Notes from Abroad – Italy

April 15, 2010

in Notes from Abroad,Op-Ed

Question: What has been your favorite trip so far? Why?

Written by: Allison Shimp

This question is actually kind of hard because I have loved so many of the trips I’ve been on. But if I had to choose, I would say that the weekend I spent in Barcelona was my favorite so far. Even though we stayed in a really sketchy hostel in a bad part of town -  with drug dealers and such – the city was beautiful!

We met up with some friends from Bentley who are also studying abroad in other parts of Europe, which made things even more fun. For sights, we went to the Park Guell, Las Ramblas, and the Sagrada Familia, which was amazing. We also attended a Barcelona basketball game, and it was cool to see the differences between American and European professional basketball.

We found that the food there was amazing and the nightlife was wildly fun! There was so much to see just on the streets, and the city had a great atmosphere. If I had to pick another place to study besides Florence, it would probably be in Barcelona. 

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