11/22/06 ::: For those who don't already know the story... five people were supposed to come to Barcelona, but our sunniest Sunny fell off a horse, broke her arm and was forced to stay home on her birthday eating Benke's terrible cooking. The first thing we did when Nora and Shirley arrived on Wednesday was to drink some wine and pour out a glass in honor of our fallen friend. We love and missed you dearly, Sunny!! And promise to make it up to you!! The first night was spent catching up and drinking wine, not necessarily in that order.
11/23/06 ::: We woke up mid-morning and made our way to Las Ramblas, one of the most famous tourist areas in all of Barcelona. We did some walking, some eating and some sight-seeing, all while trying to perfectly time a meeting with our surprise guests (Sai and Dale who had flown in from NYC to surprise Shirley). Shirley, Nora and I were in position at 3pm at Bar Lobo as Sai 
and Dale approached from behind Shirley. Dale played captain as only he can and the surprise went off without a hitch - Shirley was absolutely shocked! Yay!!! After consuming a few lemonade beers and yummy tapas, we cruised up Paseo de Gracia taking in the Gaudi architecture and shopping with a stop to check out the roof of Casa Mila. Gaudi's roof is amazing anytime of day, but we caught the sun just as it was setting, which was a special treat. After the walking tour, we made our way back to my apartment for a snack and some chill out time before going to El Born for an incredible dinner at Cafe de la Academia. Jet lag finally got the best of Sai and Dale so they went home, but me, Nicole, Nora and Shirley made our way to a cool little neighborhood lounge, Fon Fone, where we invaded a snowboarding convention and started our bagging spree.
11/24/06 ::: We spent the entire day outside soaking up the sun and the sights - walking down Gran Via, through Plaza Espana, past the fountains, up to the Museo National Del Arte de Catalunya and through Montjuic. During that time we walked, we laughed and we bagged... repeatedly. When we finally made our way back down the mountain, we stumbled upon a shit store in Poble Sec and hit the prop jackpot. After buying a few bags of ridiculously silly items, we found a place to eat and then went back to my place in L'Eixample to nap and regroup for the big night ahead. Sometime around 10pm we got the pre-party underway with some tunes and wine. A few of my friends stopped by to hang out before we finally took the Metro to a converted theater called Sala Apollo (aka NITSA) for Luke Slater. We scouted out a little booth area as home base and then proceeded to dance and debach (like that word used as a verb?) until the club closed (early!) around 5:30am. After a quick stuffed animal stealing incident outside, we hit the road for home and continued the party on my roof until some hour that I'd rather not mention. Highlights include: sunrise grape and pineapple mimosas on the roof, Shirley biting faces and then making a quick exit with JC, my costume change into Steve "I Love Techno" Erkell, me and Nora "bringing sexy back," and Sai and Dale... well, being Sai and Dale.
11/25/06 ::: After a short sleep and rally, we hopped on the metro to Camp Nou, home of Football Club Barcelona and just under 100,000 nutty football fans. Barca was the heavy favorite in the Spanish league match vs. Vilarreal and they didn't disappoint. They won 4-0 and the last goal was an absolute stunner by Ronaldinho - a chest-trap, bicycle - the first such goal of his career. Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!
After the match we went up to Tibidabo, a mountain town on the edge of Barcelona, with a stunning view of the city. We had a view drinks at Mirablau, enjoyed the view and then went to Danzatoria to people watch and dance the night away to cheesy house music hits. We couldn't find a cab at closing time (3am) so we walked and walked and walked some more until we finally found a city bus 
that was operational. And, just when we got back to my neighborhood and thought we were going to go home early for a chill night at home... we walked past some apartment on Avda Roma that had music blaring out the window. Within minutes we had been invited up to join the party... here we go! For some reason the hostess took a special liking to us and kept feeding us bottles of wine and whiskey. And while we enjoyed the music and the libations, we had the pleasure of getting to watch a wasted girl self-destruct - Tasmanian Devil-style - face planting the floor, the DJ gear and KJ's lap on the couch. We stayed a few hours and then went back to Arago where the afties action continued despite Uncle Dale's scolding (haha!). We played "Pin the Titty on the Titty" and even made a human sculpture out of KJ's passed out body - one of our best works yet! Let's just say once again for the record, EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE US.11/26/06 ::: Somehow we missed church. Maybe next week! Sunday was spent chilling, eating and recovering. I even managed to do 20 minutes of Spanish homework. We had one last dinner together at 99.9 Origen and then came back to Arago to enjoy the last few hours of our wild adventure vacation together.
11/27/06 ::: Say it ain't so! I hated to say goodbye to Sai, Dale, Shirley and Nora but I guess the time had come. I couldn't be too sad knowing how special the trip was and how incredibly blessed I am to have such amazing, well-rounded friends who make life worth living. What an incredible trip... until next time, my locos!
2 comments:
that pic of Shirley standing on the couch with KJ passed out in a pile of toys is too awesome!!! sounds like a wonderful trip. see you in December, Wendy!
Missing me some Shirley and Wendy!!! xoxox Jilly
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