beach!

6/25: today i went to the beach alll day long. my family was gone, and i was finally able to take advantage of the topless beaches! after about 6 hours, we were fried and decided to rehydrate and head back to the hostel. we grabbed some dinner and then hung out at the hostel until about 12:30. i had not been planning on going out because of my lack of funds, but my dorm-mates were very persuasive. we headed to the gothic area and hit up a few bars. i even led everybody back to sincopa, the bar that i had liked so much when my parents came out. people were very nice and somehow i ended up drinking a sufficient amount even without any money...the perks of being a girl, i suppose.

while we were out, we got the news: michael jackson had left us.

a moment of silence.

it really was crazy though, because michael jackson is a universal superstar, and EVERYBODY in barcelona knew who he was and that he had died just as soon as we did.

after the bars we headed to the beach. after a while a bunch of us separated, and people eventually headed back to the hostel. mau and i managed to be the last ones back at about 5:30, which was great because he had to catch a train at 8am, and i had to check-out by 10... ugh. and i still didnt know if/when my eurail pass would get there - would i have to book another night? or try to get to madrid/lisbon?