Barcelona with Friends
A Week With Old Friends in Barcelona Warning : This probably should have been four different posts. It's rather lengthy and needs to be proofread. Dive in at your own peril. When I was seven, my dad applied for and was accepted to do a teacher exchange in England for a year through the Fulbright foundation. I spent second grade in northern England and it was an exceptional year that made a lasting positive impression. Despite being seven years old that year, my memories remain vivid and warm. Even today, our family stays in touch with friends in the village where we lived, not far from the town of Matlock in Derbyshire. It shaped our family in many ways and fulfilled the Fulbright' program's vision of building trust, affection, and mutual understanding between ordinary citizens of different nations. I was similarly fortunate to attend high school in a community and a school system that placed a high value on foreign exchange programs and hosted a decent number of...