March 21,2009 Saturday

Today things fell apart in the morning because I didn't get ready fast enough to meet up with Erin. But things slowly put themselves back together like they always do. My senora and I have been amazing lately. We talk in full Spanish conversations, and she sits and eats with me, and we are interested in what we each have to say. After I got really sick she changed, so that is great!

I decided to go north to the beaches with the boys. We met at the Arc, and on the way I saw a grandpa kissing a grandsons forehead, and it was the cutest affection ever. We also saw a lady with her boob completely hanging out. She pulled up her shirt at let her HUGE boobs hangout. I could not understand this! But we got on the train and sat on the floor until we got tickets. We saw the beaches turn more sandy in parts and rocky in others. There was a Billabong surfing competition in an area. The waves were huge today, and it looked like Little Mermaid when it hit the rocks. There were surfers everywhere! We finally got off at the last stop and just decided to explore.

Max, T.J, and Justin walked this little town. Old men sat along park benches and we decided to get Catalan coffee cake. I love cute Spanish towns, just like that little hole in the wall bar at Montserrat. We "rode that renfre like the metro, like we owned that shit" back to the neighboring town to hit up the market. T.J was on the other side of the tracks so he ran around the train and did his "hop skip and a jump" to make it in. It was a rush.

In the sister city the market had the best fruit that was cheap and gorgeous. It tasted amazing. The inside joke during the day was we were "helping Spain's economy" by buying something in EVERY store. Max bought a parone, TJ a cup, we bought fruit, the liquor store man thought we were from "Portland" of all cities to name, we bought bread, cork screws, and then at the meat market Justin asked for a kilo of meat. She just looked at him. Obviously that must have been a lot of meat. She asked for how much more and he said "diez mas" and Max and I at the exact same time said "that's a lot mas". We left her a seashell and she asked if it was a present for her and we said yes! It is great. According to Max we went to an indoor Russian market. We bought a playa multiuse ball, and just had a great time exploring the town. The boys always make me laugh. They make fun of me just enough, and know how to have a good time. They mock each other, and just are here to have a good time. Whenever we said an inside joke they remembered and brought it up later. Like making fun of me for the pin wheels.

We finally made it to the beach and played in the huge waves. I tried to pee and the waves took me away. Max showed his creative way to pee. We drank, ate sandwiches and had the perfect beach weekend. Imagine just listening to Jimmy Eat World, Something Corp, Blink 182, and Less than Jake, getting tan in the sun and hearing the ocean. We played beach futball and volleyball and talked. This all sounds lame, but being on the Mediterranean experiencing this Cali wannabee holiday was amazing.

We finally shifted to a hidden valley of sand and danced to Max's mix. I LOVED THE DAY AT THE BEACH. Everything was perfect. And it was like I was one of the boys. I felt totally comfortable and loved my day with them! On the way home we played soccor with some locals who were actually very talented. They got the ball stuck up on the balcony and together everyone created a contraption to get it down... And then five minutes later it was on the roof.

Max and I poned the McDonalds which is our comfort food. There was the fugliest boy on the train and it was so sad. The boys were making comments. ahhh But i had the best beach day :) I LAUGHED THE WHOLE DAY, AND GOT A LITTLE TAN:) PERFECT! I am soooo happy.
and the day isn't over. It barely started...
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GIRL TALK NIGHT.....

So tonight was one of the craziest concert/raves I have ever been to in my life. I have been to warped, summerfest, and multiple crazy Minneapolis concerts, but European concerts are much different. Katie, Erin and I met up and headed over to the preplanned pregame bar party at L’Ovella Negra. There were about 40 kids from our program there. I love the cheap pitchers of sangria, and pints of beer! Kids were playing quarters and just having a great time! I love drinking with the group! Our “friends group” kept glaring down a girl we do not like on the program. But the pregaming just started the fun until the concert rolled around. The concert didn’t start until 2:30 am. That is so weird, but that is Barcelona’s style. In the US clubs close by 2, but here that is when it starts just getting started. We waited in line just smooshed together! And when we got in we explored the club before people started pouring in. It was four levels and thousands of people. I can’t describe what the intensity was of the atmosphere. The group we were in decided to go upstairs to a smaller, chiller dance room before the music started. We got a HUGE train going around the room, and the locals were like what are you doing. It was at Razzmatazz and that is already a skastier club. But I guess the more piercings the better! Erin, Katie, and I swung dance with the boys and controlled the whole floor. People had to move to the sides because we were taking up so much space! And when the concert almost started we headed downstairs.

GirlTalk came on. You know why he is so skinny. Every night he just rages the stage until 5 am just jumping with all of the kids dancing on stage the whole time. Max danced the whole time on stage! Erin and I tried getting up, but we got kicked off. Then later I attempted and was successful for about 3 minutes. And after getting pushed off I ran into T.J. We sat up on the roof for a while and we decided to battle the crowds once again. It was like you can imagine a European rave. There were drugs all around, alcohol, and dancing. We danced on a table in the corner and made our way back up front. I love my girlies, but found another group of CIEE people. Erin and Katie found each other in the bathroom! But the intensity was amazing. During Kelly Clarkson “since you been gone” mash up I was placed on someone’s shoulders. We all looked like shit and were sweating. He is talented, but I wish he would have actually spun the mixes like Nasty Monday’s dueling DJ’s. But I guess he does decided randomly what he wants to hear on the spot! Girl Talk for sure knows how to get a Mediterranean city moving. I don’t know how many people were in the four levels of the club, but it was full to capacity! Everyone’s facebook status was “I had the craziest night of my life”, and it’s true.

Everything put together made it the best night! And the Spanish flare made it even better! I LOVED THIS RAVE EXPIERENCE! I COULD BARELY MOVE AND IT WAS BRILLIANT.
Luiz gave me a ride home. And it was the first time I was in a car in a long time! I missed it. And he was like do you want to drive. And its 5 am, and I am like hells no, imagine driving the narrow streets!

TODAY WAS THE PERFECT DAY WITH EVERYTHING BARCELONA HAS TO OFFER.
I wish I knew how to explain how great it was.