Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Analogy... School Work:Stress, Rome:Excitement, Prostitutes:Church...wait what!?!?

Had a decent run this morning, I actually ran into Emily while I was walking back to the dorm. It was a fairly laid back morning; I didn’t have class till 2:30pm. In class today we presented a small assignment where we picked a word and compiled a slideshow of 5 pictures from our travels around the city that depicted this word. Our choices were uniqueness, density, encounters, and emptiness; I chose uniqueness and selected 5 photos from my library that I thought exhibited a form of uniqueness in some way. School work is really starting to weigh down on me…finally the “vacation” feeling of being here is wearing off…and the academic stress of studio is starting to build!
After our presentations we took a short walk to another old church here in Barcelona…this one was originally built outside of the old city walls, it was a very old Roman Catholic Church. On the way to the church we all passed by two overtly kind females, they were dressed very sensually and I soon realized that they were prostitutes…it was only 4:30 in the evening and they were already “working”. For some reason that I cannot grasp both “ladies” called me, and only me, out from everyone else! They paid me with multiple compliments as the entire class walked by. I don’t know if I should be intrigued or disgusted…in any event I was shocked!

Printed my boarding pass for Rome this weekend…can’t believe it, but I am one day from spending THREE nights in Rome…these weeks are really starting to fly by.

Re-stocked on some groceries today…bought beef for the first time since I have been over here…time for some burgers! Or maybe spaghetti….I’m sure I will try that this weekend! Had a great stir-fry dinner tonight: rice, peas, corn, chicken, eggs…who says I can’t cook?!
 Front Facade
 Very old bell tower

 Courtyard
 Barrel Vault....
Stir-fry!!!

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