When my friends from Penn State came to Barcelona for their spring break, they were expecting beautiful weather and beach days. I guess they brought the horrible Pennsylvania weather with them because Barcelona received the worst snow day in 25 years. My friends were all very angry with me because I told them to pack jeans and button downs, not winter coats. I assured them that this was out of the ordinary for Barcelona, but that was still not good news for them. We were planning on heading to Parc Guell the day of the blizzard, but our plans soon changed. We ended up heading to the casino in Port Olympico for a snowed out day of gambling. As we strolled into the casino, three or four casino employees were outside taking pictures of the snow. That proved to my friends that this was a unique experience and that I wasn't lying to them the whole time. Anyways, we endured the day of snow and the weather was bearable for the rest of their trip. But they would not soon forget their Spanish snow day. Truthfully, I could not even believe that there was snow in Barcelona. The weather gets chilly every once in a while, but nothing serious. I find it hilarious that my friends from Penn State, the snow capital, came to Barcelona during the worst snow fall in 25 years. All in all, 476 schools were shut down in greater Catalonia, the northeast side of Spain is just not equipped to handle large amounts of snow fall. All though it ruined a day at Parc Guell for my friends and me, it was still such a unique abroad experience. (Picture is taken from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Snow_Barcelona_Diagonal_280205.jpg)
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