Viva Barcelona!!

Danced hard. Feet hurt. Dirty. Bruised. and Smiling.

Stumbled in at 7am this morning. I LOVE BARCELONA! Everything they do here makes so much sense. They take it easy but party hard. Loving the naps in the middle of the day and partying till the sun comes up.


Drinks last night:
Sangria (daytime)
Sex on the Beach
Mojito (my first)
A taste of Rum and Lemon (surprisingly good)
Rum and Coke (served seperately. a tall glass of rum and a bottle of coke YES!)


After the girls came back Laura, Lisa, Danielle, and I went out to La Ramblas and walked around. Stopped and got some tapas & sangria (delicious!) and just talked story for a couple of hours.  Last night was one of the most fun and crazy night I've gone out. Started out rough (way too many people with us and too many disagreements and not enough alcohol) but once we split up and had less people the night got crazy fun. I had to wear heels because the only other shoes I had were Jesus slippers, so we're going out shopping today to get me some decent shoes. I woke up with so many bruises from falling over. Now I know what Caroline felt like :P We met a group of Spanish people who spoke AMAZING English and they showed us around. That was a life saver because if we didn't find them it probably would have been a horrible night of wandering and looking for clubs. The clubs here are very American. We asked if these were just touristy bars, but they said all clubs play American music which was kind of a bummer. Lost a friend who made the stupid mistake of going to the beach with a guy (which we were told specifically not to do) We held his ID to make sure he'd bring her back in one piece, but he convinced her that she left her bag with us....which she did not do. Luckily there wasn't much in there and she came back right around the time the bars were closing.  He disappeared right after he got his ID back. Danielle ended up finding someone who spoke French and they had a lovely conversation. One of the Spanish guys who was showing us around ended up getting into this intense political debate with the guy who spoke French. It wasn't malicious or anything, but it was so interesting to hear. They were talking about the independence of Catalonia. SO AWESOME. The French guy was translating to Danielle and another Spanish guy was translating to English for me. Caught a glimpse of the sun as we rode a cab back to the ship. Such an awesome experience. Can't wait for round 2 tonight.