Barcelona, Hola y Adiós!

Ok, so I've been slacking on the blogs... put c'mon, I was in Barcelona! Give me a break! Yes, it was awesome and I instantly feel in love with the city, as I expected I would. I didn't want to leave, I actually dreaded coming back to Berlin! The weather was beautiful, I don't think it went below 77 degrees all day, even at night time it was comfortable to wear shorts or pants. How is that weather back in New England?! Shorts are still ok, right? Ha!

But to make-up for not posting lately, I did post a ton of pictures! So you can work you way on over to the photo album using the link to the right and check those out. There are tons of pictures from Barcelona and I even put some up of Oktoberfest, though I am still looking for some more to put up, so more should be coming, some day. :)

So while I was in Barcelona, I saw a lot of cool things; Catedral Basilica De Barcelona, La Ramblas, Magic Fountain, Sagrada, Park Guell, FC Barcelona, Barcelona Zoo and Aquarium, La Pedrara (Casa Mila), the Olympic Stadium, and a few other things that I'm sure I'm forgetting. I also got to see a Red Bull Air Race, which I had see on TV before, but it is so cool to see in person. These planes fly through a pretty tight obstacle course reaching speeds of 200+ mph... insane.

I even found a few things that were closely related to my design for my studio project. The entrance to the Aquarium was set up almost identical to the way I am proposing the entrance to my Student Center, so it was nice to see it in built form and learn how it was successful and how it was not so successful. I also found this somewhat interesting "park" are that I don't think was very successful in its current location, but it really addressed the concepts I am working with in my design, well. So it was nice to see my concepts in built form, so now I have something to work with and an idea in the back of my head.

So again, I apologize for the lack of posting, but with all this travel, work, and even filling out some application for Grad school.. it's been a little crazy! I'll try to pick it up... but next week is Mid-Term... and that is just about the time the studio project takes an overload, cause the semester is 1/2 over!! Alright, wish me luck, we'll talk soon.

Guten Tag, Tschüss!