Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain and has a population of more than 1,600,000 people. Barcelona is a leading tourist city (the fourth most visited city in Europe) and is famous for its influence in entertainment, media, fashion, and the arts. It is very well known for the vast amount of architecture by Antoni Gaudi, including what is possibly his most famous work, La Sagrada Familia church.

Barcelona is a great place to study abroad if you are interested in international relations, business, fashion, art, or architecture. However, if you want to study Spanish, you should not study abroad in Barcelona because they speak Catalan here. Instead, consider studying in Madrid, Granada, or Sevilla.

Here are EDUinReview’s tips for some cheap and interesting things you can do while studying abroad in Barcelona without breaking the bank.

1. Walk along La Rambla. This is a really lively street and is famous worldwide. Spend some time walking down this street and you will see many street performers, including dancers, artists, and human statues. You can also buy flowers from street vendors or get coffee in one of the numerous street cafés. These cafés are somewhat overpriced, but the people-watching opportunities are priceless.

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In a country where innovation and creativity is crucial to the continued success of a corporation, Post-it celebrates their 30-year anniversary with an exhibit in New York City’s Grand Central Station’s Vanderbilt Hall.

On Tuesday, August 3, 2010, television star Angela Kinsey from “The Office” partnered with Publicolor (the nonprofit development program that encourages at-risk youth to bring pleasantry and color to public environments) and Post-it Brand to unveil the world’s largest artistically created billboard made completely out of 112,640 Super Sticky Notes Post-its. Taking over a month to construct, the monumental piece broke numerous records. Read the rest of this entry »

Frank Warren, creator of PostSecret, speaking at Pop!Tech in 2008

Every year college students attend one of the most interesting lectures across America.

PostSecret Live is a multi-media presentation by Frank Warren, the founder of the ongoing community art project/experiment where people around the world mail in secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard. The project is called PostSecret and every Sunday Frank uploads a selection of scanned copies of the postcards he receives to his home that he shares with his wife Jan, daughter Hailey and dog Shadow.

In the presentation, Frank speaks about the process of the experiment and the publication of his four PostSecret books. He also shows postcards that were banned from the New York Times #1 best-selling books, and invites people to the microphone to share a secret with the crowd. There are also inspirational and funny stories behind the secrets that are told.

Students may also meet Frank following the presentation for a book signing.

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