Here today, Gone Tomorrow

Today is the day I leave. I will leave at 6:30 in an 8 hour route towards Barcelona. I will arrive in Barcelona at 8:25am, So I will be starting my day as soon as I arrive. Packing was I nightmare. I pulled my signature self and packed way more than I need. But its they way I am, I'm always over prepared but its better than not being prepared. It's the long flight I'm worried about. I mean I have been on a 5 hour flight and that wasn't bad; but I was with family. I will be alone for 8 hours and I NEED TO SLEEP! I'm gonna miss home and be very scared when I arrive because I will be alone traveling to a hotel and staying in the city for 2 days. I think I will be fine as soon as I get to the hotel. Since I speak Spanish I am not worried, if I didn't I would be shitting my pants. I would like to write more and add pictures but I might just edit this later when I have time,

I have to finish getting ready and head to the airport. Maybe while I'm sitting in the airport bored I can finish. But I cannot wait to see Barcelona and have my feet on Spanish ground.

One Week Countdown

Excited is not even a big enough to describe the feeling I have. I know I might be overreacting but going to Spain has been my dream, while I have been abroad before and it was amazing, I still haven't been to Spain. I'm most excited because I know this will be the start of hopefully a never ending relationship with the culture. I have always felt like I belonged to a Hispanic culture; I mean eating and sleeping are two of my favorite things! But as I said before I am visiting Barcelona and am planning out all the things I would like to do while I am there. I will be going back at the end of the month, but I also will be visiting.......IBIZA!! Which I cannot wait to see either.

Now the problem is having the patience to sit down and pack (appropriately) for a month. When I did this last summer I brought WAY too much, but its hard not too. I hate being unprepared. Plus Spanish people, Catalonians especially like to look nice and dress up, so I need to have a wide array of clothing to blend in. I hate looking like a foreigner. It took me a nice tan and some plain clothes for the Puerto Ricans to stop calling me a gringo.

So one week left and this is what I have to narrow down

I too many clothes and not enough closet

Half of my shoes, How do i  pick?

Two drawers full of clothes

Bathing Suits

Oh, and 2 more drawers of clothes

This isnt two bad I just have to take everything I want to take with me and then just divide that by 10 and pack that. Because all my stuff has to fit into this:

This suitcase can keeeeeppp on stretchin'

So I have to mentally and physically prepare for the TIME OF MY LIFE. Peace out until the day before.

Two Week Countdown

In two week I will officially have my feet on Spanish ground. This is a dream come true every since the first time I heard about Spanish culture I knew I had to go there. I decided to do a two day trip to Barcelona before Palma because I wanted to see some mainland. I will arrive in Barcelona at 8:25am and I don't plan on sleeping, I am hitting the streets and putting my Spanish minor to good use. I cannot wait but I still have a lot to do in 2 weeks to get ready.

To think in 2 weeks I will be able to see those amazing sites in person makes me wanna scream. I have been wanting to these for years. And now I can take my own pictures rather then Google. Walk the streets of Barcelona, grab and drink and some tapas and talk to the locals and use some of my Catalan.