Soy una playa.

Today I got up and went to the beach with Laura. The beach in Barcelona is actually man made, but regardless it's really nice. The sky had NO clouds, the weather was warm and the people were out to be seen. Most women go topless at the beach. Today I was one of them. I guess it's part of the experience. I thought it might be weird, but it's actually quite nice. Everyone's so used to it here. It was great to feel so unrestricted. Unfortunately I think my topless time will have to stay in Europe because I'd guess America's not ready for it. So many women in America don't even want to wear a bathing suit in public. There are some really saggy people here! I hope there's never a day where my nipples point to the ground! Haha! I stayed at the beach for most of the afternoon and realized after I got home I had mild sunburn. My madre was telling me to wear sunscreen and I was trying to tell her this summer I hadn't been getting burned for a change. Regardless, she gave me a bottle to use and I only put it on my arms. My arms aren't burned, but most everything else is rosy. I've had much worse. I kinda wanted to be tan and my arms are on the way, but I'm starting to realize I don't even tan nicely. I think my arms just look dirty. The freckles on my shoulders are blooming out of control. At the beach I was slightly self conscious, not about my bare chest or weight or anything common, but about my skin! Everyone here is so dark and I feel like I take off my clothes and reveal my skin and it's blinding. People are shielding their eyes down the beach, putting on sunglasses, covering up with towels. Oh well.

Today we had another problem at the house. I've been telling Anna for a couple days that I need to do laundry because I have more than two weeks worth since I was traveling the week before I got here. Anyway, today I ran out of underwear, luckily I went to the beach. I got home expecting to do a load and Anna tells me the laundry machine is broken. It's supposed to be checked tomorrow but in the meantime I had to wash all of my underwear by hand. Lovely. I didn't realize how much I had. Then I had to be taught to use the clothes lines. I always thought they were cute when I was walking around in Europe, now I see they are so useful. And clothespins! This is the first time I've ever used them for something that's not an art project.

Tonight Megumi came back from her API trip to Tarragona/Monserrat. (I get to go in a couple of weeks.) We went out to look for some hard candy to soothe my sore throat. We ended up walking through El Born and the Barri Gótic. We went into some super fancy candy store, but they were too fancy for me. I just needed a bag of cheap wrapped things. While we were walking Megumi suddenly needed McDonald's. Oh no! I went with her, but just picked on some of her fries and finished part of her McFlurry. I have to admit, it was good. She felt sick afterwards. :( The food options at McDonald's here seem different. I don't really know because I don't eat at them in America, but since when did they have wedge fries and an "oriental" sandwich?

Nuba is having a dream next to me! Her legs are twitching all over the place. I wonder what dogs dream about. Surely they don't dream in color. Tomorrow I go to my last two classes I haven't known yet. I'm pretty much dreading grammar. We shall see.