Estoy en Barcelona !!! (I am here!)

¡ Hola a todos !

I have safely arrived in Barcelona. :)
My flights went smoothly and no major problems. I was initially delayed in Montreal by 30 minutes but nothing after that! I am super tired and jet lagged, but so excited to be in this BEAUTIFUL city i dont even care. Flying into Barcelona was incredible because it was sunny, and we flew right over water right by the city, so I had an AMAZING view!

I arrived at El Prat (Barcelona's airport) around 1145am (Spain time), and waited around a bit had a coke zero because i was dead tired and needed caffeine. Then waited a bit and found some other API students, so then we waited together until the API resident director picked us up. I met my roommate who I will be living with at our host family in the airport as well which was convenient! She's from Texas and very nice, her name is Hannah Wilson.

We took a coach bus from the airport to our hotel, which took not even 20 minutes. We got a VERY quick glimpse of the city, and it's GORGEOUS! I can't wait for our bus tour tomorrow to see more of the city... (expect to see some pictures very soon). Our hotel is right downtown next to a major plaza, and is 4 stars.

Hilarious story --- so my roommate for the hotel and I got to our room, and went to turn on a light or plug something in and nothing happened... no electricity... we spent about 10minutes trying to figure how to get the electricity working. So then I called the front desk and apparently we had to insert our hotel room key into this special device thingy by the door to have power... WHO WOULD HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT?! anyways it was pretty funny, just because we get to europe and can't even turn on a light. haha.

We have an orientation meeting soon, and then dinner later on.

Love from Barcelona,
Katie