To understand Friday, you first need to understand what happened on Thursday. In Spain, Thursday is the big party night for college students. Since we don't have classes on Friday, we figured we should go out to a discoteca to see what it was all about. However, much to my dismay, our teachers warned us that students don't start to go out until at least midnight. So sure enough, by the time everyone in the group was ready to go out, it was 1 AM (thank God I got a nap that day)! We didn't get to sleep until 6:30 AM (which is typical of college students in Spain), and Samantha and I were horrified that the sun was starting to come up as we went to sleep! We had to be up at 8 AM to take a trip to Reus, which is a town about 20 minutes away, and needless to say we were EXHAUSTED! We were under the impression that we were going to a museum or two in Reus, and that we would be home after lunch, and would be able to sleep the rest of the day... WRONG!
The day started out at the house of Antoni Gaudi (the famous architecht), which is now perserved as a museum. It was really nice to see the house and walk through it, but the tour guide was far too detailed about little things that we had no interest in. The tour of the house lasted what seemed like forever! To top it off, the tour guide walked in on me in the bathroom, so the rest of the tour was very akward! (The lock was very tricky, and I thought I had locked it... apparently not!) When the tour was over, we sat at an outdoor cafe for lunch, and got to relax for a while.
After that, we got back on the bus, where many of us fell asleep. I was awake when we passed a really pretty building and the guide was speaking in Spanish, saying something about a pyschiatric hostpital. Well, sure enough, we pulled up in front of it and they had us get off the bus! As everyone was waking up, they were asking me where we were. "An insane assylum!" I relplied! You should have seen the look on everyones faces...
The building was very pretty, and even more gorgeous inside. So much detail went into every single part of it! But we were very tired and cranky. This tour lasted even longer (two hours) and there were no bathrooms or places to sit down. We were all a little miserable. Now the joke in our group is, "Hey, remember the time we got a hour of sleep and went to an insane assylum?!" It's funny now, but we were not happy campers at the time...
We got back on the bus, and were wrong again when we thought we were returning to Tarragona. This time, we went to the Gaudi museum, but that was not so miserable. We were all still exhausted and tired from walking all day, but the museum was SO COOL. It was an interactive museum, and very modern. It was nice that we got to learn all about Gaudi before going to Barcleona to see his architecture in real life!
After the museum, we were given free time in Reus, though we all would have preffered to go back to Tarragona! We did a little shopping, a lot of bench sitting, and even got some yummy gelat (ice cream). Finally, we got back in time for dinner at Bar Delta. The day ended with a beatiful sunset and an early bedtime! And interesting day, to say the least.
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