I got the opportunity to go to Barcelona Spain in March of 2009. I had met with a really great agency called Traffic Models. The head agent from Traffic flew in for a week to meet with a bunch of New York models to scout new talent. I was sent to meet with her by my agency in NYC and I was picked up by Traffic and asked to come out for a month to live, go on castings and see if I could potentially work in the Spanish market.
I left the day after my 20th birthday. It was a great addition to my birthday seeing as all my roommates threw me a surprise birthday party the night before... I had no idea!
As I sat down to blow out the candles I got an extra surprise waiting underneath the table. Scared the crap out of me. That night was full of surprises! Was an amazing birthday =]
I arrived in Barcelona after a long flight but was ready to get into the city and explore. I hadn't been outside New York or the US since my trip to Milan. From the airport I was picked up by a driver who brought me to where I would be living for the duration of my stay.
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| I had my own room. Which was a bonus, because most model apartments are shared rooms. |
The apartment I stayed at was extremely nice. It was on the top floor in the upper part of the city. The apartment was quite a hike up a pretty steep road from the subway, but the view made up for it. The apartment had 4 balconies with some pretty amazing views....
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| Mediterranean Sea in the distance |
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| Agbar Tower and La Sagrada Familia |
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The subways were EXTREMELY clean, quick, and efficient. NYC should take notes...
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| Surfers everyday |
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Me!
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| Cool photo I took while hanging out at the Mediterranean Sea. There's more where this came from... stay tuned ;) |
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| Inside the agency TRAFFIC with wall of "out of town" model cards |
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| One of the editorials I shot for a Spanish magazine while in Barcelona |
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| No matter what city you visit, you'll always see a crazy bird lady |
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| La Sagrada Familia, By far the most creepy yet inspiring structure I have ever seen. Construction began way back in 1882, and is not expected to be completed until 2026. 144 years! Reason being: Architect Gaudi forced strict rules of the structure to be funded thru donation only. |
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| As well as designing La Sagrada Familia, Gaudi also designed multiple museums around Barcelona as well. This one reminds me of the mansion in the movie Casper |
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| It was nice to be in a climate with palm trees while NY was still freezing in March =] |
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| I think I went to the Sea every single day I was in Spain |
I had an amazing time in beautiful Barcelona. I met great people, learned new things about myself, and experienced memories that I will never forget. I booked work, got to experience a new culture for a second time not knowing any of the language ;) and visit a foreign city and country that I can now check off on my world list. What more could I ask for?? :)
sick trip! The ONLY good thing about nyc subways is they run all night. a lot of cities dont have that. but other than that, other countries have wayyy more efficient subways than we do. I dont get why MTA cant get their act together. Horrible service with more and more service cuts for higher prices.
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