You'll Need That Espresso For Later

It's the weekend and you know what that means!

Going out.

En la moda de Barcelona.

That may or may not be correct.

Either way, today Yasmin and I had to go and exchange money BUT the bank was closed and someone went number 2 in the ATM room. NICE.

After that, I made breakfast and everyone left to go skating.

Yasmin and I headed out to the area around the Picasso museum and drank espresso and ate chocolate croissants (I left my veganism in Philly, sorry!).

Aside from a homeless man begging for change and a lady with a beard who needed "un euro por un cafe!!!" the sit was well enjoyable.

Afterwards we walked and walked and walked. I had to use the bathroom so I went into Starbucks. I may have mentioned this before, but there is seriously NO place to get drip coffee besides Starbuck. Not even "Dunkin Coffee" (Spanish version of Dunkin' D) sells it. Aye di mio. Oh well. The espresso was delicious.

After I used the bathroom there was a HUGE protest for the rights of places like Tibet, Palestine, and Ghana. There were more, but we only caught the tail-end of it. It even ended up on Spanish tv!

We came home and bought some food and necessities for tonight's events and cooked up some fantastic dinner.

Miguel (the owner of the place) had friends over and I may or may not have been tricked into eating fish. Let us pray that it did not happen.

Now people are napping and I am on the computer getting ready to go to RAZZMATAZZ. I cannot remember if I wrote about this before but it's basically a gigantic dance party and there are tons of different rooms and finally, Yelle will be performing.

Should be a good time for sure, and if I survive, I cannot wait to write about it.

Ciao!

FREEda Kahlo and the Great Starbucks Blackout

What a day, what a day!

After four trips to the Honors Advising Office, Hannah and I successfully scored three FREE tickets to the Frida Kahlo exhibit at the PMA. We were set for a night full of geeks and nerds since it was an honors thing BUT we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

Everything was in English AND Spanish so I got to test out my reading skills. I even spotted my old Spanish professor, but she did not say 'hola'.

Oh well, que lastima.

There was also tons of free food but it really only consisted of: Garlic bread, watery marinara sauce, a sad array of crudite, cookies, and two types of dip. OH and some good chips.

The lady working the one table was flabbergasted by these "new fangled vegetarians".

IN OTHER NEWS... While I was at the Frida exhibit, I was missing out on a nation-wide Starbucks in-store training.

For three hours ALL Starbies closed down, causing many post-Panera Bread diners to suffer annoyance.

The training is the company's newest way to fight the competition by getting back to its roots. With the addition of music, sandwiches, and the rise of McDonald's new cafe sweep, Starbucks has seen its lowest sales in a long time. This new espresso training involves pulling shots better and making sure each "HAND-CRAFTED BEVERAGE" is perfect for the customer.

Is this the end of the Seattle GIANT?!

I doubt it.

People will not want to go to McDonald's to get their lattes, labels are very important!