Finally, last week since my last class was Tuesday afternoon, I left for Barcelona for 6 days with a friend. We stayed with a friend, and also visited Palma, on the island of Mallorca. I did a cooking class, shopped for shoes, went swimming in the Mediterranean Sea, and drank plenty of sangria. On the Wednesday morning, we ran into a protest for the independence of Catalonia. It was very peaceful, but will probably heat up as we get closer to the referendum (October 1st). It's organized by the local Catalan government, but is deemed unconstitutional by the Spanish government.