Sorry I haven't written in a while, there have just been so many fun things to do here all the time!!!  Two weekends ago my friends from CC studying in other parts of Europe hopped on over for a visit which was really really great!!!!  It was so much fun to see them and reminisce about good times from school and to create new good times here in Barca.  It was Karina's birthday that weekend so we had a grand fiesta for her and it turned into a pretty silly time.  This was followed by  a lovely day of lounging in the sun at the beach and then CARNAVAL!!!!!!!!  Carnaval is basically Mardi Gras for Europe but it has turned into so much more here!! It lasts from Thursday until Tuesday and there is a tiny town close to Barca called Sitges where Carnaval is famous!  It's basically mandatory to dress up, not unlike Halloween, and so we dressed up in our crazy costumes and ventured out into the night.  We weren't really sure what to expect but what it turned into dancing all night on the beach to a latin/techno/hip hop DJ.  It was quite the magical evening and I still am trying to believe that it actually happened!  You just don't dance on the beach all night in the US.  Somehow it just doesn't work out that way. I loved it!!!