Pics...working wifi is the best thing ever

¡Hola mis amores!

So I now have functional wifi! We left the hotel today (thank God...I didn't really want to hear about my roommate's skin issues any more) and took a tour of la Universitat de Barcelona, which is where I'll be taking courses. The historic building of this university (which is way old) is by far one of the most amazing buildings I have ever been in. My camera takes really awful pics, but this was the best one I could get of just part of this building:

This is their super important room (it's not a church, though it looks like one. They have graduation and stuffs in here). I can't even begin to express how beautiful this university is.

And, of course, I thought it looked like Hogwarts. Gryffindor logo on the right, anyone? 

Then we had lunch (which was humongous and I'm still getting over the fact that they serve wine as an alternative to water. Um.) and left for our homestays. My host mother is super sweet, and she forces more food on me than a Jewish grandmother on steroids (glory, glory nomzelulah, Lauren!). She is a divorced señora with a daughter who is older and lives nearby. I'm pretty sure that she lives in the Barcelona version of the upper East Side in Manhattan, because all of the designer stores are over here (which she loves; she made me walk through Zara and pointed at all of the sales). Everyone has dogs here; Angela has a tiny little dog named Maxi who is a princess and wears a purple bow on her head. 

She also watches "Lost"....PERDIDOS! We're going to get along very well, and now I get to watch Lost in Spanish, which has been a dream of mine. In the words of the most adored Joe Klarr, "JACK, NECESITAMOS REGRESSAR!!!!!"

She also can't say my name. She keeps trying to say "Haley" but she has to say "ahhhlee". It's really adorable. She also got really excited when she found out that I'm Jewish because the only synagogue in the entire city of Barcelona is two blocks away from her apartment. She really wants to take me to the synagogue; she's agnostic but her ex-husband is Jewish. She gave me a menorah....lolz.

I miss you all sooo much. The homesickness isn't as bad as I thought it would be, altho it definitely crops up when I don't have much to do. I think I'm going to have much more to do once I have a phone and I know where people are living and shtuff. Loving the updates from Vandy/Texas, so thanks :) And for all of you in tech week hell, I love you and good luck with everything! Thanks for the updates on "Nine", it's going to be amazing. I have the wifis working now and such, so everyone just needs to be online around 3ish your time so that we can has chats. 

Amor, besos, y un abrazo!