Today was a fun day! We went to the Stadium and it was very interesting! It was so neat to see the stadium up close and go through the locker rooms. You can definetly tell that Spain is very proud to have Barcelona has reigning champions in el futbol (soccer). We practiced at the meet pool this morning and this afternoon. It is a nice pool and I think we are all very excited to swim in an international swim meet. We got to see Nimrod and Pablo! ( former swimmers of Bolles).

But what I really wanted to mention, as Dana, Ellie, Kendall and I were talking while sitting in the Cafeteria after returning home from Barcelona, is that people from Spain are always eating. We were saying how we were getting so sick of seeing boqadilla after boqadilla (sandwhich). These sandwhiches usually consist of some sort of meat, with tomato juice, and oil all on french bread. And then there is the famous nutella, which is like a chocolate and penut butter mixed on bread. It is very different than American food. But what is so weird is that they are always eating and always handing us food. Breakfast in the morning, a packed breakfast and lunch for during the day, and then after afternoon practice another snack ready for us! Everyone is so skinny here so it is so weird how they can eat so much! I can barely finish dinner at night because I am so full. And my host mom told me the other day that I am a small eater, and that I have never heard before!

Well the meet begins tomorrow so that should be very interesting! Miss you guys All!! Oh and Coach Jon´s post the other night about the “small” hill was false. It was a huge hill! And the only reason he ran up the stairs was because he didnt have a hard practice that morning. 🙂 We will miss you when you leave tomorrow!

Taylor