaferrissa once. It’s a must see when you want to study in Barcelona!

• Start your day with a cop of coffee in a Spanish bar. Every morning I go to a small bar next to my school in “Via Laietana“. The coffee is good and cheap (only € 1) and you can also get some sandwiches, croissants or donuts.
• For lunch I suggest you go to Princesa 23. The place has a great atmosphere and the food is excellent. You can also have dinner here or just enjoy a nice cocktail. It’s not the cheapest place to go for lunch but for around € 15 you get some real good food.
• After lunch you can walk to “Bornet Internet Cafè” in Barra de Ferro (just in front of the Picasso Museum). It’s a small internet cafe where you can plug in your own laptop or use theirs. They play some nice music in the background and you pay 2,80 €/hour for the internet and about € 1,20 for a cafe americano. This internet cafe also is a small gallery, on the walls are paintings you can buy.
• In the evening you can go for a cocktail in Q bar. It’s located in Calle Quintana and every day they have a different cocktail for only € 4. This bar has an international staff so don’t be afraid if you can’t speak spanish.
• After some cocktails go to a chupito bar because thats always fun. I have been in two bars, el gato negro and a bar close to the port. You pay € 1,80 for a shot and its a lot of fun.

The Fiesta de la Mercé is held in Barcelona each year with all it’s associated events spread over a few days leading up to the 24th of September. La Mercé is one of the most important fiestas amongst a wide array on offer in Barcelona, as it honours the city’s most popular unofficial patron saint and protector, the Virgin of la Mercé. (Rentspain)

Looks like I picked the right date to visit Barcelona. A few people will leave tomorrow, so tonight we will have a big party in the apartment.

I didn’t pass all my tests here in the Netherlands so I have to study a bit more. It’s bad I can’t start my final internship at Mark van Werven yet, but I’m not in a hurry.

I leave on Sunday 16 September and fly back on Sunday 7 October. I hope this will be enough to pass my tests and see a bit more of Barcelona.

• Chupito glasses (shots)
• Some spray that can set the glasses on fire
• A lot of alcohol

Yesterday we went to “el gato negro” in Barcelona and when we came in the first thing I noticed was that they didn’t play music. It was really crowded and hard to get a spot at the bar but everybody was friendly and helped us to order the drinks. There are (almost) no normal drinks in this bar, only chupitos. It was a lot of fun and we were really drunk at the end of the evening.

And when I walked outside I again realized that there was no music. There only was the sound of people having fun, laughing, talking and ordering a lot of chupitos. It was even better then listening to music!

This morning I almost missed my flight because I woke up to late. The check-in for my flight was already closed when I arrived but gladly there was a nice girl that helped me. One and a half hour later I arrived in Barcelona and it was raining . Rob picked me up at placa catalunya and we had lunch in a nice bar. The sun is shining now and the temperature is really good, I think we’ll go to a park in a few minutes to have some drinks.

Three days to go and then I’ll be back in Holland.