Getting Lost in a Foreign Land & Other Adventures

Estoy. En Barcelona.

I arrived slightly early, got fairly lost in the airport (it's daunting I swear), and have already spoken more Spanish than I have in the past six months. 

Very long story, very short. 

Outside of Spain, taken roughly at 6AM local time on the plane.

I ended up sitting next to a woman who was native to Barcelona on my flight. She "basically" informed me of some of the various cultural differences and of the many places to go and things to see. This ended up in me being awake for the entire 8 hour flight.

When we landed, I went through customs with zero problems (I literally didn't say a word to the guy, and he didn't say a thing to me). After claiming(!) my luggage, I promptly got a little lost in the massive first terminal of the Barcelona Airport (Classic Nick). After waiting around and panicking for a little while (2 hours), I ended up realizing that I was just ridiculously early and that everyone here is always late (it's a thing, trust me).

Then we were herded (in a sheep-like fashion) into several buses (which is a 3 hour process apparently) and I have since been taken by that bus, to my host family's place of residence.

After everything, I have found out a few things about Barcelona, and how my life is going to be over the next six weeks.

1.)Everyone can speak Spanish/French/German/English & any other language that you can think of, better than you or I. 

This is the only poster in "my" room.

(That includes toddlers, seriously.)

2.) Most people here are late to most things. 

(It's a way of life).

3.) We speak Spanish in my host family's house. Always. 

(Unless of course we don't know how to say something.)

4.) The graffiti in Barcelona is generally prettier and better looking than most Art in America.

(It's crazy, I have to get pictures of this.)

5.) Siestas are real. People use and love them.

(Quite possibly the greatest idea in the history of everything. Napping at 2PM, why not?)

Overall, and all joking aside, Spain's architecture is absolutely astonishing, my host mother is simply wonderful, and above all, that this trip is going to be amazing.

View from my bedroom window.