Mis Aventuras en España

Thursday, August 31, 2006

The flight and not much else

It has been a week since I boarded the plain in El Paso and I can't believe it. Time is absolutely flying by already. I really haven't been that busy, but everything is so new and exciting and I have seen so many different places already that the days pass by very quickly. I think I am finally over any jet lag I had, which is very encouraging. For the the first 3 or 4 days, I wasn't really hungry at meal times and I wasn´t really tired at night (or even early in the morning at 1 or 2). But now I have regained my appetite and I get tired and sleep well. It is very nice to finally be adjusted to the time zone.
To clear up some confusion, I am not actually in Barcelona at the moment. We are staying in Castellár del Valles...a little village about 30-45 minutes away from Barelona. This is where Glòrias father has a house that we are staying in while the renovations on their house in Reus are finished. Ofcourse things in terms of renovations are not any different here and they are behind, so things won't be completely finished by the time we have to go back, but they will be definitely livable.
I have epxerienced so many new things it is hard to know where to start...but I will try tell everything and get everyone caught up on what I have been doing. Right now I don't have access to the internet except at the public library (where I am now) because we are in Castellár, but once we get to Reus and get in a normal schedule I will have a computer in my room with high speed internet.
Anyway...I guess I'll just start with the first day. I arrived in Barcelona at 10 in the morning on Friday August 25th. All the flying and airport stuff went very well (considering the length of my journey) despite the fact that my first flight (from El Paso to Chicago) was delayed by 2 hours. Luckily I had a very long layover in Chicago and did not miss my flight or anything. The flight from Chicago to Madrid was the longest and they served us dinner and breakfast. The airline I flew for this half was Iberia, and it was very nice. The only other issue I ran into was in Barcelona. At baggage claim I was only able to find my big rolly bag and not my garment bag. After finding the correct place to go about this and standing in line for 40 minutes (I was nearly the next person to be served) I spotted it under a bunch of other bags on a luggage cart...who knows how it got there. But I quickly grabbed it and ran out as soon as I could because I knew Ferran was waiting for me.
I got quite the surprise when I got out because Glòria told me it would just be Ferran picking me up, but Teresa and Biel were there as well. They were so wonderful and greeted me with great big smiles. We all connected pretty immediately and walked out to the car. Teresa was full of questions and stories and Biel just kept giggiling and smiling. They are a wonderful family and Teresa and Biel are very very sweet...I love them all already!
I know I really haven't said much yet and I have written a lot, but I have to get going and meet Glòria, so I will write more later.

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