Barcelona - week seven
Week seven was kind of a special week, because I turned 30 on Wednesday! I really didn’t look forward to this, but I have to say that celebrating this special birthday in Barcelona made it a little less painful 😉. I started the week at the ImaginCafe again to work on my English certificate. On Sunday, FC Barcelona had won the League title and Monday evening there was an open bus parade in the streets of Barcelona. It was pretty cool to see the players and I felt like a real Spanish supporter standing there between all these people singing and cheering (But still Club Bruges is my number one team of course!). On Tuesday, I went for dinner with a guy that works at the ImaginCafe. We went to an Italian restaurant -Murivecchi- and had pizza and some red wine. I’m quite picky when it comes to pizzas, but I have to say that both the food and drinks were really good! When I arrived home at 12.30PM, my roommate was waiting for me with a ‘happy birthday crown’ on her head and a cupcake with a candle on it. I had to make a wish and she also gave me a small notebook to take with me to South America and a super sweet birthday card. She told me she stayed up to surprise me and it even made me a bit emotional. On my birthday, I went to the beach and in the evening I had dinner at Thai Zaap with my roommate and a German friend of her. After our main course I got surprised again. The waiter brought me a brownie with a candle on it and the whole restaurant started singing Happy Birthday. i felt a bit awkward, but I really appreciated this second surprise my roommate arranged for me. The day after, I just went to watch a movie at a friend’s place in the evening.
I started my weekend with a visit to the hospital to have my vaccines for South America. I got four vaccines at once, one in each arm and leg. I didn’t feel bad afterwards, but I was super tired so I didn’t make any further plans. On Saturday, I went to a small festival in my neighbourhood Eixample and Sunday I had arranged a small picnic at Parc de la Ciutadella with some friends as a birthday/goodbye party. It was a lot of fun and a perfect ending of the weekend. My first week in my thirties was definitely a good one!
See you next week!
