What Was My Life Before I Found Paella and Sangria?

     But really though, how did I survive without paella before now? It's the most beautiful creation in the world. I literally ate it everyday, five days in a row. And, admittedly, I ate it twice one day. No shame. And let's not even get started on the wine and sangria... Basically, the moral of this Spanish story is you should just appreciate the beautiful things in life (cough*paella*sangria*cough*cough) while you still can.
    On a more serious note, Barcelona was absolutely wonderful. I went for 6 days with my friend, Phil, and while my ankle prevented me from doing everything in the world, we were still able to have the best spring break ever by making due with what we had. And to be honest, that's exactly what I wanted/needed from a vacation: just a chill getaway from the city with some touristy sight-seeing and a lot of "let's see where life takes us" adventures.
     Actually, I think the latter part was my favorite. Phil and I shared a room with a backpacker from Florida who was pretty much the living, breathing epitome of "let's just see where life takes us." Jason had been working in New Zealand as a dairy farmer (whatever that means) until he saved enough money to just travel the world on his own. We met him after about 2 months on this trek and the amount of stories that he had to tell was novel worthy... in fact, he is working on a novel. Like seriously, it's like we were meant to find each other and be best friends.
     Our friendship was tested, however, when the suggestion came up that I should trade him my copy of  The Count of Monte Cristo (my favorite book) for his copy of On the Road (his favorite book.) Yet, out friendship proved true as we, indeed, traded our most prized possessions. I have to say though, as hard as it was for me to give it up, I'm extremely glad that I did it because On the Road is proving to be a new favorite of mine (if I read 150 pages in two days, that means something.)
     So basically, Barcelona was a beautiful vacation with Phil, Jason, and the various adventures that Spain could provide for a couple of souls like us.

London Love, Kristen