Its the 28th of may and I find myself at almost the end of my Erasmus semester. Where did all the time go? where did all the good intentions for the "I will blog once a week about my erasmus" go?
The time in Barcelona run and it run even quicker than I actually imagined. It has been a wonderfull, experimental, crazy, overwhelming time. I have learned a lot and I still do. I have learned about what difference in makes, when culture is so different, when the lessons are on any time of the day- if 8:00 in the morning or at 20:00 in the afternoon, when the courses have different classes and even the teacher sometimes dont know which class is on this time. when there is groupwork and nobody does anything and it still works out with complete improvisation. when there are deadlines, which are no deadlines, when there are teachers trying very hard in spanish but always switch back to catalan in the middle of the sentence. when everyone in class uses their phones and the teacher doesnt seem to care. when there is a presentation and people walk out or come in the middle of it. when people come 1 hour late and it doesnt matter. when things that seem to matter and seem to be very important just stop in the moment one is somewhere else.
I learned that confidence is a great factor here in Catalonia/Barcelona. Confidence is one of the "big deals" here.
As I was sure not have any or at least very little, I noticed without confidence I will be lost. I tried hard and watched a lot to learn and become more confident... it was hard and it still is, as it is not the easiest to learn within a day or two. It is something one can never be finished with. You need to learn always and everyday to gain more or at least not loose what you just worked hard for. It is a up and down with the confidence, but at the end one has learned and understood how to handle it and how not to. well at least a bit. Learning is once journey through life, at least from what i understood till now. But I also learned that it is not all in life and that living is worth a lot more than just projects and school. Experiencing and stepping out of ones comfort zone is a most to go on, develop and evolve.
From this semster, well at the moment its not finished yet, I have learned more than expected, other things than I thought and much more than I could imagine. I have learned to love another city and culture and found a new/ another home. I will miss you Barcelona and all the great people I had the chance to meet. The great moments and perfect days.
I will visit again for sure and study/learn your language more and frequently.
Thanks to this great opportunity and thanks to all who made it possible to have a great and awesome time.

Friederike/Fred/Fritzi/Freddy etc. :) (hard name to pronounce)

ps: pictures and displays of my projects will follow up.