Hola!

I forgot to mention that my spring break started, I just arrived in Barcelona last night and am loving it!!! I must say, going from Ireland to a country that speaks a different language was quite challenging. Mary had taken lots of Spanish classes at UMASS, and I still remember a bit from high school, but it is completely different when you are actually immersed in the Spanish speaking population. So far, we´ve ridden a half hour on the wrong way of a bus trying to get to the beach, and took a few wrong turns trying to locate our walking tour. No major issues, just small life lessons.The most memorable moment was when I was attempting to ask a woman how much a bracelet costs and was supposed to say...¨Quanto questa¨ and instead said ¨Quanto queso¨...which means ¨How much cheese!¨ It was really funny, and the lady was fluent in English and laughed along with us.

After seeing a bit of the city this morning, we finally made it to the beach around 4:00, and we met up with our friend Tony, from Galway. Itś nice to have a bigger guy with us, it makes the Spanish guys seem less creepy when going out at night. Weŕe going to try to get to the beach early tomorrow, to try and work on our Spring Break tan. We were laughing on the beach joking that we scared everyone away with our glowing pale Irish bodies!