From Barca To Ibiza

Last weekend me and the crew took our last trip of the semester. And what better way to top it off than by going to Ibiza?! I know what some of you already-abroad-people are thinking; Ibiza isn’t even open yet. Well guess what, we have sick promoters that opened it up just for us. They planned a trip of about 500 kids (mostly Barcelona students) and set up parties and clubs and hotels for us. It was like spring break Bahamas all over again, except for big kids.

I’ll start off by saying the island was BEAUTIFUL. I’m actually sad I didn’t get to explore it more. There’s all these beaches and mountains that I didn’t get to see. Def making a trip back there at some point in my life. Second thing I want to say is that Michele and Dina were hands down the drunkest girls on that island. Like no doubt in my mind or anyone elses. The first day we woke up at 9 a.m. and crack open a bottle of Absolut, finished by about 11:30 a.m. Few hours later, the beach got packed with all our friends and we’re all waiting for some ‘paint party’ to begin. Dina was so damn excited about this paint party it was all she could talk about. Welp, she got too drunk and completely missed it. Instead her and Michele frolicked in the water.

We’re all having a grand old time until we saw people crowding around this one beach chair, taking pictures of something. It’s Michele. Passed out. Classic Winters. We try and get her up but she claims shes ‘just tired and wants to sleep’. Well Mich, ya can’t do that in the sun. So our guy friend actually had to pick her up and carry her all the way up to our hotel room. Good night Michele.

Next crisis: some kid and his girlfriend were sitting on Dina’s chair with her my stuff on it. Kelly goes over to get them off but they wouldn’t budge. That’s it, all hell broke loose. Kelly throws her drink on the kid and I start screaming in the girl’s face. Full on verbal brawl on the beach, for Dina and my chair. Where do you think Dina was when all this was happening? Playing in the sand, with not a clue as to what’s going on. Typical.

Next thing I remember is waking up from my nap to go to the club. The only problem was that the buses left in about an hour and none of us were showered or ready. While everyone else got their shit together, Dina  kind of just stumbled around debating if she could even make it. When she finally got an outfit on she looked at us and said, “Guys, I’m ready to go.” There was Dina with her hair in a messy bun with no makeup on. “You’re going out like that?” We all shouted back.  She was mad at us at the time but looking back I am pretty sure she’s thankful we stopped her. So finally Dina decides it’s best if she just went back to sleep and wow did she miss out on a incredible club. The club we went to was called El Pardais and it was nothing like I’ve ever experienced. Not only did the club have a unique look to it and played the latest and greatest house music but it also turned in to a water party past a certain hour. So basically when the clock strikes 4am water begins to shower everyone on the dance floor. This was truly something I’ve never experienced before. Basically the water went up to everyone’s knees.. The dance floor was pretty much a swimming pool. 

When we finally got back to the hotel we found a letter from Dina underneath our hotel room door.  The letter said “Help me, my life is in shambles – Dina”  We then all laughed for about 30 minutes. I still can’t get over the fact Dina was that drunk so early in the day.

The best part about this is that Dina did not even learn a lesson. The next morning she once again cracked open a bottle of absoult. The bottle was basically finished by 11 am. But this time she was not the only one drinking. Her and Michele were once again the drunkest girls on the beach. We all kept yelling at them because we knew both of them were not going to be able to make it on the booze cruise we had planned for us later in the day. Well we were sort of right.. Michele got too drunk and missed the best booze cruise I’ve ever been on. The booze cruise had unlimited beer and sangria. The weather was beautiful so we all partied in our bathing suits for a couple of hours. The cruise was basically filled with a bunch of drunk girls dancing and falling all over the place and of course Dina was one of them.  Dina was so drunk she didn’t even realize I accidentally spilled my entire drink on her. That night we went to Ibiza. Pacha Ibiza > Pacha New York times 100 million. The music was a little different but it was still a great time. Packed to capacity too. 

The next morning it was sadly time for us to go. As we were waiting for the plane we’re all recapping the weekend. We all agreed that Ibiza was by far one of our best trips. We’re not usually this out of control, I promise. You would do the same if you went to Ibiza for a weekend too, mark my words. Adios!!

A Messi, Messi, Weekend

Recently, a story about a bunch girls hanging out with FC Barcelona players has been going around CEA. I must confirm that this story is true because, my friends and I are the girls everyone has been talking about. Yes, I must say this story should go down in abroad history, but before I get into it I must explain the entire weekend…

This same weekend was not only my roommate Dina’s 21st birthday, but also the Justin Beiber concert. We all planned a bunch of activities for her so she can have the best birthday weekend possible, however she was determined to get to that Justin Beiber concert. She has been talking about this concert since before we even left the US. A couple of weeks before the concert she even started tweeting at Beiber begging for tickets. Dina knew the concert was out of an aboard students budget and we all thought she would eventually accept the fact that she was not going, but boy were we wrong…. The day of Dina’s birthday we all went to the infamous club Opium. We were all having a great old time until we notice Dina sobbing in the corner. Now we are all surrounding Dina trying to figure out what she could possibly be crying over on her 21st birthday, but she refuses to tell us. After begging her to tell us what’s wrong, she finally admitted she was upset that she could not attend the Justin Beiber concert that was the following day. I could not help but laugh in her face. I could not get over the fact that Dina was crying over Justin Beiber!! From that point on we knew the perfect gift to get Dina for her Birthday.. we all decided it would be a great idea to chip in and get her a ticket.

After and very long and exhausting weekend of celebrating we all agreed to take it easy that sunday night. It is a tradition to go to the W Hotel for everyone’s birthday and buy a bottle, so we knew there was no staying in. As soon we get to the hotel Michele  notices that Messi and his crew are standing right in front of us. We all try to play it cool and not act like embarrassing fans, so we decide to  pretend we did not see Messi at all. When we finally go up to the club inside the hotel and into the VIP area we noticed the table we reserved was right next to Messi. Once again, we quietly freak out because we do not want to scare Messi and his friends away. Eventually we all start slowly working our way towards Messis’ table and before you know it we are all partying together. YES I said it, my roommates and I all partied with not only Messi but Sergio Busquets as well! I don’t know about anyone else, but I think this is a pretty big deal.. I mean how many abroad students can say they got to take shots with Lionel MESSI, the best soccer player in the WORLD..  They even invited us to a private VIP area.. Unfortunately, Messi would not allow us to take any pictures of him.. but we were able to get a couple of shots of Busqeuts .. Here are a couple of pictures from that crazy weekend

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My Trip To London Was Just So Average…

My trip  to London was automatically was set up for failure from the way beginning. My best friend Sarina and I are clearly traveling rookies. We arrived to the Barcelona Airport around two hours before our flight was boarding. We figured we had all this extra time, so we decided to eat at a restaurant and go shopping. Sarina and I thought the best time to finally walk towards our gate was thirty minutes right before it was about to close.. ( I know we are geniuses!!) As we begin to walk towards our gate we are stopped by airport attendants because we never got our boarding passes stamped.. Who knew this even needed to happen, but apparently if you are not a resident of Spain you need to go to the Ryan Air office and have your boarding pass stamped… So now our gate is about to close and we are running through the Barcelona Airport, with what feels like a 5 ton bag, like crazy women. I swear I never sweated and ran so much in my entire. After a brutal traveling experience, we finally arrived to our hostel in London. Just when we thought our journey could not get any worse, we realize that our hostel does not only have our three other best friends who were

The bunk where the sketchy woman lived

waiting for our arrival, but also a random 40 year old women. Now this 40 year old women hated my friends and I, and we were never totally sure why.. One day we heard her complaining to her mother that she was in a room with five young girls, she was always slamming the doors after she left, and to top it all off she ended up stealing mine and Michele’s naked palette. For those of you who do not know, a Naked Palette is $50 eyeshadow palette. To top this all I spent around $600 in London, without even knowing it. Lets just say the American dollar is worth absolutely nothing in London. I think 100$ is around 63 Pounds. Every time I thought I was buying myself a cheap meal, I would convert it to american dollars and realized I spent a fortune. One meal at Burger probably cost me around $20.. On a more positive note, I did have fun on the London Eye and at  Madame Tussauds. The London Eye is this huge ferris wheel where you can see pretty much see the whole entire city of London. The views were beautiful and it was pretty cool to get to see the whole entire city of London lit up. Madame Tussauds is the wax museum in London. Got to take a lot of nice pictures with some celebrities there. My roommate Dina is also obsessed with Justin Timberlake , so it was pretty funny watching her reaction to the JT wax figurine. Here is a slideshow of my experiences in London.

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A Weekend In Valencia

This weekend my roommates and I took a trip to Valencia through our study aboard program. Valencia is the third largest city in Spain, after Madrid and Barcelona. Valencia is well known for their fish and paella dishes. Knowing this, my roommates and I were extremely excited to taste the paella all the tours guides were bragging out. We were walking along the beach and found a random restaurant that seemed pretty questionable, but decided to give it a try anyway. We obviously ordered the seafood paella. The waiter brought out this huge platter of food. It was absolutely delicious. Even my roommate Dina, who hates fish, enjoyed this meal.

  

 We were taken on a walking tour where we were shown many cool things about the city of Valencia. This is a picture of the narrowest building in all of Europe,  which I thought was pretty awesome.  There is absolutely nothing in this building; just empty space.

After the walking tour we were taken to The City of Arts and Sciences. The City of Arts and Sciences is the most important modern tourist destination in the city of Valencia. There are several  buildings within The City of Arts and Science the IMAX cinema, a interactive science museum, an aquarium, and a plaza were sporting events and concerts are hold.  It was by far the prettiest architecture I’ve seen so far in Spain.

 

Overall, I must say my trip to Valencia by far exceeded my expectations. The weather was great, the locals were friendly, the food was amazing, the scenery was beautiful, our hotel was nice. Can’t say I have any complains about my trip. Looking forward to traveling around Spain some more!