It has been a long time I wrote something here, but I do not only have an excuse, I even have a reason!
I spend January to April studying at IESE in Barcelona as part of an exchange program.
Ideally I would now tell you that I was so busy studying, I could not keep this blog updated, but that would not be entirely true. Let's just say that while I was reasonably busy studying and that the five day weekend is not a bad concept!
So really what kept me from spending time here was the city of Barcelona.
What a wonderful place, especially in spring!
Since pictures say more than a thousand words .... (ok, yes I am also a bit lazy!)
Oh yeah, I saw this sports team play.
I was told they play soccer. However, this is not the same game of "soccer" I have seen in stadiums before.
So I am still wondering about that and neither FC Basel fans nor Saturday's game helped.
It has been a wonderful few months in Barcelona, especially since I met a group of great people from IESE and other exchange students from around the world!
I guess there are few places besides an MBA program, where you can spend an evening talking about the Lehman Brothers meltdown with someone who worked directly for the CEO before going to party together.
The time difference between Barcelona (I guess all of Spain really) and northern Europe is still amazing to me: Having dinner until midnight, paying cover in clubs only after 3am, but most stunningly having friends from the US tell me "I have to go to bed now ...". I certainly never fully got used to that and I am not sure if I ever could.
But, I will surely come back and keep trying!
