Moruno y kursaal

Those are the names of some tapas I just ate. They were soooooooo good. Moruno was in quotation marks on the menu for some reason...hope that's not bad...but it was a little skewer of marinated pork and it was tasty. Kursaal was bread with a slice of eggplant, tomato, zucchini, shaved manchego cheese, and a piece of asparagus on top. Incredible. I took a card and the receipt from the bar because I'm a loser and I want them for my scrapbook. I also grabbed the whole placemat, a piece of paper with all the tapas and pictures of them. I liked it especially because it's in Catalan.
Instead of school today we had a field trip. First we saw the oldest church here, the St. Maria del Mar, and it was awesome inside. There was a huge circular stained glass window at the top and huge arching columns lining both sides. It's hard to describe it accurately but I have pictures. I feel like I use the words huge and awesome a lot, but that's pretty much what everything is. After that we went to the museum of history and saw some Roman ruins that are preserved underground. Apparently in the 4th century or somewhere around then, where Barcelona is currently was an ancient Roman village. They showed us the room where they fermented wine and kept it, where they dyed their clothes and washed the laundry, and also some aqueducts. Pretty neat. Luckily the guide spoke very good English so I could grasp what was going on.
Yesterday we took the metro to a random stop on the Ramblas and walked all the way down to the end we haven't been to before, down by the beach. There is a huge famous statue of Christopher Columbus at this end, with statues of lions all around the base of it.
Today we were done at the museum around 2:30, and we walked around the Gothic quarter and shopped for a while. We had some pizza for lunch and then got on the metro to Passeig de Gracia, one of the big central stations where there is a lot of shopping and good tapas places. It's only a few bus stops from our apartment, and there is also a train station there, which hopefully we will use soon to go to some of the less crowded beaches outside the city. I'm exhausted...I think we walked around for about 5 hours today. Tonight we are going to a bar with friends from school...here you order 2 tapas plates for the table and they give you a complimentary bottle of champagne. Tomorrow morning we get up early and go to Girona and the Dali Museum, then early Saturday leave for the weekend in Costa Brava. Time is going by quick--1 week from today is our final exam and we leave for Rome that night!
Also want to add that I love my mommy and daddy and I'm grateful for all they've done for me, and I'm a spoiled brat.
Buenos tardes,
Leah