SB,Duke,Stacy, Internet...could not get any better

Guess what? After a week of occasionally going to Starbucks/McDonalds for Internet, it is back in Clifton Gardens. Everyone knows the only reason I was so concerned was because I have so much homework to do and research, not because of email or facebook.

Oh by the way...DUKE IS NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!! <3<3 I stayed up till 5:30 to watch them win and still went to class at 10:30. Impressive?

So mi mum has been telling me for the past week that my last blog post was not enough. I need to write about Spring Break, so here it is:
Barcelona:First we have a little drama... British Airways decided it was going to go on strike the day we need to use them. So some of the girls were on the phone for hours trying to find a new flight. But when we did get on the airplane, it was empty. Some of us went a day earlier. Barcelona was destination #1. We had a hostel on Gran Via. The hostel was adorable. It looked like an old business building but on the 3rd floor was our hostel. It was very quiet and the woman who worked there was young and awesome... did I mention free internet. The first night we ate and got goblets of sangria. I got a little tipsy from it, but luckily my hostel was across the street. Then we went to bed at a reasonable hour and were headed to the beach the next day. However, we got a little lost, and it wasnt exactly beach weather. It was low 60s and we found water, but no beach. We walked a lot. Around the port, Las Ramblas, jsut getting lost and expolring the city. Thats the thing about Spain, there isn't much you have to go to and see but you want to just walk around. That night we went to Dow Jones Bar. The bar is what it sounds like... the Stock Market. The drink prices are based on how popular they are and at every hour the stock crashes and the prices decrease drastically. The only downfall was it RECKED of cigarette smoke, I can still smell it on my dress... EW. The next day we went to La Sagrada Famalia... but since we were bored with cathedrals, we just saw the outside. It was really cool, but has been under construction... for about 100 years. I dont think it will ever end. Then we walked around more of Barcelona, the streets, the parks. Everywhere. We went to Las Ramblas which is the shopping mecca of Barcelona. Out final day in Barcelona we went to Sitges... ITS BEAUTIFUL. It was my favorite day on spring break. Its a beautiful beach town. The pictures describe it on its own... see previous blog...

Madrid: Went to the big park, El Prado, and many other things. Its a little like Barcelona. Many people say its the lady and Barcelona is the teen girl. The metro is kind scary in Madrid so we tried to avoid it. We got to our hostel which was intersting. We had a room to ourselves for 2 out of 4 nights, have a random the other 2. Hostel living for you. We did a lot of expolring drinking sangria...

Did I mention it rained 80% of the time in Spain... I guess the rain is spain does NOT stay mainly in the plain. UGH

Stacy came last weekend!! I met her at the airport on Friday and we got to my flat. We immediately went site seeing and walked around London. We went to the Tower of London, B-Girl battle, River boat cruise, Piccadilly, Leicster, Abbey Road, walked around the Thames, particpated in the changing of the guards, and walked around a lot. It was a blast. We had so much fun. Ate fish and chips, some great mexican food and made the most delicious chicken, asparagus and guacamole EVER. Yeah we are part time chefs. Such a fun yet exhuasting weekend!! So worth it though. Oh did I mention, we went out a couple of times. Got to show her a good time.

But...Stacy and I are going to Paris tomorrow... to DISNEYLAND. So wait for that post. It will be phenomenal.