A Quick Coffee!

Karen and Gosia are also both in Barcelona. Ever since I arrived, I messaged both of them and tried to find out whether they were both free for a drink. We have conversed quite a bit, but anytime we have tried to organise to meet, we have had too much work, or one of them has been ill, or we haven't been in Barcelona. Finally, in the last week of Gosia's time in Barcelona, we finally managed to meet them for a drink! It was really nice to see both of them and to catch up with people that were experiencing the same thing as you were. They had moved from the same university, to the same city, but to a different university. We managed to talk to them about how were missing home so much, however it is different for them as London isn't there home. They may have made it their home over the year, but their family does not live there. Coming to Barcelona for them has been a little bit like coming to London, and I think they have managed to make a home here too in a slightly different way to how we have made Barcelona our home. 
We met in Juame 1, the centre of the gothic quarter, and went across the road for a quick coffee. The coffee turned into an hour long wait to even be served and another half an hour to get them, but it gave us time and a chance to catch up which was really nice. I gather that they also prefer Chelsea to their uni here, yet they prefer the city here to London. They have both agreed that they don't feel the work here is to the same standard as Chelsea, and that there are much more classes, and not much project time. It was really good to meet them, and to see how they were feeling and finding it. Gosia was in her last week, and she said to make sure that you make the most of the city. You can get so used to it, that you forget where you actually are, and how much you have infront of you. She said not to waste a single second of your time, and try to see everything you want to see. Its a once in a lifetime opportunity, and you may never have the chance to come and live here again. I guess she's right. You do take the city a little bit for granted. You get used to it. You forget that you won't be here forever and I have now decided I really do have to make the most of my time here. I want to make sure I leave with the best experience I could have possibly had. I think I am almost there, there just might be a few more things that I have to do before I leave!! 
I have pretty much got myself up to date with my blog. I tend to find that I fall behind and then have to blog about three weeks worth of what I have been up to. I know that I haven't been particularly brilliant with writing, but I have had an amazing time living it. There may be a few things I have missed out on here, but there has been nothing that I have missed out on in my experience, and I am going to make a promise to myself to not get so far behind on my blogging. Even though - Its a week of holiday, and we have a furniture project deadline as soon as we get back. I have the rest of the week and weekend of model making and technical drawing to look forward to. I am grateful that the university don't like us to draw on any bigger than A3, even though I hate it, my desk is barely bigger than A2, so I think I might struggle slightly to do them any bigger! A3 is a little bit of a down sizer from my five meter drawing last year! 
Hasta Luego x