Some of us got together to paint a mural in the reception area at church this past Saturday. Here's Alexis, the mastermind behind the whole project! It's a Barcelona cityscape with a sunset in the background.
Here's me painting the Torre Agbar. This and the building to the right of it was my only real contribution :p. I came for a few hours and then I rushed off to work since I'm in finals and all... :S.
Here's Alexis painting Tibidabo and Patti trapped underneath!
Hola!
Natasha came to help too! I caught her putting on her jacket here... We were getting ready to leave. After painting, we ate lunch and then got to her house around 4pm.. and then I stayed there working until 3am :S. Then I pulled a full all-nighter the next night. Wheeew! But I'm done with that final now thank goodness :D.
The finished mural. Pretty nice right? I left when Alexis just started painting the background so I didn't see the finished mural until the next day at church. Can you believe they did this all in one day? Desde las 10:30 por la manana hasta las 10:30 por la noche!
This is what it looks like entering the church... It's in a garage so you have to walk down a ramp. It's literally an "underground church". Ha. Ha... :D
Tada!
I still have to go visit Tibidabo, which is the silhouette on the right. It's a mountain close by with a statue as you can see. I went the last time I came but I want to go again...***
After church, I ended up going with Katie and Alexis to the library at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), which is one of the big universities here. I think of it as my Barcelona version of Brown :D. It's funny because it really feels like that! I go to Elisava which is a small design school, in a separate location, but part of UPF. So just like at Brown, I can go to UPF and use the library or join the student groups etc. The only difference is that UPF is actually closer to me, location-wise, than Elisava. I really lucked out with my apartment here. I happen to live within walking distance to both UPF and Elisava and I can walk to a lot of other key locations too!
This is a pretty road I walk down to get to UPF.
The TRAM! If I had to rank public transportation, I would definitely say that the Tram comes in as Numero Uno! And then the bus, and then the metro (I find that I prefer being above ground). Every time I get on the tram (usually on Sundays to go to church) I feel like I'm on a ride, like in Disneyland! except the "ride" is Barcelona. hehee..
I took this photo around the end of my first month here, when I went to UPF to check out the student bible study group. I took the photo to capture what university looks like here compared to the US. I thought it was nothing special and I really never came back to this UPF campus, even though it's only a five minute walk away. Now that I'm leaving, I wish I had spent more time here because little did I know that the seemingly plain building to the right houses an amaaaaazing library. I totally could have gone there to work rather than worked at home.. argh! 
There is a new part of the library and then there is an older part, which is where we went to go study/work. Both are really great facilities, and really big! Like if you laid out each floor of the Sci Li as one floor... Okay maybe I'm exaggerating but it felt big. 
It's in this huge cavernous medieval-feeling castle! And everyone was working so hard... Really an amazing study environment that I wish I had discovered sooner!
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And here's a photo taken just a few hours ago. It was my last time going to Celula (aka small group/bible study/family group) :(! I will really miss this group. I joined the Celula around when I first got to Barcelona and every Wednesday night we met in Jaako's apartment to fellowship, worship, and talk about God. I can't believe it's already been three months! It really feels like I came to Barcelona, blinked, and now I'm leaving :p. I still remember in the beginning when I was nervous about going to a bible study in Spanish... But it's been really great. I've loved getting to know other Christians here. It's really cool to realize that there are people all over the world that know and love the same God. And that we can all come together from so many different backgrounds and places but have this common ground. Not everyone came today but from left to right (mas o menos) are Camilla from Germany, Katie from Seattle, Janina from Germany, Jaako from Finland, Maria Luisa from Barcelona, me from I really don't know where!, Anne-Jouelle from France/Switzerland, Alexis from Michigan, and Sephora from Peru :). Gracias a todo en este grupo. Os quiero mucho y os echaré de menos!
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