My first real weekend in Barcelona.

This weekend was my first one in Barcelona without my parents. We didn't have class Thursday or Friday (never on Friday!), so it was a very very long weekend. Like I said before, nothing was open Thursday due to the holiday. We tried to get to IKEA again on Friday, but several things happened and I ended up spending the afternoon with a fellow exchange student in La Placa Catalunya. Friday was also the day that I discovered the restaurant across the street. I honestly had never even seen it until Friday, but they have THE BEST chicken and tomato paste sandwich. I don't even like tomatoes, but I could eat this stuff at every meal. From what I hear you grate tomoatoes, throw in some olive oil, add salt, and you're done! Seems easy enough. I will be eating at this place more often.

Yesterday, we finally got to IKEA, and it was glorious! There were about 29,384,302,975 people there, so that stole a little of my joy. We found almost everything we were looking for for only $45! I don't know if that sounds like a lot or a little to you, but these were our purchses:
2 rugs
1 skillet
3pc. pot set
17pc. (!) tupperware set (I guess it's not technically tupperware since it's IKEA brand. You may ask, "Why 17 pieces?" Well, it was the cheapest, duh.)
1 fitted sheet
1 toilet brush
4 dish towels
1 casserole dish
2 paper bags to carry it all home in

I think that's pretty good!

Oh the joy of IKEA. I hope that you all can experience it in your lifetime.