I am officially finished with my study abroad program in Barcelona! I am sorry that I haven't kept up with my blogs, but things have been a bit crazy. But let's start where I left off. After I traveled to Budapest, my mom came to visit me in Barcelona for the weekend. We went to Parc Güell & ate the usual paella. Then I ended up getting really sick & my mom took care of me, which was certainly a nice change of pace from taking care of myself all semester.
After my mom left, it was time to board the MSC Cruise ship for my Mediterranean cruise. 30 CEA students boarded the ship, which included 9 of my friends.
We cruised to Casablanca, Morocco first where we were culturally shocked at how different it was from what we were used to. Some of the children we saw were blind, there was a lot of poverty, & there were not many sites to see other than the mosque. We did not want to pay the tour fee for the mosque so this guy said he could give us a tour for cheap so we went with him. We get to the back entrance of the mosque where there are spiral stairs leading down to a pitch-black basement. Fortunately, they were not out to kill us as it may sound. In the end we paid the guy 5€ & made it out alive. We also ate at Rick's Cafe in reference to the cafe in the movie Casablanca.
We then sailed to Cadiz, Spain, which didn't have anything other than a beach. Next, we went to Lisbon, Portugal. It was raining that day so we took a tourist bus around so we could see the sites. I really enjoyed the structure of the town & would love to go back there on a nicer day. Lastly, we went to Genoa where we walked around the town, ate authentic Italian food (& pesto!), & had a wonderful time being with each other.
The cruise itself was okay considering the food was not what I'd expect since I've sailed before. But for the price & how many countries I got to travel to with my friends, it was well worth it. It was definitely the best spring break I ever had.
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