Here comes the sun.

Ok, apologies are due once again as it's been a while since my last blog. A month in fact, even though I vowed to be more punctual with it. Either way, I'll fill you all in on what I've been up to. 

After being back in Barcelona for 6 weeks, I decided to treat myself with a little trip home. The initial plan was for it to be a surprise for my Mum and family but being a rubbish secret keeper and over compensating for my whereabouts all the time, she managed to work it out as her Mum-radar was in full swing during the week leading up to this. I had a really lovely time at home with the family and friends that I saw, it was a super break and just what I needed. 

Being home made me realise how much I love life in Spain and it makes me sad to think that I have just under 3 months left here. I'm glad I feel this way as I was worried that after Christmas, the rest of the time would drag. It seems that the exact opposite is happening, time is going too fast and I'm trying to make the most of it whilst I still can. There are lots of fun and games planned for the next month or so, so watch this space!

A friend who is studying in Valencia came up to beautiful Barcelona a couple of weeks ago and being the Barcelona fanatics that we are, Emily and I took Billie around the whole city in 2 fun-filled days, dishing out all the fun facts that we could think of! We stayed in the normal hostel right on Placa Catalunya The activities undertaken have already been mentioned in this blog somewhere so I won't bore you with more of that. However, I have been venturing to some different cultural sights of Barcelona. For example, I went to the MNAC; The National Art Museum of Catalonia, for free. I'm glad I went for free because it turns out that art isn't that interesting...especially on 2 hours sleep and when you're still a little bit drunk. Having said that, I still enjoyed the visit as the building was really impressive.

Winning at skiing.

Without doubt, the most exciting excursion I've recently been on was our adventure up to the mountains to go SKIING!! As I have a friend who lives in the village where the ski tram goes from it was a no brainer that I should go up and have a go at skiing. It was a great weekend, and I had the most fun. We decided against a lesson (a risky move) but it turns out we didn't need one. Jade and I were pro's (well sort of). We only fell over on the ski lift thing and there were no broken bones or injuries. In all seriousness, I love skiing and I can't wait to go again some day as it was so much fun. 

Me, loving life in the sun.

Here in Spain, the weather is finally warming up and the big winter coat has been hidden away for another year, thank goodness. I'm so glad the warmth has arrived as I was getting a bit fed up of winter. 

This weekend, the Bann fam are coming out to see me to help me celebrate me turning into an adult and I'm really looking forward to seeing them and showing round my life here. It'll be a while until I write again as I won't be at home for a week or in a weeks time....more on that another day.