Just a bit of an update.

I  sat down and wrote a lot of this post at the weekend, and now I have sat down with some pastries and a cuppa peppermint tea and deleted half of it. For that reason it is a little disjointed but really its just a bit of an update about what I have been up to. 

On Saturday I went on a walking tour of Barcelona around some of the old city and learnt lots of fascinating information about the history of the area! It was a runner beans tour (http://www.runnerbeantours.com/) and I would recommend them to anyone coming for a visit and wants to fill a morning. I then did as girls do and did some shopping in the afternoon! I promise I really do need some more summer clothes and it is the sales so it would have been rude not to; I did need to get out of the sun for a little bit as well.

I didn't take too many photos on my trip but here a couple I wanted to share!

The Placa Reial which I have to admit might be one of my favorite squares I've visited in Barca so far but I am sure there are many more just as beautiful I am yet to discover. 

A typical old city street in Barcelona, and this was one of the main streets. In the very narrow parts it looks as though you could jump between the balconies at the top with no problems at all.  

I also went on a bit of a walk on Sunday morning to the edge of the town where I am living and it was quite pleasant to just have a bit of a wander and see some new scenery. It was too hot to go very far but I am sure I will be climbing mountains come Autumn. Maybe...

 I was just sat on a bench reading a book when I took this with the local swimming pool blasting some old school tunes which gave a slightly different feeling to what you might expect from the photo. 

On Tuesday I went to my first Spanish exercise class at the gym - quite an adventure. Firstly, I was struggling to remember how to even enter the gym (last digit of you DOB and then your thumb scan?!- they use finger prints everywhere here!) but a nice man helped me and it was all fine. Then the class was hard, I am definitely still feeling it today but it has been a while since I have been to a body conditioning class so it was to be expected. But I really enjoyed it. The class was in Spanish (again I don't think it was Catalan) but it didn't seems to matter as long as you can see the front and count to 8. There is also A LOT of nudity in the changing rooms here compared to what I have previously experienced. I'm not that bothered and its really not worth trying to hide under a towel while quickly getting changed but wandering around the whole room starkers to the showers (no towel or anything) maybe going a little to far for me personally. But I will soon be back to try out some more classes. It's 3 weeks to get a Bikini body for holiday and I have eaten A LOT of bread... Plus I need to work on my tan before I am home at the end of the month to make everyone (especially my mum) jealous. 

Finally. I LOVE ESPANA, it's such a laid back place. Lab health and safety - who cares (actually I do, I never thought I would miss a COSSH form but they were a large part of my 3rd yr project and I claim one of my skills is writing them!); Bus runs late - oh well; Drink beer and watch football - of course. Chill out for at least an hour in the middle of the day and make sure you take a proper lunch - always.

I don't have anything planned for this weekend apart from some catch up on much needed sleep and a wander out to buy some food so I have no idea what I will post about but I am sure I will come up with something!