OMG...sitges is SO hot! It's approx 90 degrees but feels like 105. Our first night in Sitges was pretty laid back. I wore the skirt I bought that day on the way back from lunch - it's a tutu style, fun skirt which turned out perfect for the evening. We had dinner at one of Jonathan's favorite restaurants - Boccalino. Last year, Jonathan and I shared the paella and it was probably one of the creepiest looking things I have eaten. It had giant prawns WITH the heads on. I'm sorry, but that just freaks me out. This year, we shared a pizza and caprese salad (this seems to be our norm). After dinner, we headed to a few bars. They are all open air meaning the restaurants are very, very tiny (pics to come) and all of the seating is literally pulled out and poured into the streets. All of the chairs are forward facing for the people watching, of course :) They're all super packed and close together and Europeans love to smoke so after about an hour or so, I had to call it quits. It was around 2am anyway and I was beat. I left everyone and like a big girl, walked home by myself. Poor Chris - I completely pulled the narco on him and passed out mid conversation again. Around 430am, I was woken up by the music that was STILL playing on the beach. It was a huge screen set up, similar to an outdoor movie...and I think it's hilarious that the song I woke up to was "baby got back". Go figure. I'm glad I woke up so I could speak to Chris again (I miss him tons). Finally around 5am, the music stopped and I could hear everyone singing and dancing in the streets. I tried to video it, but it was too dark - I LOVE SPAIN!!! What a life they live.
Second day in Sitges was incredible. We laid out on the beach as usual - a chair and umbrella cost approx 12 euro to "rent" for the day and trust me...it is VERY necessary. You don't want to be laying on that scorching sandThe chairs are arranged about 4 rows deep from the boardwalk down. . I feel so bad for the men that walk up and down the rows with their coolers full of drinks...even sangraia, mojitos and cava! It is scorching hot and to be carrying that crap around non stop? heck no! Ok so here is one of the best parts of yesterday....we were in the water and there are jelly fish here. (ps. it's the Mediterranean Sea). A few people started pointing and freaking out and I knew instatly what it was so naturally, I had to go over and see it for myself. It was beautiful..absolutely amazing .I got about a foot away from it and that is the closest I was gonna get. To see a jelly in it's natural habitat just enjoying life was absolutely one of the best things I have experienced. For those who have no clue, I am OBSESSED with jelly fish - so much so that I would love to have a jelly tank in my home. They are mesmerizing creatures and so graceful. AHHHH I still cannot believe I got to experience that!! :) :) :) Ok, moving on. So I only lasted about 2 hours on the beach. I was dying. The boys and I decided to head into Barcelona to spend the afternoon. We walked around the La Rambla. This site (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Rambla,_Barcelona) does not do it justice. It is FILLED with some of the freshest, most beautiful fruits, about 12309812308232 kinds of gummy candy, flowers, produce, and other things. I was completely freaked out by the butcher section - seeing a skinned rabbit chopped in halg length wise once in this lifetime is already one time too many :/. I have pics so you all will get to have the enjoyment as well! We also found the FC Barca store where I got some necessities for the man. I was very sad to not have been able to attend the Barca/Madrid match tonight but after speaking with some locals, it truly is not safe for a smaller, female tourist to go by herself. The locals said there is a great chance for some fighting and it's a mess after the matches and being abducted is a possibly. No thanks. I would rather share the experience with Chris anyway. We also stopped at El Corte Ingles (http://www.elcorteingles.es/). It's a huge department store that has literally eveything you need in life..including a giant super mercado at the bottom...one with oh, I don't know..11 rows of alcohol! I love when that dominates a store :) We headed back around 9 and changed and went for dinner. Barton wanted pasta so badly so we found a place right next to our hotel. It was packed and had people waiting on the curb so we were intrigued. La Tagliatella (http://www.latagliatella.es/eng/novedades.php) was amazing. We shared a pasta, a pizza, foccacia bread (there were 3 different onces - olives, garlic and parm), and cava sangria. It was all so incredible...and only 45 euro! After dinner we headed to one of our favorite clubs here called Queenz. Please do NOT click if you are feeling judgy today, thanks. (http://www.barqueenz.com/) We had a blast - I just love gay clubs/bars because everyone is ALWAYS having a great time and happy, there are no fights ever and it's very "safe" feeling. We left there and went to another club that I cannot remember for the life of me. Jian got us a private room which was perfect. I was a bit over the whole sweaty mess thing. After a bit of cava, it was quickly 2am. Yes, I know..that SEEMS early considering but after a full day in this damn heat...that is plenty of time to dance and have a blast...and a blast it was indeed!!
Today was my day. The boys wanted to go to the beach again and honestly, I just cannot handle that much heat. One day is good...two...I would probably melt. I woke up very early - 745am. Don't ask. It was a good thing though. I got ready and was out the door in 30 minutes. I managed to buy a ticket on the train (it's more difficult than you think for someone who cannot speak Spanish), get myself to Barcelona, find my way to the aquarium, find my way back to the train station and also figure out which train out of the 12 available would get me back to Sitges. That was a bit nerve wracking but I made it just fine. Anyway, I spent the morning at the aquarium. I was dissapointed with the size..it seemed like it would be a LOT bigger but it was probably 1/4 the size of the Seattle aquarium, if that. The only real highlight was amazing creatures you see here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlDfgpNvG18&feature=youtube_gdata_player
. I am so glad I started to take this video - watch it from start to end. It literally almost made me cry. When I got back to Sitges, I explored the town more since we are usually always on the go and also did some shopping. You cannot leave Spain without a true "Spain style" (as I call it) bikini :)
I am now back in the hotel and am SO ready for a nap. Siesta time!
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