1st day of 2012 trip

So we flew over here and got off the plane and it was Sunday morning. Greg and I made it to the hotel and checked in and then took the tram to the ciutat esportiva (Barca's training facility) and watched a few academy games. From there we came back to hotel and took a power nap. Arnau has a good friend that trains for Espanyol (another La Liga 1st division team from Barcelona) and he got Greg , Arnau and I into the VIP level to watch their match against Malaga ( a newly purchased team by a middle eastern billionaire that is trying to buy/build a powerhouse team). Espanyol fans are younger and full of energy. Stadium was singing and chanting the entire match. Ton of fun. From there we drove straight over to the miniestadi (wilipedia it if you want more info). Barca played Alcoryon (sp?) and won 2-1 and recently fired Chelsea boss, AVB, was sitting down in front of us. Jordi, Arnau and Miguel (goalkeeper coach) sat with us and enjoyed ourselves. Going to get some sleep now. Waking up and heading off to first day of training at same complex as last year. After that is lunch and heading back out to the ciutat to film some of Barca's academy teams. Bon nit!