Entry 11

Written By Athena Herman

It's Valentine's Day, and so I thought I would write about moments and things I love in my new life

  • Anytime the L6 Metro is the most convenient mode of transportation.

  • How my Spanish students love breaking into song. Recently we have been jamming to I Want it That Way and Mr. Sandman.

  • When I received a holiday card from a coworker and it said JO JO JO instead of HO HO HO.

  • My Caga Tio

  • When a cafeteria worker dropped a tray of vegetables, I heard him mutter ¨Me cago en la leche¨. Translation: I shit in the milk (Spain's ¨God damn it!¨)

  • The way the sun fills my apartment with light.

  • Finding yet another amazing Barcelona doorway.

  • Visiting my friend’s apartment with an incredible terrace and daydreaming about living there.

  • Dancing at a club and looking at my watch to realize that it’s already 3 AM.

  • Visiting the candle store in the Gothic Quarter.

  • When I walk into the bakery on the way to work and my baker gives me a knowing smile and says ¨croissant cereales?¨

  • The large wicker basket pulley system my bakery uses to bring fresh bread from the cooling space in their loft to behind the counter. 

  • Anytime I find my way to the beach.

  • Going to 14 De La Rosa, reading a book, listening to jazz, and sipping a fabulous cocktail.

  • How Shakira’s music is played unironically on the radio.

  • Listening to my students explain math to one another in Spanish.

  • The kids who dress like devils at parades and spray onlookers with fireworks.

  • My cab ride from the airport where we only listened to the Grease Soundtrack and Cher.

  • Finding matching earrings to my favorite necklace that I bought in Barcelona 3 years ago.

  • The first time I attended a parade and everyone opened their umbrellas upside down creating a canopy to both shield spectators from candy cannons and to catch it.

  • Enjoying a Clara or 3 at the community center.

  • Anytime I walk out of the Sagrada Familia metro station.

  • How the Carnival parade floats all had bars or kegs attached to them.

  • Croquettas

  • Jamon Iberico

  • Pre-gaming any evening event by listening to my To The Function playlist

  • Watching Castells being built.

Athena Herman
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