Bones Festes!
(Thats Happy Holidays in Catalan)

First of all I would like to wish all my good friends a very happy New Year!!!

So much to write about....For starters Christmas was nice, I spent last weekend up at my step-brothers house a bit north of here, and it was very relaxing. He is a chef so needless to say I ate very well for Xmas...then I spent last week finishing up the last paper I had to sent for my European businees enviroment class. After that my friend Toby, Sarah, Vicky, and Bastian came to spend new years here from Germany...we had a great weekend of going out, catching up, dancing, sightseeing, and then we capped it off by having New Years dinner (very traditional here in Spain)and then at midnight we went up to the rooftop terrace and did the countdown & then ate 12 grapes & made twelve wishes as the midnight bells tolled (also very traditional here). After that at around 2am we made our way to Pacha, a nightclub that we had tickets for(for those of you that have been to Ibiza, you know the place), and danced/celebrated until about 6am. I honestly had a great time this weekend, it was nice to have good friends around. Unfortunately I did'nt take alot of pictures but I just posted the ones I did take, and as I get more from other people who took pictures I will add them.

In addition to having a great time, it looks like Toby may be able to get me a couple tickets to the Ecuador-Costa Rica world cup game in Hamburg on June 15th! Even if for some reason he cant get them I am still going to go to Hamburg to visit them & take in the World cup atmosphere during that time...

In other news, I start school again next week, as well as French classes. I am becoming more and more enthralled by Europe & by learning languages. I would like to learn German as well after French. Its not uncommon for people here (like at my work) to speak 4-5 languages...I love it!