it's beginning to look a lot like España

Que tal everyone? Today was a pretty relaxing day. And by relaxing, I mean I accidentally slept until lunch time (2:30pm). Last night Becca, Chelsea, Haley and I walked in the rain to this little Irish bar. We met a couple of guys from Paris and attempted to talk to them for a while. There are actually a lot of Irish bars here, I guess a lot of people from the UK visit Spain? We got home at about 3:30 in the morning, and then I Skyped with mom and dad for the first time. Mom was excited, I don't think she's ever Skyped before. It's so much easier than e-mailing but also kind of sucks because I have to wait till they get off work for a decent time to talk, which is 3-4 in the morning here. This afternoon I met my friend Brooke at Plaza Catalunya where we walked around and did some shopping. We found out there's a Sephora, which is great.....annddd it's way more expensive than ours in the U.S. We grabbed some pizza at this place called Pastafiore which is a yummy place on Las Ramblas that I went to last time I came here. It's really good. Last time however, I left my wallet on the table and when I came back like 8 minutes later it had disappeared. I'm being much more careful with my bag this time around, I keep my hand on it when I'm walking and on the metro. Seeing as last time I had a few mishaps, i.e. the one I just mentioned as well as losing my apartment keys and having to pay to get the locks changed (muy caro), I'm on top of my game now. After eating, we had some gelato. I got lemon and Brooke got vanilla and crema y chocolate (in Catalan chocolate is spelled like Xocolate), in case you were wondering. Becca went to Sitges beach today. I think tonight we're going to go out for some sangria after dinner and possibly to a club or something. Saturday night is the big night to go out here in Barcelona.
A few things I discovered today-
Your dog can go in to the grocery store with you. The men at Sephora here wear more makeup than me. Some girls wear 6 inch stilettos during the day for no reason. No one will give up their seat on the metro for you. No one. Even if you are an old lady with a cane.
Miss you all and can't wait to go to Paris next weekend! Adios

LKP