Lo Siento!

I know I have been terrible at keeping up with this blogging thing. It is just so hard to get around to doing! Not that I have been terribly busy with school or anything, but it seems the more I keep in touch with each of you individually, the less motivation I have to write this because often you have heard it all.

In the past two weeks, I have ...
- Discovered a local tapas bar called Bar Velodromo that my Spanish Art and Culture professor recommended and I am newly in love with
- Gone to Sitges for Carnival (more on that in upcoming post)
- Hiked up Tibidabo mountain to the Tibidabo amusement park, famous for its views of the city
- Been to Can Marti, a famous local restaurant on Tibidabo mountain, for Calcotada. Calcots are an onion/leek type vegetable that are only in season for two months and are famous in Catalonia. They grill them and them dip them in this warm red pepper and hazelnut sauce. Aaaaamazing. Quite a pricey meal as we went to a nice restaurant for this but we also got Cava, pan con tomate (crunchy bread that you squeeze a tomato and rub garlic onto, and then top with olive oil and sea salt), patatas bravas (fried potatoes, essentially), five different types of grilled meats (minus the rabbit, we opted for none), and a cafe con leche (I drink coffee now!). It was truly a feast. There was so much that I am probably forgetting something. I couldn't even make room for dessert!
- Been to a FC Barcelona vs. Atletico game
- Walked around Barcelona lots
- And many other things (some pictures for you below!)

This weekend I am off to London to visit Lara and others. So excited to see her and finally hang out with her in London! I haven't been back since the summer I lived there after I graduated from high school, so I am sure it will be wonderful. After this week, I have tons of visitors lined up and lots of weekends away (Madrid, Valencia, maybe Portugal) and some school deadlines (surprisingly) so things will get quite busy. Also, I must work on that Spanish Bucket List (below) as I am already halfway through my exchange!

Going to the Barcelona vs. Arsenal game tonight. It was a major splurge but I figured Jonathan would kill me if I didn't :)

Muchos amoras,

xx Hilary

 Barcelona vs. Atletico

 View from Tibidabo mountain

 Stumbled upon Can Marti (a famous local restaurant in the mountains that I have been dying to go to)

 Calcotada - they don't look like much, but they are fantastic and quite an ordeal to eat (you get bibs, etc.).

 Hike back down the mountain at sunset