Zoo Barcelona

It was my friend’s birthday, and as an animal lover on a beautiful September morning, she decided that we should all go on an outing to the Barcelona Zoo.  Lying at the end of Park Ciutadella, the zoo is in a beautiful location with lots of greenery in its metropolitan surroundings.  While the zoo wasn’t too big or out of the ordinary, it had quite an assortment of animals scattered throughout its grounds.  Land creatures, water creatures, creatures of the air, you name it, and there is something of the sort at the Barcelona Zoo.  Aside from walking around and seeing the normal animals, there are reptile houses, birdhouses, and even a dolphin show.  Because we went to the zoo at the beginning of the semester when we were just settling into this foreign country, it was a fun way to spend a day with friends and get to walk around a different part of the city a little bit.  I had never been to the zoo area and it is located in beautiful surroundings.  In addition, it was comforting to see all of these animals, for as different as stores and food and the language and the people can be in Spain, zoo animals are a constant that does not change no matter where in the world you go.