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Tuesday, April 5th, 2005

8:57pm -Barcelona -La Rambla

Hola to all. Life in Barcelona is more then pleasant. This city lives, it breaths, it dances! It is so full of life that it´s hard to put things into words.
I´ll start by saying I started Spanish classes yesterday and they are going well. Learning a lot already, and classes are suplemented with activities…and drinking. After calss today we watched a movie in Spanish (though it was originally French). While I didn´t understand all of it, I got the general idea. Translating comedy is a bit difficult and I missed a few of the jokes, though I think the voice over actors did as well. Plus there was a big protest going on outside with a whole lot of noise…people protesting tearing down buildings to build a new metro station…sounds a lot like New York and the proposed stadium in Brooklyn.
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Party

Monday, April 4th, 2005

Oh yeah…I forgot to mention my going away party.
Friday March 25th, 2005 found us at Lucky Jacks a great Lower East side bar owned by a trio of awesome people. Big thanks to Meghan, Diarmuid and Declan for hosting!
Thanks also to all who attended! What wonderful people I have the pleasure of knowing. You all made the night better then I could have ever hoped for: with smiley faces, kind words and many a hug. I was truly flattered by the turnout and so happy to spend a night looking at a room full of people I love to know. You guys rock!
A “Welcome Home” party was suggested by more then a few people, and any excuse for a party is a good one. So perhaps we´ll all gather again in November…looking forward to seeing everyone again…

Contact Info

Saturday, April 2nd, 2005
Just so you all know...I can be reached at lizgiles@gmail.com I have an ISIC voicemail box too...for those kind enough to leave me endearing messages. Just ask me for the number...it´s nice to hear friendly voices. (no...not in my head, silly ... [Continue reading this entry]

What a flight!

Friday, April 1st, 2005
Barcelona -April 1, 2005 -9:18PM ACK! Worst flight ever! Let me start by saying that Airbus suck. There´s abnormally little leg room and everything rattles and shakes like it´s falling apart. (At the slightest turbulence the center console seriously looked like ... [Continue reading this entry]