Spain- Barc(the)lona: Sunday

With another day at the beach, you all can be rest assured that Ivan and I are beginning to look more like brothers- ha ha ha! Marbella was a lot of fun today. I was glad to get back to a beach that had nice soft sand, entertaining people, lots of energy, and clean water.

Ivan and I met up with Oriol and Damian. The weather has been extremely hot the last few days, so your only real choices are to be indoors or to be by the sea. We chose the sea. I was being ridiculous in the water and met this guy, Laurent from France. He was in BCN for the Eurogames competing in the swimming competition. Apparently, he was interested in doing back flips. I obliged : ) ha ha ha! The best part of it, was Ivan giving him tips and pointers (he was right on too). When Ivan sounded so confident in his knowledge and the feeling of a back flip, I asked if he wanted to try- HA HA HA! He said he prefered to coach from the side : ) ha ha ha!

Ivan and Oriol left the beach (Damian left about an hour or two before, because he has already been there for 5 hours or so before we showed up) and I decided I wanted to stay a little longer to soak in the energy from the people are me. I didn't feel too comfortable standing up and dancing, like the majority of the beach was now doing, so I opened my travel book; Eat, Pray, Love and tried t finish it. Assuming that today was going to be like every other in BCN, I didn't think that I would be interupted. Luckily, I was. Laurent came over and we exchanged numbers and decided to meet up later that night at a party called Gay Day. Then this nice guy, who I had been looking at earlier, Keyan came over. He was American, but had been living in Barcelona for the last 3 years. He was impressed with my concentration on my book. After a nice 10-15 minute conversation talking about our experiences with Barcelona and him trying to convince me to move there- ha ha ha (I am not seriously considering it)! I left hoping to have enough time to go back to our place and take a shower before meeting Jen, Cristina, and Ivan for dinner.

When talking to Jen, I realized that with Ivan not having a phone and them not being home, there was no way that I was going to be able to get a hold of Ivan- so I took the Metro to Marc's place to try and get a hold of Ivan and tell him about our dinner plans. After waiting outside for an hour : ) ha ha ha! I finally got a hold of Oriol to find out that Ivan and he made plans to meet for dinner. Completely a misunderstanding and poor communication on all parties part, I went to meet Jen and Cristina for a wonderful dinner at a German restaurant. All I can think is- HOW DID WE SURVIVE WITHOUT CELL PHONES!? This event was complete deja vu of when I arrived at Oakland airport a few years ago and Ivan was going to pick me up and after about 2 hours later he still wasn't there. I sat outside the airport crying thinking he died in a car accident- NOPE, just didn't have a cell phone and was driving around the airport. Finally, when he parked the car, we found each other. Just like that event at the Oakland airport, Ivan now has a cell phone.

After a wonderful final dinner with just me and the girls, I headed to meet Dave. Still without a shower and only wearing sandals, he went back to my apartment with me so I could put on shoes- in hopes that I wouldn't get kicked out of the party tonight for not having closed toes shoes on : ) We ended up meeting Laurent at the party around 1:45AM- that's right AM! We had an awesome time at the party. This was definitely the best party that I went to while being in Barcelona. All three of us were ridiuclous. I have quite a few pictures below. I left around 4:45am and Laurent decided he was also tired and left with me. I hung out with him at the park until his hostel opened at 7am. I finally got home around 8am- oh lord, how am I ever going to survive my last day in BCN? (It was well worth it : )- )

Damian and Oriol- they are too adorable! "He's okay!" HA HA HA! Puh-LEASE!

It looks like this guy is about to fart in Ivan's ear! HA HA HA!

Keyan disturbing me and my reading : ) Honestly, I didn't mind!

The German restaurant- SO YUMMY!

My favorite picture of Jen and Cristina this trip. They both look so beautiful.

Laurent- The French guy from the beach. This was at the Gay Day party!

Dave and I at the party.

We were trying to find a hottie for Dave. I picked the old guy for him- H-O-T!

Hello -- my private dancers : )

They were dancing just for me : ) No seriously! ha ha ha!

Laurent was being way too serious! So...

I took it upon myself to act like a jacka**. I am so glad it was caught on camera- thanks, Dave!

SOLUD!

Yea, I know I act ridicous when dancing, but this picture was to give the guy where my right hand is, a hard time. He was being a snot to Dave- so I took it upon myself to embarrass him- apparently, I was just making an a** of myself. Whatever, it got laughs!

Note: Don't give my friends a hard time or I will make you a dirty, nasty, pig bottom!