So my Catalan course ended on Friday. I had my test today and it went better / was easier than I expected, leaving me with the hope that I passed and did decently (as opposed to my fear of failing before I took it). It would be nice to pass it because I would get credit for it which would mean I would not have to take as many classes during the semester.

Speaking of which, classes are starting tomorrow. Until about mid-October we are free to attend any classes we like (or none, haha, though that would not be so smart) and then we have to enroll in the classes and cannot change the schedule any more. I have picked out seven classes that I am going to look at, though I will probably only attend four or five in the end. Tomorrow I have four of them, as my schedule is a bit badly timed, with four classes on Tue/Thu and two on Mon/Wed. One of the classes on Tue/Thu is during the same timeslot as another so I will probably go to one tomorrow and the other on Thursday (and I will try very hard not to pick the one that is in English simply for the language reason as I am mainly here to take Spanish Lit classes, even though the Spanish one is a theater class and theater is not my favorite topic either, while the other is about English novels and contemporary film adaptations which is much more my taste.

Well, other than school, I have been going out a lot. Last week on Tuesday, September 11th, was the Festa per la Llibertat in Catalunya, which is the Catalonian national holiday, and there was a huge fiesta with a concert at the Arc de Triomf which was pretty cool. I have been going out with the people from my Catalan class and we have really been having a good time. This past weekend I tried for a bit quieter, and only went out on Friday, as I wanted an evening to myself (and since my roommate always goes out on the weekends, I knew I would have the apartment to myself), and besides I had to study for my Catalan test.

At the Festa per la Llibertat, I took a bunch of pictures and also recorded a short video, so watch it if you are curious to see what it was like…

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFwigYLeOU0

As always you can see many more pictures at my Flickr site.

Friday evening Tina will be coming here, and she will be staying here till Tuesday. It works out perfect that Monday is a holiday here (yep, another one), and I will not have any classes Fri-Mon (I never have classes on Friday here). I hope we will do a lot of touristy sightseeing in Barcelona and also make a day trip to Girona, but we will see how things work out.

I think I will cut this short as I am getting sick, I have a sore throat, and feel a bit weak and light-headed, and since I have classes from 1000 to 1630 tomorrow, I should be well-rested.

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