Lost in translation...I mean transportaion...actually both!

Mallory and I took a few more steps advancing our project today in studio. Jordi helped us to direct our attention more specifically on a particular area within the site…it is where all of the bars, cafes, and nightclubs are! For Thursday we have to have a more finalized map with our observations of pedestrian movement. I took a visit to the site to gather some more information, it is cool how being there helps me conceptualize things better…I started to get a few more ideas that we could possible push forward in the project; I am just trying to think more architecturally than abstractly!

On the way to the site I had to take the METRO system and one of the lines was so full with people that the train would not move…it moved about 10 feet then made a loud screeching noise as it came to a stop, I thought the train was broken! I also managed to get lost within the labyrinth of the METRO system…I didn’t think it was possible but somehow I ended up at a station underground that was temporally out of service…one of the associates that works in the METRO was there and he told me that the line was being “re-routed”. It was kind of nerve racking to be alone in the tunnels of the METRO…but I won’t ever get lost again down there!! (I hope so at least haha)

For lunch a small group of us went to an authentic “Fish and Chips” restaurant not far from our dorm; the place was owned and operated by Englishwomen and everything was so “British” inside. Their accents were intriguing and I found myself subconsciously talking with a small British twang while ordering my food. I had well, Fish and Chips! What was cool is they bring this gravy sauce for you to use instead of ketchup. I’m not sure what was in it, but it was very good…they supply you with ketchup and vinegar for the fries if you really want it, but apparently the “real” way to eat the dish is with this gravy. I also had….drum roll….TEA, kind of obvious I guess. It too was in the traditional style…Black English spiced tea served hot with a side of milk and lumps (sugar)! The milk was a nice addition to the tea, I doubt it would taste good with green tea, but with Black tea it was delightful!

In our Spanish culture class today we broke into two groups…Lea the professor who speaks Spanish, Catalan, English, French, and some Italian went with the “beginners” and Joseph the professor who   only speaks Spanish and Catalan took the rest of us. It was a long class, 3 hours of pure ESPANOL was talked…I can’t lie a few times my mind took an automatic break from the Spanish so it could cool off haha, overall I understood most of what he was going over…most of it was review.

Tomorrow no class till 2:30pm…if I am good I’ll go running…luego!